The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-01-23
Shooting ARRAY
Creates Excitement
TROUBLE in 0. X. ROOMINC HOUSE
Ends With Woman In Hospital and Man in the
City Jail.

A row between man and woman,
both said to he OF the underworld"
occurred at the o X roaming house
last evening at which re-, Oliver wac
in evid, noe and one shot was fred.
whether accidentally or not It Is im
possible % say at this time.
As IesnIt Of tho row the woman
is at Platts hospital with slight
wound over one eye and the man is
confined 10 the city jail.
AS the officers will not give out
any Information and will not permit
either the man or the woman to be
seen, aud as others who are presumed
to know the facts are very rectloent
ahont the matter IL Is very difficult
to get at the facts OF the case.
The woman Ia the case, who gave
her name as Mettie Blanchard called
up the o. X. by telephone 10 the
afternoon and engaged room, sent
up her suit case aud about eight
o'clock In the evening came up her
self. It Is said that che had been
drinking and later IA the . eninR was
taken sick, and went to the room of
Mrs Nay Smith, who Is running the
plaoe, Ia the absence of Miss Eva
Russell. the pioprieti ess. who Is sick
in Spokane.
Mrs Smith allowed the woman TO
lay down upon her bed.
The man In the case Is said to / e
a bartender at one of the saloons aud
is a regular roomer at the o. X.
According to the story of Mrs Smith
he came IN that ening about eleven
o'clock. The first that she knew he
was there he came to her door aud
knocked. She opened the door and
when he saw the Blanchard woman
on the bed he pushed In aud without
layinR ~Ord rushed over to the
bed, seized her by the hair and be.
gaU jerking her back aud forth.
Mrs Smith, being afraid. as she
says. that he would Kill the Blanc
hard woman rushed out and started
for help AS she reached the top OF
the stairs she heard a pistol shot
which served to hurry her still more,
and she rushed to the pool room be-
Low crying that che is shooting her.
Upon going up stairs again with
assistance, che said she found Mrs
blanchard Ia the kitchen with all oi
her clothes torn off aud covered with
uiood from wound over her eye
which she claimed was caused hy
her falling down aud striking against
the corner of the door,
That a pistol was discharged Il
-videnced from the fact that on'
otamber of a pistol taken fIon
Harris was found empty There wer'
nowder marks on the bed clothes anC
hole through which the bullet pass
ed and the bullet itself, which ha'
struck against the post of the iroI
1edstead, was picked up off from th
floor
1t Is said that when the parlle
summoned by Mrs Smith arrive,
Harris stood them of with a gur
until the arrival of Officer Steel,
who had been summoned by tele
phone. anpeated and put him unde
arrest
There was considerable sxcItemen
over the matter Ohlef OF Polio
Cherry, Police Judge Schultz ant
Mayor Mulcahy we're called out o
their 6eds at about two O'Clock il
the morning to Investigate the affai
From reports that are being nirou
lated It is understood that tn
trouble occurred through jealousy q
b Harlis over attentions that the We
man has been receiving from Ruoths
g man and certain jewelry oonslstin
!, Of a gold watch, cuff buttons q gol
b locket aud a valuable tie pin belou
e iug to this other man, figure 10 u
case
i It Is stated that this other part
d whose name We we're unable to lear
o has engaged an attorney to try sn
j. recover this iewelry which It
claimed Is In the hanos of the officel