Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1916-02-04

entire business once force OF the Newspaper
prisoners behind their counters. The intFuders
we're threatening to shoot anybody who attempted
to leave. Woolley had no gun. He entered the
Office and proceeded to address some remarks
made up of words ordinarily considered OF the
fighting kind to tho armed intrudera.
Woolley reached for a telephone. took II on the
receiver and was laughed at by the gunner. who
told him that they had cut the wire. Woolley
stood there with the receiver IN his hand for n
minute while red-hot verbiaEe exchanged
Then Wooiley walked straight by the two armed
men and went out OF the door, and neither one
cared dared TO interfere with him.
Later It developed that while the receiver was
on, although the wire had been cut, the chief
editor OF the paper at his home had taken on
bis own receiver to call up the once. and found
he conld not get It. But a. only one wire was
severed he heard q large part Of the converse
ton in the once by means Of the uncut wire
connected with the once telephone. What he
heard afterwards used In evidence. for
court proceedings we're brought.
Now It ID just here that ordinary Newspaper
man would have become disguised with the pro-
fession which he was trying TO follow and would
have thought that the whole world Was out OF
joint. The mayor OF the town and bis son were
editors Of g rival newspaper. This rival stood.
of course, for the municipal ring, and was
things which appeared in It's columns which had
caused the other editor Mr. Wooiley's chief. 10
put the lie IN print. While things seemingly were
still at white heat between the two camps the
mayor and his rival editor whom he was ready
10 shoot or be shot By. made up their differences.
combined the two papers. and thus Woolisy, who
had dared everything for his chief, was forced
out and in the parlance OF the street, was left
to hold the bag In other words. Bob Woolley
stood for right and principle and then lost his
job.
There was celebrated law case IN Kentucky
that attracted worldwide attention After the
municipal ring episode and Mr.. Woolley had lost
his place as managing editor. he became a re-
porter and he handled this case. There came
down from Chicago At this time two newspaper
men who since have become widely known-Eu-
gene Bertrand, nov Of the New York Herald. and
William z. Lewis the editor Of the New York
Telegraph. They had been sent down from Chi.
eago TO work on the matter Wooiiey had in hand,
and they became acquainted With him They
found out 4 lot Of things about him which ap-
peaied to their newspaper sense. They also dis
covered that he was fond of American sports
They went back to Chicago and short time
thereafter Woolley. who knew nothing about their
interest in him. received an offer from the Chi
caxo Tribune to become reporter IN the sport
ing department OF that paper. He went 70 Chi
cago and II was not long before he became the
sporting editor OF the newspaper whose star hs
joined
From Chicago the present director Of the mini
went to New York. and for long time was EN-
pIoyed on the New York World. little later Al
somebody else has put II. he yielded TO the temp
tafion OF q beautiful fruit plantation in Texas
The fruit was not altogether golden. far as tn,
proceeds from the sale of the crops were con
cerned, and Mr. woolley went back into the news
paper profession.