Arizona republican., 1917-09-17
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| E. Chapman, well known mining engineer. is lying in a critical condition at St. Ioseph's hospital, with bullet wound in his abdomen, while Charles Daniels, Arizona representative of the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco company, of Winston Salem N C., is held at the city jail, as result of an encounter at 9:3O o'clock last evening between the two men in Room 230 of the Hotel Jefferson, occupied by Mrs. Daniels and her mother, Mrs. c. w. Smith. That Daniels deliberately shot Chap man after calling him vile names, is the charge of Mrs. Daniels. That the gun with which he expected to intim
 idate Chapman and keep him in the room of Mrs Daniels until witnesses arrived, was accidentally discharged in a struggle between him and Chapman, is the story of Daniels.
 Outside of the two men and the two women, there were no witnesses to tn" affair. When clerks, bellboys and guests. attracted by the shot and the screams of Mrs Daniels, rushed to the second floor of the hotel they found Chapman lying on the floor in his own room across the hall from that onnu- pied by Mrs. Daniels and her mother, Daniels standing in the hall with the gun still in his hand, Mrs. Daniels on the bed in her own room where she fell when she tainted after the shoot ing and Mrs. Smith in far corner of the room calling for help. Daniels walked to the first floor and handed over his gun. He was standing at the desk when the police arrived and placed him under arrest. He offered no resistance when Policeman Ed Barnum took him in charge and in- formed him that he must lock him up while an investigation was in progress.
 According to the story told by Dan- iels at the police station, he and Josephine Frances Smith were married in Corpus Christi, Texas, five years ago. They lived for a time at Elm poria, Kansas, Daniels at that time being stationed in Kansas City. About nine months ago they came to Phoenix and since then had been living at the Jefferson hotel, On July IT, some weeks after Mrs. Smith mother of Mrs. Daniels, arrived in Phoenix Mrs. Daniels sued for separate maintenance, and this case is still in the courts About that time, according to Daniels, he noticed that Chapman was paying attention to Mrs. Daniels. Daniels de- clared that his work took him away from Phoenix frequently and he was absent several days at time. During these absences, so Daniels says, Chap man was particularly attentive to Mrs Daniels. Remonstrances from hin brought matters to a crisis and he and Mrs. Daniels separated. He took 8 room on the fifth floor and thereafter Mrs. Daniels and he met as strangers
 Returning on Thursday from triI into the northern part of the state . Daniels says that he learned of tho continuance of the relations betweer Mrs Daniels and Chapman He de- termined to watch and if possible tt secure witnesses. Early last evening he took the elevator to the fifth floor and then walked down to the second floor. He secreted himself in a close where he had a view of the hall lead ing to the room occupied by his wife and her mother as well as to the room occupied by Chapman. About 9:3t o'clock, he says he saw Chapman cross the hall from his own room ant enter the room occupied by the wom en. Waiting five minutes, he proceed ed to the room of the women.
 The hallway was in semi darkness so he says, and he turned on a light He then opened the door of the room
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