Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1922-07-20
HIGHLY RESPECTED CITIZEN
SHOT BY DEPUTY. SHERIFF
w. |. Handy of this City, is in Ontario
Hospital Hovering Between Life and
Death as the Result of a Gunshot
Wound Received at the Hands of
Deputy Sheriff.

! w. |. Handy, a well known and
I highly respected citizen of this city
| is in the Ontario Hospital suffering
from a gun shot wound in the side
of his face, said to have been inflict
ed by Deputy Sheriff o. j. Lutz, o.
Adams county, last Friday, while or
his way to the Payette Lakes where
his wife and two children were
camping at Lake View Camp.
The story of the affair as told by
Mr.. Geo. Ulmer, a friend of Mr.
/ Hamby's, who is here from Grand
Junction, Colo, and who was with
Mr.. Handy in the car at the time of
the shooting, is as follows:
The two men, Mr.. Handy and Mr.
Ulmer left Payette Friday morning
for the Payette Lakes to spend a
few days with Mr.. Hamhy's family
and when arriving at what is known
as Middle Fork, a few miles south
of Council both men left the car on
the highway and walked some little
distance up on the side hill, Mr..
Handy taking his 20-gauge shotgun.
About that time two men appeared
on the highway going in the same
direction stopping their car a short
.
On seeing the arrival of the men,
Mr.. Ulmer came back to their car
bringing Mr.. Hamby's gun, where he
was met by one of the party Deputy
Game Warden Boyd Welker and
who demanded the gun and the ar
rest of Mr.. Ulmer, when some liuie
discussion took place as to the csuse
of the arrest but no resistance on the
part OF Mr.. UlmeF, Mr. Hamhy who
appeared on the scene at that time
coming around in front of the car
where he met the Warden returning
to his car with Mr.. Ulmer. Evidently
feeling they were uniustiy detained,
entered into scuffle with the
Warden relieving him of his revolv-
er, the shotgun being handed back
to Mr.. Ulmer, when the two men
got into their car and proceeded on
their journey leaving Mr.. Welker's
gun at his car as they passed. When
arriving near the town of Old
Meadows they were halted by two
young men who were unable Ia give
any authority for oetafntng them
when they again proceeded on their
way several shots being fired by the
young men, two striking the rear of
the car No further interference
was experienced until they came to
the narrow road in the canyon sew
eral miles beyond Meadows, when
they came upon a pack outfit and
during difficulty in getting the pack
animals out of the road and while the
car was standing still, with the
emergency brake set, Mr.. Ulmer
states without warning, or knowl-
edge of any one approaching, two
shots were fired from the rear in
quick succession from a diagonal di-
rection, a charge from shotgun
striking Mr.. Handy on the right side
of his face tearing away the flesh
and PARTICLES Of bones from his jaw
and cheek, also part of his nose and
right eye, crashing through the
windshield. Mr.. Ulmer without
being permitted to render any assist
anee to Mr., Handy, was forced at
the point of three guns TO get out of
the car and hold up his hands while
being searched and also the car
searched and. continued to stand with
three guns pointed at him with his