Show OFFICER SHOOTS v 3 PROMINENT M MAN IN K N ai noah noall potter one ol 01 of taij ib beet best known and respected citizens of winter quarters Qu artera lies he ut tit his home borne wi with th i bullet hole through his hip as a result of res resi itina arrest on a trivial charge tho tile bullet was fired by deputy shel sheriff iff alax leute on july 14 the team of a greek in the mines brushed against potter and the tile litter itter I 1 was knocked down and bruised thy tho neb next as the greek sit fib at the mouth mout ll 11 of the the mine potter came up and chal 1 longed him to get up and anti fight right accompanying the challenge mth with some unbecoming words according to the tile officers air acers fhe rho greek small in stature declined the challenge but was wai licked an way and as a result of ach t ho actions ind and words of potter a warrant charging him with disturbing the belee haq wi sworn out constable Coras tible gentzle attempted to serve the war potter putter but the latter threatened any officer who attempted to arrest him accompanying thu the threat with vilo and abusive I 1 linguiti he lie seemed to become obsessed with the idea tint that an ir Iri justice v mag being done lone to him and became more inore and boic ot rt to be taken into custody sheriff henry itis noti notified fled and ho lie called potter on the phone advising him to submit and tell lu his side of tho the cibe to the com t but e even en tho the received notice th tint it the man would not be aiken by an nn ollic Of licer cr friends reasoned with etli potter but to no avail aall and he lie seemed to lose all his reason regarding the sit ailion list ast friday evening county count attorney torney thomis thomas fonts deputy deput cheriff 1 J rich and deputy ma max leute of helper went ent up to make the arrest fouts audited between the inane and anti potters Potter 4 house to tall tad to him film aa wi he came home while the s sta boned themselves eb near the house further down the tho trail trad to pro pre lent tent potter from leaching reaching home as it was reported that lie hail had four guns gun in the tile house and had been to to purchase pur chise a large suppa of ammunition with etli the rem uk that he would not be arrested after tl at torne and an old friend had advised with the tile litter latter cu cut t the officers and making threats started for the house but was vas confronted athe bv the deputa he ile his dinner luck at et awa and started to run toward the hoube the sv swinging ginging of his hand being taken b bv leute asa as a reach for a it gun so leute leuto lot artin to in to hit potter otter in tho tile leg shot went rent r ent a little high and got him in the hip ho fie went down and medical aid was vas summoned it is not thought that the wound will ill prove proe serious with the exception of the time that ho lie had an altercation with ith judge during the trial of a cabe u here some sortie 3 bears ears ago potter has aguas borne an excellent reputation anil and he WAS once a deploy shei iff he ile his has had several of chiv il and church odices offices in his community comm unit ass friends are at a loss to understand his bitterness and anti his refusal to listen to reason in ili the present instance |