Show BLACKMAIL OF UNDERTAKER W WATSON ATS AT'S ON ONt t ALLEGED TO HAVE BEEN ATTEMPTED I II r M. M J. J Youman Confesses to Making Demand for 1 1000 1000 k in Ill Interest of Ellison Who Shot Watson II 70 I CONFESSION OF ATTEMPTED BLACKMAIL 0 I I I 0 County Attorney Christensen admitted when questioned b by The 0 I II 0 Telegram this this' morning that he lle had secured proof which convinces con him 0 I beyond doubt that Undertaker A A. S S. S Watson a 11 who was shot by y C C. C II H. 0 0 EIlI Ellison n on Saturday afternoon was the victim of ot a a. blackmailing plot 0 0 M. M 11 J. J Youman who whoP It Is said acted as the go between and made at least 0 0 two t attempts to enforce the thc payment of or mone money by Watson to Ellison G 0 1 under threats of ot exposure In the event of or non payment has confessed to 0 00 J 0 his bis part in the plot to the thc Count County Attorney and will appear as a witness wit wit- ness against ns Ellison 0 0 1 The he prosecution expects to show that Youman first demanded 1000 from Crom Watson but finally dropped to Watson indignantly declined 0 0 to submit to the attempted blackmail and being Informed of or his I 10 attitude then went vent to the undertaking establishment an and shot him A complaint will vill be filed against Ellison this afternoon charging him 0 G 0 with as assault ault with Intent to commit murder 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 e 0 0 0 e 0 0 0 0 l A A. A S S. Watson the well-known well undertaker undertaker under under- t taker Is at the Holy Cross hospital at deaths death's door dool with a bullet In his spine t tired sired b by C C. H. H Ellison a a. former ormel street streetcar car motorman who ho Is in the city Jail awaiting the outcome of ot the Injured mans man's wounds The shooting shooting- occurred at the undertaking undertaking under under- taking establishment o of Mr Watson shortly after 6 5 o'clock Sa art Saturday a after r. r L noon Ellison entered Mr 11 Watsons Watson's place of ot business and Inquiring Inquiring- for tor him learned that he was out Gut He lie HeI I awaited his return and as rat Watson on en- en tho the door stepped up to him and r drawing a revolver re from his coat pock- pock pockS pocket S et t fir fired d at Watson atron when less than fhT three C fen feet tt distant Th The ball entered the left Jet shoulder r and lodged ed In the thc spine Ellison on was seized b by J. J P P. Murphy Mr r. r Watson's Watsons assistant Ellison handed handed handed hand hand- ed the revolver to Murphy saying a that tha t tn It n lt had hail done dore Its work al' al arid and he was through gh with H It When was fired Mr Watson atson da across ro the room and fell Into A a a. chair from which he was removed t to L L a cot In Jn the rear of or the establishment iw Jt sm called d. d and 1 Watson r r- was a Holy Cross I 1 b llison on Arrested p Patrolman Barlow was amon among the f first on the tM scene en He placed Ellison i under arrest and took him to the police station wh where whre re h he was closel closely questioned ques ques- b by Chief of oC Police Pollee Paul as to the motive mothe of or the shooting shooting- Ellison was unwilling unwilling un- un r willing to m. m make a statement declaring that he would tell all the circumstances that led Jed up to the UH tragedy when he was placed on the witness stand Watsons Watson's Wound Serious Mr Ir Watsons Watson's wound Is a most serious one and md It is not bell believed end at the hospital hospital hos hos- pital that there Is much hope for a a. change for the better Jealousy on Ellison's part Is believed to have ha be been r. r the motive for the crime on claims that tha t Y Watson aliena alienated ted his hla wife's affection and had much to do with Mrs Ellison's leaving him about ten days I ago Ellison's Story Since the separation Ellison has been bro over the affair and Is said to have made a number of or attempts to settle the differences that have existed between him and his wire wife but without a avail a IJ To Patrolman Barlow Ellison said I II had to do the shooting shooting- It was drivIng driving ing mo me craz crazy to think what had hap hap- That's Thal's why I s sI st st. him Watson Denies Wrongdoing Mr Ir Wets Wets-on stated at the hospital while the f were caring for or him th that t Ellison's suspicions so far as they concerned him were vere utterly groundless and seated that the shooting was the result of ot an unsuccessful attempt made b by Ellison to blackmail him H He lie asserted asserted as as- as- as fert that bat whether he recovered or died that he wanted Ellison prosecuted to the limit of or the law Jaw that his own name m might be cleared of ot stain He declared that the deed was the result of ot Ellison's of ot his wife wire and that this so 80 far ar- aras as he knows was without grounds Kept K pt House for Watson Ellison on and his wife have been caring for Cor Mr l Watsons Watson's home in the absence of or Mrs Watson atEon who is 15 away from the city and Mr 1 Watson at on has been boarding boarding board board- ing with v them at his hiI own house Mrs Ellison n corroborates Mr Watsons Watson's Watson's Watsons Wat rat sons son's stor story In every detail and declares that she left her hu husband banri because he had recently taken to drink and was abusive e to her She emphatically denied denied denied de de- de- de nied that Improper relations had ever everI existed between n herself and Mr Wat Vat son Eon She stated that when her hus- hus I hand I Is drinking he Is irresponsible and has strange strang-e hallucinations For these r reasons she he he left IcU him Ellison Is only 22 years ears o of age e and has been married three thre years ears lie He has al always always at- at ways borne a good reputation and was known as 5 a sober sobel and Industrious man Watson Waton came to the city about three years car ago from rom Neb and Is married but has no children |