| Show I GUN UN PLAY MAXWELL I MD AD MAN or Of WEST IS fACING DEATH AGAIN C. C L. L Gun Play Maxwell desperado desperado despe despe- rado and round all bad man is in a hospital hospital hos hos- pital at Las VC Vegas 3 Nov Nev having been shot through tho the lungs and stomach It Itis Itis Itis I is believed that his wounds arc are fatal L. L L. L B idel of Price Utah a railroad brakeman Is in tho same hospital with witha I a bullet wound which is not believed to tobe tobe tobe be fatal The Tho two men met two 1 miles south sooth of ot ofLas ofLas Las Vegas last Monday afternoon and fou fought ht a it pistol duel uel which will likely end nd Maxwell's Maxwells 8 career carcer Th The Tho news of tho the hootin was bron brought ht to this city it la last t night by by J J. C. C of Price Utah who arrived from Las LaB Yea Vegas Both Maxwell an and are aro well I known in this city and at Price On OnI I September 20 o of l list last st year they fought a pistol duel in a t saloon at nt Price in in which both were badly hadl wounded Tt It was wasI claimed at that time that Maxwell ell entered entered en en- I terel the tho n and tnt started to pick a 3 arow arow I row with a 1 friend of Reidel and that when hen the latter interfered Maxwell ell ellI I drew his revolver and commenced firing Ho Was Vas Not Punished Maxwell was arrested l and for fear foar of lynching was sas removed cel from Price pending nJ his hearing At tho the preliminary preliminary nary examination Maxwell was released on account of in insufficient nt evidence c Tb Ho left Utah and went vent to Nevada evada e a where ho lie homo mo moved from on one minin mining to another er finally landing in Las lag Vegas egas According Ac Ac- cording coraling t to to tho the story ston Reidel an and his wife were on their way wl to to Utah from a visit isit to Los An Angeles les tn ind stopped off at Las Ye Vegas as to j visit it friends rien s. s The two men met on tho the street Sunday afternoon and Maxwell asked to go 0 and ancl ha have haa a drink Hei el declined as his wife was with him It is claimed that Maxwell then called el vile names in the presence of ci Mrs Reidel an and finally drew rew his hrs re re- rc- rc volver Reidel according to the thC story grabbed the thC revolver cr and amI took it away awa from irom Maxwell after which he slapped his face Mot Met on Road Monday Moulay afternoon Reidel wa was riding about ten miles south of Las Vegas HI on ott his way to visit a 3 friend Ho lIe met Maxwell Maxwell Max Max- well who ho at once opened tiro firo on his ol old enemy The fire was returned by Rei Rei- Reidel del and when assistance arrived ed both men inca were on ou tho the ground Reidel was able to ride back to I. I Las s Vegas but Maxwell was unconscious and had bad to be betaken betaken e taken there in u tL wa wagon on For or years eurs Maxwell axwell has been con considered consid consid- id ered crocI ono one of tho most desperate men who whoever ever eci lived in iii this state lie He gained his title of Gun PIn PIa- Play on account of his eagerness to pith pull pull- his revolver Cr at t the be slightest provocation In iu company with another r rI I man ho robbed tho the bank lank at Spring Utah county Durin During the chase chas which followed h his s companion was killed by tho the officers Got Out of Penitentiary Maxwell was caught and sentenced to eighteen years cars in in t the the 10 state prison In Tn 1904 1004 he hI gave l information to the prison authorities of an nit alle alleged c attempted jail delivery For this he ho secured a pardon As soon as ho was released he lie went to Goldfield where it is alleged he lie was i cm employed as a detective e by t the e Mine fine I Owners' Owners a association Under the thc name of A. A 0 O. Bliss ho testified on behalf of the in in the trial of If Preston and antI Smith who were charged with the mur der cr of a restaurant keeper at It After the trial Maxwell alias Bliss went to lo Price Pric in this state where he first met Reidel I |
