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Show CONDUCTOR AND SHERIFF Can Wielders e-Two Saj- pected Holdcps of Ho. I , ' nld Soloon. OFFICER UNDERTOOK ARREST ON TRAIN Condoctor W. R.-Kidd and Deputy Sam Milton of Fremont C:anty. (Special to The Telegram.) . XSAHQ FALLS, Ida, J una 17. Deputy Dep-uty Sheriff 8am Milton 1 of rreAont county aod Paiseriger Ocn doctor Wll-Uaai Wll-Uaai a. Xld4 Cf FocatcUo war snot aad desperately wound ed early this morning morn-ing by two men riding en tha trala at China Potat, sear High Bridge, Ida, sixty atUea aorta f here. ' Twe aan held ay a eajoon as Monlda, so 'tte Idaho-Montana llae, a daybreak day-break this morning aad. It was aileged. boarded tha lass sugar trala which had jaat anivsd. Word was wired to oaV csrs at apse) cer, twenty miles this side of Monlda. They boarded the train at spencer aad Inquired of Conductor stidd where the men were who got on at Monlda. ''" Kidd pointed out the men sitting ia the cmoaing compartment of the day eoaelu Milton Walled upoa Kidd to assist as-sist ia nicking tbe arrest, and covered the mea with his' gua.. He laid-his gua atide to fasten en the handcuffs when' ene of ihe men grabbed tbe gun and shot the official twice, -once through the breast a ad -ence. through the. .shoulder. Kidd attempted'to setae the maa with the gaa-whea ha was shot through tbe lower part of the abdossea.-- . 't Sseape ffbtt Itrar.'" -' '; " ' I The area . nyth rre the aiaoking compartment Arlog their gunk and intimidating in-timidating the pcaarngera. pulled the bell .cord, brought the traia to. a stop aad made. their esespc' into the sagebrush-country.) Word waa sent to a assrhy, ranch hnd a ;posec of cowboys took up the traif at ohce. j The wounded official aad Condactot Kidd were .brought through here this morning at o'clock, en route to the hospital at FoeateUo.- Physicians who met the trcin here fear 'that Kidd is mortally wounded, but the official is not so badly hurt. Railroad Detective Joeee, accompanied by Sheriff' Buck-, lia, left here withia thirty miautec after the word waa received for the scene of the shooting,-, determined to run down-the mea. The poiat where the mea left the, traia is ea a sagebrush- plain, practically practi-cally a desert, aad there -is little chance of their . making their earape. The sheriff and posse are determined, endt cc the men are armed aad desperate, des-perate, a running fight is anticipated.-Kidd'ia anticipated.-Kidd'ia one of the oldest pescenger conductors si the Oregon Short Line ia point -of service and well liked. He joade his home here for a aamber bf rears, afterwards' being transferred to Poeatello. ' '. |