Show A DENIAL the young arman woman says she did not shoot gavin johnson on the 1st ast dinst the NEWS gave an ac count of the unexplained disappearance of a young man named gavin johnson two days later we published a statement to the me effect that a man exacts exactly answering his description abeen had been shot in the arm py by a young woman who served in dawdlers Dud Dad lers saloon in parleys cadion while trying to enter her room through 9 t the window at night abi 9 latter account came to us through the young bowans womans brother in reply to it we have received the following communication signed by mrs sue mccarty evidently the person er who is alleged to have filex fired at johnsoni 1 I see in a clipping sent seat to me that I 1 am accused of shooting at gavin john son about the letb of september mr gavin johnson came here about dusk and I 1 was here alone except having a little boy with me twelve years old johnson WANTED TO STAY all night I 1 told him biro I 1 had no accommodations of any kind then he be eked asked for supper aud and I 1 told him we hid had bad supper sapper but I 1 could get him a lunch so he be said all right awill take a bot tie of soda water and some crackers while he was eating he asked me if I 1 had some cartridges for his pistol not liciag the way he acted I 1 made him believe I 1 had some but I 1 wanted them for myown my jovn pistol but I 1 never had a pistol at all he then asked if he could feed his mule some lucern I 1 told him yes ye ile he stayed staged around quite a whilo while after that all he said was at that time and was do you stay here all alone I 1 told him that I 1 did not think that was any of ois his business 1 I did not dot like the way he acted and thought I 1 would not go to bed so I 1 STAYED UP ALL NIGHT I 1 watched until nearly morning when I 1 heard him trying my window I 1 walked up to the window and told him if he did not po go away I 1 would blow his brains out when I 1 told him that he ran down the cadion and that is the last I 1 have seen of him I 1 never saw him before and I 1 have never seen him since |