Inter-Mountain Republican | 1908-11-07 | Page 10 | Infers That Fugitive Shot Ernest Smedley

INFERS THAT FUGITIVE SHOT ERNEST SMEDLEY I Former Patrolman Riley Declares Declares De De- De- De clares dares He Shot in Ground and in Air J. J J J. J Rile Riley formerly a policeman l on the local force filed an answer to lo tao tio d damage hanage suit of Ernest W W. W In which the patrolman Is sued for tor torl l damages as ns a 0 result of or a running run run- fling ning fight with a fugitive September J 1 19 In which Sm Smedley was the tite only man hit He lie stop stopped elI a a. bullet In his hits left len leg e From Rileys Riley's answer tho the inference Is left len that I It t was tho bullet from flom tho tue thoun gun un of oC tile the criminal that lodged od ed lr Ia leg nUe Riley points out that while no ne was wC walking west vest on south Souti Temple lic S VeNt st stand and Third West about 11 o'clock on tho tile night of September 19 he heard hean hearda a R. man mall running from rom an alley ulley just aCl after r firing a shot toward the street Riley claims that he yelled to the fu fugitive fugi fugi- l. l live tive to halt and whon when he did not nut th tIlt lie patrolman fired into the ground Ho lie again aln demanded that trio mysterious l ono one stop and on tic the order older being passed up tip he lit says sas he fired again Into the ground and a third time into the altHo alt air Ho says that ho hu did not shoot Smedley nor did he attempt to shoot hoot the tue burglar or whatever tho the fugitive u might have havo been He lie asks therefore that Smedley ley Icy receive recel no damages s from rein him I