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Show THE DETECTIVES FIRED MANY SHOTS "We had nothing to do with arranging ar-ranging plans to trap tho Ogdon blackmailers," said William I. Will-sic, Will-sic, superintendent of the Plnkertou National Detective agency, last night. "Those who did arrange the plans wanted some one not known In Ogden Og-den and proficient in the use of firearms fire-arms to drive the buggy which contained con-tained Lambert, the former doputy constable, who was attired to impel sonate Mrs Brintol "I was consulted and furnished Jas. Jackson, an attache of the Salt Lake office of the agency and formerly of New York He was to drive and do whatever shooting would be necessary. neces-sary. When Lambert handed out the sack containing the money Jackson opened fire on the blackmailers. He thinks he wounded one of the bandits and he may bo right. I know him to be unusually proficient with a. revolver." revol-ver." . ' Mr Wlllsie exhibited the revoher used by Detective Jackson It Is of .11 calibre and the barrel is badly "leaded," indicating that it had been fired several times The weapon wns clean when Detective Jackson started out with Lambert in the buggy. Jackson Jack-son said he discharged the weapon more than twelve times in the course of the battle During tho early stage of tho fight the horse was hit, causing him to run 'It uas so dark." Jackson said "that I had to hold my finger along tho barrel of the revoher in order to aim Shooting under such circumstances circum-stances preyed difficult." |