Ogden Daily Standard | 1914-05-26 | Page 10 | Man Who Shot Jack Davis

MAN WHO SHOT JACK. DAVIS Butte, Mont May 25. "Budd; Ryan, who shot "Dlamondfield .lack" Davis of Salt Lake in the mouth last Septpniber when trying to run Davis out of Butte, where he was regarded as a detective employed by nonunion miners Is in Jail on a robbery' charge Charles Blewett, secretary' of the Butte Miners' union. Western Federation Fed-eration of Miners, charges that Ryan broke into the union hall and at the point of a pistol made him hand over money. Blewett said Ryan, who was recently arrested on a highway robbery rob-bery charge, put the gun to his stom ach and threatened to kill him Ryan made a demand for $1000 on the union, un-ion, charging that certain officers agreed to pay him that if he would shoot the Salt Lake soldier of for tune. The officers repudiated this statement and said they know nothing noth-ing of a conspiracv to pay Ryan, who trailed Davis to a garage and, without with-out warning, shot him, whereupon Davi3. when on the floor opened a knifo and nearly killed Ryan. Davis had suspected that a group of I W agitators hot him. Ryan threatened to carry his claim to the uulor., but was repudiated except by a clique. He harassed the officers especially the secretary, until three officers went into the district court to get permits to carry guns for self-defenso. self-defenso. Ryan was arrested two weeks ago on a statutory charge and was compelled by counts authorities to marry the girl In the case He was married three days whpn arrested arrest-ed on the latest charge, which union men say is blackmail