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Show OFFICER IS SHOT WHEN ATTEMPTING TO MAKE ARREST Boise. Ida, Nov. 10. Deputy Sheriff Sher-iff William Clawson Is lying at the point of death with a bullet In his neck from the gun of Clarence Roush, ;in ex-convict, whom he attempted to arrest for forgery this morning Roush is now a fugitive from justice some where between here and Numpa with the bloodhounds from the penitentiary on his trail. Clawson called at the Roush home just before noon today with a warrant war-rant of arrest on a complaint sworn out by Murray Buchanan, a Boise coal dealer Roush's mother told the officer of-ficer that her son was in Nampa But uhnn flnu-ann wna Itavlnf the olaee he net Roush face to face. He read the warrant to him and told him he was under arrest. "All right." said Roush. but as he spoke he whipped out a revolver and fired twice. One bullet hit the officer offi-cer in the face, carrying away three of his tt ih and part of his jaw The bullet split, ;,art of It -nterlng the tongue and part lodging in his throat No artery was cut and the doctors thought at a late hour they could save the man s life. Roush ran after firing Clawson fired three times at him but his shots went wild. The bloodhounds werr- ordered out at once and the sheriff sher-iff offered a reward of $200 for Roush's capture. Officers every where were notified to be on the lookout for the fugitive At a late hour to night he was mill at large Roush was sent to the penitentiary' fr f,VP Jn for breaking jail In Canyon county He was paroled after serving two vara and had been out two years |