Show GEO BARTLETT WOUNDED by a couple of drunken indians indans full of bootleg Whis whiskey kley shot without warning on tuesday night of last week george bartlett was ivas call ed to his door shortly after 10 after having retired for the night by of drunken indians and demanded that he cook them a supper mr bartlett ordered them out of the house to which the indians ob ejected an altercation took place and after going outside both indians t took ook a shot shor at 1 him the on one with a large calibre winchester Win winchester chesier just missed his head while the shot from the 22 calibre rifle entered the fleshy part of his leg this took place at his home near whiterocks and he fled fied the indians as old tony and dill bill or sour dough bill the wounded canvas man was taken to vernal early wednesday morning and a phy physician was summoned who easily casil located the bullet in the back part of the leg which was removed unless as complications set in no serious results are arc expected this should be a lesson lessen to the white man for an indian full of bootleg whisky is not response i ble mr bartlett has known these indians 4 his life and they have always been good friends it was reported murray I 1 went to whiterocks to arrest the two indians and expected to get them aitho without any trouble tut but they ref refused used to submit to arrest arrest and th they are safely safely in the hands of the ahe while rivers the white rivers eror are the one who mhd led a bunch of indians to the dakotas a fi few v years ago and again last year yea r they left the gency and went to langely rangely Ran gely ely colorado they are a restless and unreliable bunch and hard to reason with the sheriff finding that bad blood was brewing wisely decided to see agent kneale at ft FL duchesne their conference resulted bulted in a call for county attorney DoM demoisy oisy county commissioner r and cou county nty clerk oneil on friday morning it is hoped hoard that no trouble will rise arise in their arrest |