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IDAHO
DAILY STATESMAN – BOISE, IDAHO
NOVEMBER
7, 1899
SHOT
A MASHER
Grangeville
Woman Wounds a Gay Lathario
SHE
IS A GRASS WIDOW
Did
Not Propose to Lose Her charley and When He Started to Run She Shot
A
dispatch from Grangeville to the Lewiston Tribune says:
There was quite a sensation in town about 9 o’clock yesterday
morning when Monte Jarrett dashed through Main street at a furious gait,
closely followed by Mrs. Grant. Jarrett
had been shot a short distance out
of the city but when examined by Dr. Bibby it was found he was
not seriously wounded. The
bullet having hit a rib and glanced off.
The parties, who live near Tolo, had ridden out of town in the
morning and whatever trouble occurred took place after they left the
city. No arrests were made
and no statements given to the public.
The
Grangeville Free Press tells the story, without giving any of the names
as follows:
“O,
Young Lochinvar" has come out of the west: through all the wide borders his steed is the best.” And it
must needs be if the steed
which is ridden after is mounted by an irate young woman with
determination and a gun, and such was the case yesterday morning when
the usual quiet of a Grangeville Sabbath was disturbed by the sight of
two equestrians, one a man and the other a woman, prancing down Main
street at a breakneck pace. The
facts of the case seem to be pretty much as follows:
There
is a young man on the prairie whose name we will not mention, , who has
long captivated the hearts of many of the susceptible young ladies of
the vicinity, among whom was a grass widow, whose name also is shrouded
in secrecy. The lady in
question is to say the least, up-to-date and is evidently a firm
believer in woman’s rights, for yesterday she took the law and her gun
in her own hands and emphasized the fact that when she wanted a man she
wanted him badly and was going to have him if she never laid up a cent.
The
couple came in from the prairie Saturday and spent the night in
Grangeville where, deponent sayeth not, but yesterday morning, about 3
o’clock, the lady in question started for home and the young man
accompanied her a short distance. When
they got to the end of the lane on the Whitebird road, the man signified
his intention of returning to Grangeville, when the woman demurred and
strenuously objected and in the words of the “rag-time” she made a
mental remark to the effect that “I want you, ma honey, and I want you
mighty badly,” but the man had opinions of his own on the subject and
decided to return, and suiting the action to his determination, was just
turning his horse to go, when the woman pulled out a revolver and taking
a careful aim shot, hitting the young man in the left breast, about two
inches above the nipple. The
man did not stand on the order of his going, but simply went and then
began a race which will long remain a free memory in the minds of
Grangevilleites, for when the pair were first seen they were coming over
the hill in front of the public school building on a dead run, with the
man in the lead by about 100 feet, but on the down grade his animal
seemed to gain and he had a good lead of 50 more yards when the Jersey
house corner was reached. The
woman evidently anticipated that the man would turn into the stable
owned by Bert Lanningham, for she turned in there herself and inquired
for him, but he had fooled her a few lines, for he kept going and
turning the Jersey house corner, came around by the back streets.
The woman tried to locate him without avail and so turning her
horse started for home alone. The
young man repaired to Hogan’s barber shop to ascertain the extent of
his injuries and the next thing was William Hogan, one of the
proprietors, ran out with the remark, “My God, that boy is shot
terribly!” and went after Dr. Bibby immediately.
Directly afterward the young man who had been shot issued from
the shop assisted by two friends, who took him to the doctor’s private
office, where Dr. Bibby, assisted by Dr. Payzant, probed for the bullet,
and after a painful operation, extracted it.
The bullet in its course had fortunately struck the collar bone,
where it lodged, else the young man would not have been forced to take
the ride, but it struck a rib and was arrested in its course.
The “gay Lothario” was immediately after on the streets and
did not seem any the worse for his exciting gun play and ride.
In
the excitement of the ride the man’s hat blew off and he did not stop
just then to get it, sot it remained in the road at a point about where
the shooting took place, until a gentleman in Grangeville rode out to
get it and the fair damsel
had even vented her spite on this inoffensive article of apparel by
shooting two holes in it on her way home as it lay on the ground,
possibly devoutly wishing that the young man’s head were in
it. The fair charmer resides at Doumecq plains, just across the
Salmon and the youth lives near Tolo.
It was not learned up to the time of going to press, whether the
authorities would take cognizance of the matter or not.
There
are no serious consequences anticipated from the shooting affray of
yesterday, as the case was most skillfully handled by Drs. Bibby and
Payzant and the bullet extracted. Fortunately
the gun was only a 32 caliber gun, and better yet, the bullet’s course
was arrested by the collar bone, for if it had varied one inch in either
direction there is no question but the results would have been most
serious.
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