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SHOT FROM AMBUSHA Masked Assassin Nearly Killed Edward Holtzheimer.HIS LIFE SAVED BY A BUNDLEliollilMluier May* H® Cannot Identify Hi® Man Who Shot Him, Hut Brllovr® Him to IS® Andrew Miller.Tacoma, Oof. S.—A special lo the Ledger from Blaine, Wsib., says: Ud* ward Holtzheliner, a farmer living live miles south o! thin city, was shot and seriously wounded last night by u masked assassin. The shooting took place between the farmhouse and the barn. llolt/beimer was carrying a bundle of clothing under his left arm, and It Is to this fact that he owes Ida life.'J'ho assassin lay In hiding behind a stump and as the unsuspecting farmer passed ho raised up and placed the muzzle of u double-barred shotguo almost against liIB victim’* brenst uud pulied the trigger. The charge of buckshot passed through the bundle of clothing under tho wounded uihii'n arm. llnltzheimer grabbed the iniix-zle of tho gun, pUHliing the barrel downward, uud he received the second charge In the right leg above the kuee. The flesh was torn from tho bone for about six inches.lioltzhtimer says he car.not Identify the man that shot him, but believes it to be Audrew Miller, an uncle of ni* wife. Miller was placed under arrest today.
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Caldwell News Tribune
Caldwell, Idaho, US
Sat, Oct 13, 1894
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