Lincoln County ID Archives News.....Another Crime at Shoshone December 12, 1883
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Wood River Times December 12, 1883
  An attempt to murder was made on the person of a man named Ott, at Shoshone, 
about a week ago. It was late at night, and Mr. Ott was on his way to the 
section house,on the edge of town. When near the Shoshone House two strangers 
assailed him. One struck him on the temple with the stock of a revolver, 
ripping the flesh open for a length of three or four inches, and knocking him 
senseless. He was then dragged  to the Little Wood River, which flows near by, 
and thrown into the river. The cold water brought him to, and he climbed onto a 
rock and cried lustily for help. This brought relief and the man was extricated 
from his perilous position. Robbery must have been the object of the 
assailants, as the man showed a large roll of bills in a saloon earlier in the 
evening. Luckily, however, Mr. Ott was prevailed upon to deposit his money in a 
merchant's safe before starting for home. The robbers therefore got nothing.

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