FINANCIAL PARTNER OF INVENTOR OF RAILROAD DEVICE CLAIMS SELF-DEFENSE IN SHOOTING
Chicago, Illinois (JFK+50) On May 28, 1923, the inventor of an electrically operated railroad switching device* was shot by his financial partner. The Casper Daily Tribune reports Emerson Dunlay's wound may be fatal.
George Fisher claims that Mr. Dunlay "attacked him with a knife when he refused to advance further funds," and that he shot the inventor "in self defense."
*railroad switch, aka turnout, is a mechanical installation enabling railway trains to be guided from one track to another.
SOURCE
"Railroad Inventor Is Shot Fatally By Financial Partner," The Casper Daily Tribune, May 28, 1923, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
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