The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1884-04-26
A MUKDEhOuS JAP.

Tragedy ut Ogden, Utah-A Japanese Waiter
Commits n Murderous Assault Upon
Woman, a Former Employer, and suffers
Death mt the Hands of a Mob--Hung In n
Fire-beH Tower.
OGDEN. U. T., April 2l
The usual quiet that prevails in this city
after eleven o'clock at night was broken
shortly after that hour Saturday evening
by the report of pistol shots coming
from the Gem Restaurant. There
was great excitement when 1t was
discovered that the ,proprietress, Mrs.
Gudgell, had been assaulted and
MORALLY wounded by Japanese
waiter who had formerly been in her en-
ploy, but who had been dismissed few
days previous for drunkenness. The
Japanese entered the place, walked
to the apartment that is cur
timed off in the rear of the main room
fronting on Fourth street and called for
Mrs Gudgell to come in there. The lady
responded, and was asked to reinstate the
discharged employee. Upon being refused
this request, he became exasperated and
attacked the lady in a violent manner. A
struggle ensued by the lady's attempt to
free herself from him and to get out of
the room.
She finally succeeded, and ran into the
front room and started out at the door,
when the Japanese drew s'bulldog' re-
volver of medium caliber and tired, the
ball entering her back and penetrating
her lung The lady rushed out on the
street, holly pursued by the i1furiated
rascal, firing five shots ut her in quick
succession, four of which took effect.
One ball Is lodged in the left lung, which
it is impossible to probe. Another made q
slight flesh wound on the breast, while
the others took effect in the thighs,
crushing the bone of the right
leg in frightful manner. The
daughter of the wounded lady rushed
out frantic with grief crying for help,
which soon brought large crowd OF ex-
cited spectators to the scene. The lady
had only been able to get a few steps
from the door of the restaurant after re-
ceiving the first wound before she fen
upon the walk exhausted. The fiend had
followed her closely all the time, taking
every opportunity to fire, and it was alter
she lay exhausted on the pavement that
he stood over her and fired the two shots
that mangled her limbs SO horribly. Alter
emptying every cell of his deadly weapon
he started to run away, turning into the
alley Just below Main street. Officers Bal
lyntine and Brown happened to be in the
vacant lot at the back of the block, AND
hearing the reports had started for the
place from which they emanated. The
then frightened man rushed right into
officer James Browns arms, and said
"Here, | have killed that woman OF
Fourth street, and am ready to hang fol
it." at the same time handing the weapon
over to the officer. He was Immediately
taken into custody, but this in no wise
allayed the feeling of the mob that was
fast gathering. lie was placed in jail anC
the woman was cared for by friends.
This morning just before daylight
mob of twenty or twenty-five mer
called at the Jail and aroused
the keeper. He demanded to know wha
they wanted, which was soon made known
to him by a demand for the keys to tht
cell in which the prisoner was confined
They were peremptorly refused the keys
whereupon two on three of the mob brok,
the lock to the door and secured the muir
derer while others stood guard. At thi
juncture the officers appeared at the out
side of the jail-yard, but were covered BY
weapons in the hands of those standing
guard, and told not to come any farther
A gag was placed over the culprit'i
mouth and he was taken TO the tower up
on which the fire bell hangs. The rop'
was placed around his neck. He wa
drawn up four or five times and final!
left to hang until six O'Clock in tn
morning, when he was cut down AM
taken In charge by the city sexton.
The murderous wretch was looked up
ON in his capacity of waiter as an agreea
BILE and obliging person., but it was plaiI
to be seen that something of a tiendlsl
nature lurked under this. He was tn
only Japanese in town, and it was pre-
sumed that the solitary life he was leading
caused him to take periodical sprees, on
of which he had been on for this past tw'
weeks. Mrs. Gudgell spoke highly o
him as waiter and expressed regre
at his leaving her abruptly som
time ago. She had in the meantime tllet
his place, and could not take him bacl
when he called Saturday evening. 1t il
said that he came here recently from Tus
carora, New, and that a brother of hi
anffprad the same fare that he has.