The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-12-02
MORMON OUTRAGE
For Which the Outrager Paid the
RI IIif liii&i Penalty. Ill

Saturday night last there was enacted If
Salt Lake City a tragedy which, according
nata ars a ;5d9 1sads to The Belief III ia. ti t was
the result of, a deliberate attempt ON the
part of a party Of Mormons to assassinate
adeputy of the United States Marshal, and
who in self defense mortally wounded one
of.the number. The following facts are
taken from the Salt Lake Tribune Of Sum
day: nh
About twenty minutes after Z O'Clock last
evening the residents in the vicinity OF the
just north of Social. Hall on. Tlleater
street were startled by the reports OF sey-
eral pistol shots fired in quick succession,
evidently in the alley about ever with, the
rear OF the Hall building. Mr.. John Lloyd
was passing 'northward on the east side OF
Theater street when the shots were fired.
He heard the shots. but paid little atten-
ton to them and continued on his way
homeward. When passing the yardin front
OF Spencer Clawson's house, a few yards
north of the alley, he discovered the pros
trate form OF a man lying in the gateway.
-""For Gods sake, send for the police"
said the man, feebly; 5'send a carriage for
my wife and family; I'm in a dangerous
condition." -.' o. b
Mr.. Lloyd drew near to the wounded
man n discovered it was I'D
JOSEPH W. M'MURR1N, ID
the night Waterman at the Tithing Yard.
Without stopping to ask any questions,
Mr.. Lloyd hurried, to the City Hall and
summoned the police. Marshal Phillips,
Officer Clayton, and Bateman Immediately
went to the assistance OF the wounded man.
They found he was badly wounded and in
a very weak condition. In reply to their
questions he stated that he had been shot
by Deputy Marshal Collin. A carriage was
sent and McMurrin was conveyed to the
City Hall and laid on a hastily improvised
couch in the office OF the Watermaster.
The entrance to the City Hall was closely
guarded, and no one except officers, friends
and relatives Of the wounded man and
newspaper reporters were admitted. DR..
Benedict was summoned and made, an ex-
ternal examination of the wounds, and
found that two bullets had entered the ab-
domen, the wounds being about three inch
es above the naval and about an inch
apart. The reyolverhad been held so close
to the body that the clothing was burned.
although he thought death might not occur
for twenty-four hours. .:..lt
e 81 ANTE-MoRTEM
Bishop spiers soon arrived, and in
company with Heber M: Wells, DR..
DGutQICU, CUcpuSu 11luttI dIu 4OLl-
Ger Clayton proceeded to take the
statement OF the dying man. The mem
bers OF the press were excluded and allthey
could learn was from Marshal Philips who
heard part OF the statement, which was as
follows: McMurrin stated that he was
passing through the alley north OF Social
Hall when he met Collin; that some words
passed between the two; that he struck at
Collin and that the latter then commenced
firing. Further than this meager informa-
ton nothing could be learned as to the con
tents Of the ante-mOrtem statement.
As soon as his statement was taken, a
stretcher was brought, and six men carried
him to his home in the Eighth Ward.
coLLIN GIVES HlMsELF uP.
In the meantime United States Marshal
Ireland had arrived at the City Hall with
the information that Collin had given him
was learned that Mr.. NJ. Mix had been the
first to to see Collin after the shooting had
occurred, and that Collin had given him a
full version OF the affair. This is published
elsewhere, and is corroborated by Il number.
OF persons who were at or near the scene
and who state that they saw three or four
men waiting in the alley. :
Collin described the club with which
McMurrin assaulted HIM as being similar
to a polieeman's billy. A. club OF that
description was found on McMurrin, or
near him.
The pistol used by Collin was a 41-cal-
ibre Colts double action. In addition to
the club above referred to, a revolver was
found on McMurrin, with every chamber
loaded.
McMurrin is a young man, about twenty
seven years OF age. He has filled the
position OF nightWatchman at the tlthing
yard for scme years past, and. 1T is
stated, usually goes On duty at 6:30 p. m.
HIS CONDITION YESTERDAY.
SALT LAKE, November 3O.-Joseph Nc
Murrin, the wounded man, is still alive.
Collin was turned over to the military at
Fort Douglass to-day for fear OF lynching.
The suppressed excitement is very great,
and the feeling between the Mormons and
Gentiles is intense. The latter proclaim
that the shooting OF McMurrin was Il cold
blooded murder, directly the result OF Judge
Zane's ruling, in Furnishing Burt for assault
a fortnight ago, while in the perform
ance OF his duty as an officer OF the court.
This view was not, shared by
reasonable people in the. view Of the fact
that McMurrin admitted that he assaulted
Collin and was beating him at the time OF
the shooting, which those who understood
that McMurrin was one OF the four lying in
wait to asssil and perhaps murder Collin,
maintain that the latter did what anyone
would do in like circumstances. 1t is said
that the road to the penitentiary was
guarded to-day by armed Mormons, who
designed to murder Collin on the way in, 1T
being expected that he would be brought to
this city for al examination. There was
some rumor that McMurrin's friends would
storm the penitentiary. Groups talk freely
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