Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-01-25

With this / turned and ran, and l saw
two others rushing out of the west end
of the alley, at whom l fired two more
shots as they retreated. The other party
had run eastward, and l followed him,
shouting that had one more shot left, or
! something of that kind. Saw him dash
into the alley running south, and as
pursued met man and woman with a
lantern, inquiring who had done the
shooting; they were neighbors. l then
went into my house, where / saw Mrs.
Mix, whom l asked to send her husband
in, telling her had been shot. Before
firing I looked over my shout
der and saw the other man APP
preaching me. I heard other shots,
but don't believe any of them were fired
by the man who struck me. l fired four
shots altogether-two at my assailant and
two at the men retreating at the west end
of the alley; scarcely heard the report
of my first two shots, in the excitement,
and wondered if the weapon had really
discharged. My pistol was Al in cali
bre. (The pistol was here produced and
was identified by Collin; it was six
shooter Marshal Phillips was also asked
to produce McMurrin's pistol and club.)
Mr.. Dickson to Marshal Phillips: This
is similar to policeman's club, is it not
Yes, sir.
Does it appear to you to be new?
don't think it has been used much.
Collin resuming: l only carried five
chambers loaded, so as to have
an empty one on which to rest the trigger;
1 did this always to avoid accident in case
of dropping the pistol. I did try to fire
a fifth shot but the cartridge did not ex-
plode. I went into my house immedi-
ately after the shooting. I could not
possibly identify any of those men.
Shortly after I got home-about two or
three minutes, 1 think-Mr. Mix came
in; 1 was endeavoring to- remove the
cylinder from my pistol; asked Mix to
accompany me to Marshal Ireland's
house, which he did. My clothing was
then examined and were in precisely the
same condition as they are now as
regards the holes and burns. My clothes
had been perfectly sound prior to the
shooting. When I first got home
l felt something hot in my hand and
found bullet there, which put down
on the table. (He here produced the
bullet.) 1 did not know where the ba-
nanas were, nor know 1 had got hold of
the bullet; this is the bullet, producing
another one) which was taken from the
barrel of my pistol; was certain it was;
can't say how the bullet (the other one)
came in my hand.
Marshal Phillips McMurrin's pistol
is 3S-calibre.
Marshal Ireland and Captain Green
man had examined my clothing about
half an hour after I had reached the
Marshal's house; was then taken to
the penitentiary when was examined
by Doctors Dart and Taggart; my bruises
were on my collar bone, left arm and
right shoulder; my left eye felt as though
burned or scorched with fire or powder;
there were indications of injuries ON the
right shoulder, and showed them to sew
eral of the guards at the penitentiary; 1
had been warned to be on my guard by
Marshal Ireland about the previous We'd
nesday; the Marshal had called me to
his desk and explained what he had
heard respecting plot to assassinate me.
To Mr.. Dickson: Did not comment or
inquire about the rumored plot; it did
not surprise me. The empty barrel had
been always kept that way for safety;
the hammer was always let down on the
empty barrel. He was shown the bullet
found in his hand, and was of the opinion
that it had been fired. 1t was, in his
opinion, of larger calibre than his own
pistol. Believed it had not been fired
against anything hard, or it would have
been fattened. He had found the bullet
in his left hand-the hand in which he
had held the sack OF bananas. Had
piece of the paper sack in that same hand
when he got home, and also the bullet.
Was about half way between the west
end of the hall and the door when at
tackled; had crossed the alley to pass
between the two men about six or eight
feet from the east end of the hall. The
street lamp reflected light a very little
beyond the west corner of the hall, but
not at all along where the encounter took
place. What light there was east |
of the northwest corner of the
hall was but a dim reflection.
The man whom I saw walk out of
of the alley was tall and rather bent over.
Had gray coat and light hat on. Did not |
discover whether the man had beard or |
not. Had thought the man was Bishop
McRae, and therefore did not scrutinize |
his appearance. McRae had been there
before and his form was familiar to him.
Since McRaes testimony had been given
be doubted its being him, but had no
other evidence to shake his first convic-
ton. The person who attacked him was
about medium height and wore long
overcoat. Had met and conversed with
McMurrin in Eardley's store once before
The shooting. Had visited the store to
subpoena parties there, and McMurrin,
who was present, made some remarks
'ather disagreeable about the subpoena
ing of the parties, in connection with
which he had said: You fellows are such
Internal liars up there" Had seen Nc
Murrin often; there was enough light in
he alley that night to enable me to
barely distinguish the general outlines of
he person who seized me; there were no
words exchanged or uttered, excepting
he remark already referred to.
Mr.. Dickson here had Collin stand up,
md asked if he (Collin thought it pos
ible that the hole and burn in his coat
lad been made by his own pistol. Collin
bought not.
Continuing called rather loudly after.
he person retreating eastward through
he alley; it was about opposite the
bird house east of the Social Hall.
lad cried out, "I've got another shotle left"
r something like that. There were
wo persons retreated through the west j
nd of the alley after the firing. Thought {
ne OF them was McMurrin had Just {
poken about the bullet found in his
and to Judge Hoge the day following t
be shooting. Did not carry any loose t
ullets or cartridges in his pocket or
bout him. t
DIR. Taggart was sworn: He testified I
S follows: Am physician and sur
con; was at the penitentiary on Nov a