Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-09-22
SHOT ON The STREET.
Probably Fatal Results Of a
Quarrel
PARTIES ARE RAILROAD MEN
A Feld Between FOremeR Leads To
Terrible Results.

At about 1880 O'Clock today John
T. snelison shot a man named
Lockeit, who will probably die. The
circumstances leading to aud con-
necied with the shooting are as
follows:
Lockett has for some time pas
been in the employ OF The Rio
Grande westesn Company as fore
man Ct gang Of ear inspectors.
and Sneilson has been in the en-
ploy OF the same company rs fore
man Of n gang Of car re7alrers. or
necessity the two men hal 4 more
or less close connection with each
other in their work, AMI they have
not got along PLEASANTLY. in fact,
It Is stated that they have quarreied
repeatedly. On Saturday last trou-
he occurred between them which.
it Is stated, had its rise over the fact
that Snellson wanted 20 put on GER
tain workmen, while Isockeit object
ed, claiming they wese noscompete1t
Locke.t says that on the occasion OF
their last quarrel SneilsJn DREW n
knife on him.
What, il ANYTHING, passed he
tween the two men between SUR
iay anu moan today Is not known.
odt the following particulars OF the
shooting Gre given by 4 workman
who was an eyewitness 70 il:
On the northeast corner OF the
intersection Of Second Suut, and
Fourth West street-, which. Of
course, is On the southwest corner
OF the block, stands brick bailiing
belonging to i. &. Armstrong. Jr.
The west wall ct The building Is on
The line .. the sidewalk on the cast
side OF Fourth West Street, AMI the
front Of the building = fush with
The Second South Street side walk.
Immediately east Of this building i
another brick structure in course Of
erection. 4 workman on the latter
named James Herndon stood near
~ anu saw llt shooting.
For about fifteen nsiuules I.oczett
bad been startling in front OF the
hrst eHiiding, occasionally bending
his head round the corner Of It aud
looking to the Moth. lie appeared to Z
be waiting and lsoking FOR
someone. Presently he stopped
quickly. picked up stone
and threw it 1t man
who was walking near the middle
q Fourth West Street, and appar-
emily going towards the r. G.. w.
depot As soon rs LOckeit had
thrown the first Store be STORED 10 /
pick up another. snd - that instant |
the mas is was throwing al fired I
first and then a second shot.
Lockett staggered but recovered |
himself, walked into the middle !
Of second South Street, hailed 2
street car that vas going east. and I
stepped into il. He rode in the I
street car 20 Main Street. when the !
conductor and mOtorman, discover
ing that he was wounded, hailed |
policeman James Dunning, who
callsd an express wagon ami con-
veyed him to the City Hall, where |
he arrived within fifteen minutes I
Of the tins he was shot.
Five minutes Later DR.. Aieacham,
city physician, and DIR. Fowler 1
were in the office OF City Marshal I
Young, where the wounded nan 1
vas lying or q mattress on the |
6OOT. BY direction Of the surgeons,
he was stripped 10 the waist, thai 4
an examination might be facilitated. /
There was only one bullet hole, aEd /
il was located ia the lett siir aboa. /
half way between the top Of the hip |
bone and tire arm pit, and seem II |
70 lie about in line with both. THE I
bali hal not cyme Gli;, AMI the /
surgeons pressed the flesh on tbs /
back and abdomen 10 fiad j, iEl
possible. Whether or not it had /
passed within the ribs was q mzt,e. |
Of donbt. Ga pressing a spot thr.s ]
Or four iuchts above the BIval |
the patient WINGED, aud gave & As
his opinion that the bullet was
there.
me surgeons seemed doubtful n
10 whether il was there or not, anl |
Dr.. Fowler inquired IL the patient /
had vOmited, and was told he had /
not. Dr.. Meacham proceeded 10
oandage the wound. and while he
vas thus engaged Justice I.angy |
came into the apartment and |
asked: Hadn't a statement bet |
ter be taken from him?
Dr.. Fowler-Wait till We get him 1
fixed. He ) not in a condition |
now. But when We &c. him ixcC
up you'd better DO il.
sam She'll, driver OF the patre; |
wagon, was kneeiing b. the SHE o:
the mattress, carefully supporting |
the wounded man. whose position,
however, was uncomfortable, and
he said: Let me lie down" He
could not lie prone, on account Of
the pain he suffered in that position,
aud he had to be raised up again.
At lis O'Clock, Judge Laney |
came up to the bedside with paper
ani pencil, - take the wounleI
mans statement, and all excep; |
police officials were excluded from
the room. As DR.. Fowler lett the
room he said, IN answer to an in
quiry:
"He's not dying yet; he is not
pulseless, ami there may be re-
action occur. But you can't
tell, an his relatives ought TO be
Notified at once"
Desk Sergeant Merrill at once d.
rected a police officer 10 90 10 an al
dress on First South Street, where it
was unders OOd the WOUNDED man /
had friends. But little, however
could Ire ascertained about him. IL
was said that he had friends in the
sugar House Ward. He Is OF fine
physique, dsrk complexion, daTk
hnir aud moustache, about medium |
height and apparently about thirty
three years old. It is believed he l.
single.
Immediately after firing at Lock
ett, SneIlson walked 10 the county |
i5ii. two blocks distant, gave him
self up and was locked W In = cell. |
he Is about thirly-five years old, |
Is OF rather small stature, dark com |
nlexiOn, wears a black moustache.
and LOOKS like a hard EoTking man. |
The sheriff refused 10 allow report |
ers 10 SPEAK 10 him.
At last accounts Lockctt was
still lying on the mattress i'm Mar
shat Young's room at the City
Hail, in a condition which made II
impossible f5F the surgeons 10 pre-
dict with any confidence whether
he win live or die.
Justice Lsney very properly re-
fused b make putlic the contents OF
his ante BlOTteBl statement.
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