Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-12-20
ANOTHER NAN SHOT.
Hickey" O'Brisn Fatally Wounded
at SeTen o'clock Last Iieht.
A SALOON KEEPER DID IT.
lie Narrowly Escapes Lynching BY
His Victims Friends.

Auotner terrible decd has been
added to the long list of crimes
lately committed in this city. Last
evening, at a few minutes before
Z O'Clock, one r. ]. O'Brien. famil.
iariy called mickey. by hi. ac-
guaintances, and an did employee
Of the Eic erande Western Railway
Company, acting in the capacity of
night switchman, while on the way
to his work, entered the .:western,,
saloon on Fifth West Street, between
Second and Third South Streets
and was fatally shot by F. f. Ray
mond, one Of the proprietors.
The details ofwhat occurred after
o'Brien's entrance into the saloon
are difficultto gather. A reporter of
the NEWS visited the place this
morning with a view TO obtain cor.
rect Information concerning the
tragic affair, but the hartenders
were not over anxious to express
themselves about the matter. II il
said there Were eeverai eve wit.
nesses &c the shooting; but for
reasons probably best known
to themselves they all dis
appeared, and their versions of
me story may never be known un-
less they are located by the officers
and made to testify st Eaymond's
preliminary examination or trial.
The circumstances seem to be
these. As O'Brien entered the sa-
loon two men were engaged in play.
ing game Of pool. He was in.
vited TO take 4 drink with them,
which he did. For a short time the
play went smoothly enough, but
was suddenly terminated by one
Of the players accusing the other
OF cheating. This the accused
party emphaticsfly denied, and re-
scented vNh a storm of ugly cpl |
theis. OBrien, who is represented |
as being a Joculsr and peaeeable fell
low, smilingly enquired whom the |
aouse was intended fer. and II il |
vas not a little severe. t'Brien was
informed tia. 1t was none
OF hi. business. Raymond
conceded with this view, and
said something that nettled
O'Brien's temper. O'Brien retorted
by swapping his finger in Ray
mond's face and saying as he did so,
"fou are not worth slapping: If |
you were i would slap you" 1t APP
pears, however, that upon further
provocation he did slap Ray
mond,a and quick as flash Raymond
drew revolver from his pocket and
pointed it at O'Brien, firing three
shots In rapid succession, the first |
shot taking effect in 0'Rrien's right |
breast, the second in the abdomen,
while the third shot entered the |
wall in the northeast corner of the |
saloon. At the sound of the shots |
a large crowd of men from adjoining
saloons and lodging houses gathered
about the building, while those
who were within fled precipitately to
safer quarters. As the firing ceased |
and quiet was restored the saiDon |
was entered and O'Brien found ly- |
ing face downward in an unconsci-
Gus coalition. When il was discov-
cred that O'Brien was the victim |
the cry came "Who is the perpetra-
traitor? Lynch him. lynch him."
In the meantime Raymond had |
sought refuge in the dining-room of
the saloon, from which he was
rescued by police officers jenkins
aud Thornton AMI placed in the
police patrol wagon, "Black Marian
ami hastenea of to the City Hall.
By this time Drs. Fowler,
Fields, anu Pinserton, who |
had been summoned, arrived
on the scene, and after ex-
the wounds Of the un-
foriuate man. informed his friends
that death was certain. O'Brieu
suffered intense internal pain and TO
alleviate his suffering an injection
Of morphine in his left arm was
made, and the now apparently dying
man placed in n police van and
taken to 81. Mary : Hospital.
Raymond, although cognizsnt
that the shots fired into his hapless
victims body must necessarily
prove fatal, betrayed little concern
abSut the matter, and when re-
moved TO the county Jail last night
said, "Well, guess l am in for it,
ami must make the Dest of it.'
Raymond is known rs a hard
character. Last February he was
arraignej on the charge Of assault
ing a man with n deadly weapon.
The case is still pending in the
courts.
O'Brien died this afternoon be-
tween land . O'Clock, alter several
hou rs of uucor sciousness.