Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-02-24
Newspaper Men WHO lay Down thcIr
rsus ana Take III Arms.

COLUMNS, o., Feb. ga shooting
occurrri On tho most crowded Dor.
Ton u High Street tOiny In which
about iliteon shots were fired. TN,
ehots were exchanged by W. J. Elliot
0i TIE sunday Cdpiiui auk A. T.. o..
homo " tine SUud'y liorld, and grew
out VI tau exchange u slaniufuua
articles. A bystandur named Hughes
was shot through the head, aud
died Instantly. OSBORNE wn- sbo,
through the head, and died soon after.
thilc % brother ~ W. j. Elliott was
shot through the arm aud lgal, and q
numher ef ctlier5 were riigAuy
wounded.
Elliott Is under arrest ana thrcalanrn
mndv against W. J. Elliott. storles Of
.hr shooting are conflicting. Elliott
asserts that ushornu drcd the shot
Nhich killed Hughes. A. the time d
The iusillaIc great crowd was on the
street watching pioctsslnn.
Excitement Incident 10 tho tragedy
cpniinurs tonight, and the sltuatinu u
ihtcitrnlnr. Large eruwds continue
70 mower about thc scenu " tragedy,
w. j. Elliott and hiu brother Patrick
are hello al the city prison, and, owing
10 threats openly made, the policr
authorities have been uxtn urrcnutlou.
" prevent an outbreak oi mob vi0-
luncc.
ELLlnTr'H vrATEMESr.
w. j. Elliott, who was seen 10y re-.
[ porter tonight. said: "My brother aus
my-ulf went Up town, 10 sre the parade.
/ When In mont OF Shrodcr's siloup
tnW osoorne with n revolver pointed a
ne. ! reached for my pistol when h,
ht"d back. OshornC then fired nj Pat,
who was In III, crowd"
Elliott thinks thiRWaa when the mer
IN thr crowd were shot. and Oshorne's
Gun wounded them. psf Elliott ftatea
that while running away from Oshorue
"a. iclI two stiug- whet6 bullets struck
him.
Interviews with n large number OF
eye'wltnrssrs aay that ". ], Elliott
opened hru ON Osborne hrs,. aud the
brst Information Of those WIN paw II Il
tha, lns I'M sAot Vas lzxd by kisso,s
sS ~ l ,si slf f ils.s
I fan into hat store, where lac wa
followed 10y Patrick Elliott, mud the,
, hsd n hand.to-hand struggle, durlu,
: which several shots were fired, an,
Osborne was shot through the body
lie died Instantly. The bodies Of o.
h1ruo and w. J. Hughes, innocen
'pe, iainrs, were removed 10 the Coro.
uer's office.
Among the wounded spectatora wer,
John III. Reese, Government Stntlsti.
cal Agent, shot through the len leg.
seriously; G. W. sullivan, buokk eepef,
shot through the arm; II. r.. Gardiner,
Danvlllc, o.. shot through tho ankle;
q. W. Rcifschmeiicr, struck ia the
bosom By spent bali.
TIM TERRIBLE AFFAIR
grew out " u newspaper feud which
I hau hceu raging several weeks between
the Publishers NJ the Sunday IVofl1
aud Sunday Coiatai. Two weeks az,
the Word made charges ng ilnst Editor
Ellioit's family, insinuating that his
female relative was unchRst.. Elliott
fetallated the following Sunday with a
CURRICULUM article, charging Editor
lowering Of the HOrtd with being a
Joint proprietor OF an a-signntlon
house. lowering is Assistant State
on Inspector, aud prominent pollti.
elan. The charges created a sensation,
and also implicated Claus Seeker,
Governor Campbell's private secretary,
with Lowering, aud Osborne retallated
yesterday 10y charging Elliott with all
the crimes Ia the calendar.