The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-03-15
A FISH SPRINGS CASUALTY.
c. ". Terry Dragged to Death by Team
at That Place

On the morning of March 9TH G. w.
Terry, in company with Billy Avery, left
Deep Creek, Terry intending to go to Salt
Lake City. About o. N. the same day
Terry's team was seen at q distance of
about two miles from E. W. Trips ranch
at Willow Springs apparently running
away. a Mr.. Schcfsld, working at Mr..
Bagley's ranch near by, took charge of the
team, unhitched il, and Immediately
mounted saddle horse and started on the
back track to see what he could discover
He met e. w. Trip and George Crismon
and another Mr.. Trip, who questioned
Avery where Terry was Avery seemed
to be coming out OF drunken stupor and
knew nothing of Terry nor where he had
seen him last, only he thought Terry was
in the wagon at Six Mile springs, saying
ne fell from the wagon at or near that
peint and he, Avery, ha6 helped him into
the wagon, Terry having hurt his nose
quite badly. Avery Claimed to know moth
ing more OF Terry nor how he himself got
out OF the wagon or where. Mr.. Schofieid,
on reaching the upper road, about half a
mile from where Avery was accosted,
found broken trace and snort distance
| further found the dead body of Terry,
still warm, and some blood running from
his mouth and nose, apparently having
| been dragged some distauce and to all ap-
| pearances been kicked to death by the
horses. He mad fallen out of the wagon
aud his feet and legs had been
DRAGGING ONE HUNDRED AND FIVE STEPS.
He lay in the road between the cenJer
and the wagon track with his head in the
same direction the team had travelled, with
| the left arm extendinz above his head.
There were many bruises on his head,
some on his face and several OF MS body
and limbs. A few feet from where he had
fallen out we found his compass, next his
speetacles, then his check book and a
memoranda book. Thirty five PAGES from
mark was a bottle half Iull of bitters and
an assayer's bucket Seventy yards
farther on lay the body, showing it had
been dragged about one hundred ard five
yards. At or near where the bottle anC
and quicker" lay was the appearance OF 6
man having fallen from the wagon anC
walked in passing within ten feet of the
body. Those were Avery's tracks. WheI
Avery was found he had both his anC
Terry's hat and one of Terry's overshoes
claiming to know nothing as to how OF
where ne got them
Next morning the inquest was held, con
Quoted by joan w. Morehouse, commits
sioner. The jurors names were w. j
Lund, Meshach Pitt and Charles Crotts
, nesses
THE JURY RENDERED A VERDICT
that there was no evidence of the fac
that Mr. Terry was an assayer iron
Eureka, Tintic. He worked in this plac
last April aud May for Chapman & Grant
assaying for them; he carried MS aesa
: outfit with him through the different mir
ing camps. He had in his pocket whe
found $50 in money and bank check boo
I of the bank at Eureka owned by MIR. RiCt
:, showing the last check having been draw
. last Monday. Billy Avery claims thu
4 Terry, himself and others were drinkin
. heavily before leaving Deep Creek; ths
I Terry asked him TO accompany MIN, whic
he did, intending to part with Terry on tn
: divide, eight miles from Deep Creek, an
e walk from there to Clifton, about foU
q miles. Avery says after arriving at tt
forks of the road, Terry insisted on accon
:, panying him to Willow Springs, which
! consented to dc, both becoming so muC
intoxicated that neither knew what W;
transpirlng. The acting coroner, John
Morehouse, had as decent burial as Il
Il circumstances permitted.
GEORGE CRIsMoN.
FISH SPRINGS, March 10, 1892.