The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-10-23

sharp edged had cut through the muller,
and this had evidently caused the assailant
to throw it away and resort to his pistol.
The house, as stated, had been ransacked
from end to end, and from one of the
trunks had been taken tin box c0ntainin e
$50, the savings of Adams and his wife for
nearly a year.
DR.. McAchran stated that the woman
would recover in, the course OF few
weeks, and he will extract the ball some
time today.
WHERE ADAMS MET THE RUFFIAN.
Adams stated to HERALD reporter that
on Monday man peddling bluing had
come TO his house at about / 80 O'Clock in
the afternoon. He described him as about
fifty years of age, long brown hair. cleft
lip showing the upper teeth, and long de-
preston in the upper jaw, where some
pieces of bone had evidently been removed,
flushed or reddish complexion and wearing
soft hat, checked trousers with square
patch on the knee and dark sack coat
very much worn.
Not being able to make sale OF bluing,
the peddler entered into a conversation
with Adams and finally made arrangements
TO return Thursday to commence a series
OF lessons in the common school branches.
Thursday ne came and gave Adams a les
He inquired particularly about Adams
habits his hours at home and what prop
erty he had and what his daily receipts
amounted to from his stand. These ques-
tions raised no suspicion in Adams mind
at the time, and the man who never an
nounced his name left. promising to return
Friday night. He did not come, however,
and Adams did not expect to see him agajn.
Adams could give no Information as to the
nh ~ oi N
Although living next door and within
thirty feet of the ADAMS residence. Mrs.
Keys, who was alone at the time of the
shooting, heard nothing of the affair and
had no intimation that anything was wrong
until the colored woman fell into her door
way bleeding and insensibie. She remem
bered, however, having seen the peddler
the day he was at the Adams house with a
basket of bluing, and her description of
him TALES with that given by Adams.
THE AssAILANT Is KNOWN.
The police recognizes from the descrip-
ton the man who evidently committed the
crime. He is an ex-Confederate soldier, SO
years of age, and TALES exactly with the
description given. He has been arrested
several times for drunkenness and once or
twice has been booked as a vagrant. His
occupation is that OF a peddler of matches,
cheap jewelry. tinware, pencils, pins, blu
ing. etc. Although acquainted with tue
appearance of the man. no one on
the force is aware of his name. No steps
were taken last night by the officials to
guard the depots or other exits OF the city
until the IL o'clock relief went on duty, but
Sergeants Eslinger, Wire and Detectives
Rhodes and Walker began search of the
to Hn for the pedder.
At midnight Captain Donovan ordered
the dragnet out aud every gambling house,
saloon, cheap lodging house and shady re-
sort in the city was entered and searched
in hopes of finding some trace of the rob-
Der.
NO CLUE TO HIS WHEREABOUTS.
At O'Clock, however, no clue to the fell
low had been obtained and it seemed prob
able that he had made his escape from the
city on Que of the trains leaving before 10
o'clock