Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-09-28
A BATTLE TO DEATH.
SlcIy Of a TtTEbls and Fatal Shoot
ing this EOialng.
wOnrS AND MONEY THE CAUSE.
Thomas Darcy, ln Ills hcsprralIrn i'
Murder Ills Broihrr'.n law,
Kills llimself

NtfNUu Nuflu hlAhah HA"'Ns "'t't "
O'Clock this morning. The terrible
anair was tho closing scene oi d family /.
ioui OF several years sanding. The
principal. were John Rouiusju, nn
*. tce.mau' at whose hcme the diff
Gully occurred, anu Thcmaa Darcy hs /
brothut.lu.lnw who has been hyitg On |
jordan street, near Hishtt's brewery. /
Asa result Robinson 10 lying at bis /
residence In a critical c4udi. |
lion, with three bullet wounds |
la his body, while tie utltss
form Of his murdctouS relative and !
mortal enemy rvpos-s on slab in tho
mttgue OF Sleeves q Sou's uuierlak-
lug establishment, where an inqutst
was being hell over the temaiuu this
afternoon.
The case IL very complicated one
and may be test UNDERWOOD by a mar.
ration VI the particulars leading up to
IL tragic ending. Briefly summed up
they are A. followe. Rohi.fyu claimed
tla. Darcy owed him sTil aud that the
money hal been due Tor about five
years. During that period he had
made repeated attsmlt,to bring about
a retirement hut failed, au4 uaJ pfaCii.
caliy given up tue iIra OF doing ~.
Darcy not Only had trouble with hls
bfotheT.in-lAw but IL extended Into his
own h0mc. Lus8 than month ago
his sister snys hla wife ItBrftOd him
ID bis children AMI went "a will hgr
laum0uf, u man named Counsel 10
10 charged that sno had bueu untrue
10 her marriage vows. AZ the same
time the counter chsfg- T. maze tuGt
Darcy was nls0 iaithlvsu 10 bio better
half. The object Of his attention aud
affection Il saiL 10 be a gJnss widow Of
about % or 80 summon, who lived
near Liutriy Patk, anu who is known
No Emma Rich.
On tue departure OF Mgg. Darcy her
husband cent tho Rich woman 10
California with tho babs bis vile had
left behind ami, IL ia bgiI, pledged
himself 10 Join her soon on the Pacific
COST. TwOlUlder children we're semitic
Provo Hud one or two others found
home with fiends. For nvvrui days
Daley has been preparing to leave,
aud last night had nis household goods
loaded on R0binsOn's wagon, on which
they were - be hauled 10 the depot to
To shipped to California.
Shortly bU'OfU O'Clock ID iTcy NJ
ptatod ut Rlbluson's house anu went
20 aes his sister, Mfs. Robinson,
tn bid her goodbye. Her story OF the
affair 10 u NEWS reporter, taking II up
at this point, 10 A. ipilowsi
"Hannsh, | am going 10 California
this morning and | am going 90 ia
some one before I 20" meaning Rob
, insou).
To ihl. threat Mn. Robinson says
sho replied;
"rom, am your Oldest sister, and
your frl mo- Now take my advice and
lot John alone aud for heavens sake
don't 20 away Oh 70 California and
marry that SRI, but stop at home with
your children like man."
10 this admouition Mrs. Robinson
says her brother responded emphatic
ally; 81 tell you I am going 10 Cal.
, iiofnia and will do ~ I'D please.D
Then she claims 10 have said appeal.
inRly, "rom, Tom, DON'T act that way.
Take iOol'a advice for once. IL win
will do you good"
This seems 10 have somewhat pAci-
, fed Darcy and he bads Mfe. Robin.
son iArwell and went out into the yard
whore her husband was. What at
firit passed between them l. not ex.
actly known but was told Ms follows
by Robinson 20 a NEWS representative
, anu DIR. Beer ~ lie lay on the floor OF
his own home suffering from his
) wounds:
. "Tom owed ms $3.50 and pressed
, him for n compromise settlement he.
, fore he went away. | was willing to
. lose most OF what he owed me and said
. | would accept f2j Rni call every
7 thing square. Hb answered that no
. would not give the that much but said
, lie would give me 80. told hun that
} that was 700 Insignificant n sum
3 and would not except II aud
! added that l ought really 10 be
} paid la full. This made him very
, mad and hs said by -- ne would bay
ME ia full, aud drew revolver and
aimed At me. WIS CLOSE bv aud
p Jumped on him, and In the SCI flle we
I went down together. | got two shots.
/ one In each leg, anu | tuppuse he GOT
D three, as he fred Ave times when we
were on the ground Ia each othef,s
: arms. IL wac a terrible iight and 1
b finally got away from him and com.
moncd 10 run o. fact "a could. While
was only few feet away running no
= got up aud ilTed the sixth ahot nj me
, IL lodged In my hip, but | kept CO.
! ing and got out into the street and
: crossed II, where | fell near the cor.
, ner.
Robinson dropped on tho sidewalk
near the residence OF "a man namad
} Dram from which blankets were
, brought and bed made for the
wounded man on which he was placed
! awaiting the arrival Of DR.. Plummsr
who, on making an examination Of
. tho wounds EsueTlAiued that ono the
3 bullets passed completely through the
; fleshy part Of the lett thigh. The ball
b IN the right passed almost through ami
! was extracted. The Ont which struck
} the hipInugei upward aud inward ana
. could not ue found and msyiprove fatal.
/ Immediately after the escape Ut
Robinson It Is ola.me1 Darcy sank
, down near the fence, necane uncon.
soious and died IN three quarters Of IN
! ! hour without uittflng word. Two
bullet holes were found Ia Ills right
side, bearing out the theory Of Captain
: Donovan aud the turRoons that la the
/ , terrible olosr range struggle he con.
tlnued 70 discharge Ills revolver as
rapidly us possible without realiElDg