The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-02-25
SHOT ON SUSPICION.
A Matter That Chief Paul Wanted Kept
Quiet.
Joseph Haines, a Car Cleaner, Shot by
officer Davis While Peaceably Wend.
ing His Way Homeward.

| On a cot at No. 6 Roberts, court, lies
Joseph Haines, Union Pacific car
cleaner, suffering considerable pain from
bullet wound in the calf of the right
leg, which was inflicted by Officer Joseph
Davis last Sunday morning.
Saturday night officer Davis was de
tailed TO watch the premises at Fifth
West and First North, it having been re-
ported to Chief Paul that an attempt
would be made to rob them that night.
Keeping his vigil until the gray of the
morning. the officer noticed man walk
| looking burden upon his back. He called
halt, but the man started to run and
Davis then fred. This is the substance
of the officers version.
A reporter for THE HERALD called upon
Mr.. Haines yesterday, and from him
learned an entirely different story from
/ that related by the officer.
~ am in he employ of the Union Paci-
/ fic company, said Mr. Haines, ''and
have been recently promoted to be night
foreman of the car cleaners. | go to work
at 6 clock at night and remain on duty
until O'Clock in the morning. Sunday
morning, after finishing my duties and
seeing that ali the work under my SUPER
vision had been properly done, 1 started
down First North street for home. I had
crossed one of the bridges over Dry creek,
when / heard some one call. | turned
around, and could family see in the dim
light some one not far from me. He did
not speak, neither did 1. Surprising
! it to be some one who wanted to
rob me, / turned around and
started forward again. Then the man at
my back cried out ''halt, - and before [
had an opportunity to turn around l felt
-
and fall, but sank to the ground because
my leg gave way. Getting up again,
ran as best / could and managed to hobble
along until l got home, where 1 tainted
1 from loss of blood. The officer made no
attempt to follow, but could easily have
caught me, both before and after the shot.
He says, understand, the reason he did
not follow me was because he wore an
overcoat and could not run. also had on
an overcoat. l do not believe 1 can run
any faster than he, and he had the adYan-
tage of a revolver to halt me, which had
notD
81 had nothing at all on my shoulder.
/ The officer is either mistaken or the VIC
tim of distorted vision. As for the idea
it was coal, the weighlnaster's book will
show nay coal receipts for the past four
months, and why should l steal coal
when 1 have purchased ton every month
during that timer
Has anyone been TO see you from the
! police departmental
''Yes, sir. Both Chief Paul and one OF
the sergeants were here. They talked
with me some time, and said it would be
better to keep the matter quiet. -
sit has been reported you will sue the
city. Is that true?''
II would rather say nothing about that
now. / have not thought much about it,
and will not until recover from the ef-
fects of the wound, which seems to be a
long way off. may sue and | may not.
That will depend. -
The affair is made more unfortunate
from the fact that Mrs. Haines has just
arisen from d bed of confinement. She is
still weak and able to administer but lit
tie to her husbands wants. There are
three other children, and as Mr.. Haines
is dependent entirely on his salary, it
makes the position an awkward one.
The wound inflicted is Immediately in
che calf of the leg, but the physician in
charge says Haines would surely have
bled TO death, had it been little higher
toward the knee.