The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-06-30
SHOIf DEAD By A TRAMP.
The Tragic Fate of a Southern
Pacific Brakeman.
A BIG REWARD OFFERED.
John Bruce, the Brakeman, Attempted
to Put the Tramp on.
News Cleaned at Ogden-The Annexation
Sentiment Growing Strong in Nevada
ogden's Delegation VIII Start for
Reno, Monday.

OGDEN, June 29.-[Special. - Early
Wednesday morning John T. Bruce, a
well known brakeman on the Southern
Pacific, was shot and killed by tramp
whom he was endeavoring to put off the
train. Just after leaving Gold Run. in
the extreme eastern part OF California,
Bruce, who was head brakeman on the
regular passenger train which reached
Ogden this morning, went ahead. as was
his usual custom, in order to see whether
or not there were any tramps on the
blind baggage or on the front platforms
of any of the five fruit cars which were
attached to the train. He found three OF
the brake beam artists and put two of
them off without difficulty, but the third
Showed fight and Bruce struck him over
the head with his lantern.
The tramp then slid off TIE platform OF
the car, and before Bruce could get out OF
the way, drew 44-calibre Colts revolver
and fired, the bullet passing through the
brakeman s chest just above the heart.
With heart-rending scream Bruce fell
back against the tender of the hind en-
CINE, and almost before any OF the train
men could reach him was dead. The
tramDS made their escape.
This morning Superintendent Knapp,
OF the Southern Pacific, received the fol-
lowing dispatch, with orders to circulate
II freely, as il is believed the men are
headed this way:
Five hundred dollars reward for arrest OF
tramps who shot Brakeman j. It. Bruce at
Gold Run, CAL, Wednesday morning. De-
scriplo on OF men as follows: John Doe, 5 feet,
or inches in heighth, 100 pounds, % years OF
age dark complexion, small black mustache,
dark suit OF clothes sack coat. low crowned
black SLOUGH hat; Pennsylvania Dutchman,
speaks broken English; when last seen had
Duadle wrapped IN canvas; probably has a
large revolver.
andrew Herman, Norwegian, feet, or
Inches in helghth; weight 1870 pounds; age, 80
years; stout build, heavy shoulders light COM
piexlon. light mnstache, black English worsted
suit, oVeralls over pautaloons new congress
CATERS, high-crown Alpine SLOUGH black hat,
blue jumper shirt with collar: is sailor, has
rings or knots II one OF his legs caused by
strains. Reward will be paid for arrest and
conviction OF parties, by W. c. Conroy, sheriff
OF Placer county, Cal.
NEVADA WANTS ANNEXATION.
The committee of the chamber of COM
merce will leave for Reno on Monday
afternoon and return in about a week
alter the Fourth of July. This afternoon
hon. j. w. Haynes, Worlds fair COM
missioner for Nevada, passed through
Ogden on his return from Chicago. The
gentleman IS strong advocate of annex
alton and will meet the chamber commit
tee at Reno and put the members in COM
munication with the Nevada gentleman
at the head OF the movement. To The
HERALD man Mr.. Haynes stated that a
majority OF the prominent and influential
people of Nevada are in favor of annexa-
ton, and he considers the change only a
matter OF time, and very short time at
that.
a 14-year-old son of W. S. Lewis last
night was thrown from horse and sus-
tanned a compound fracture of the right
elbow.
The twenty-five children sent to the
Worlds fair by the San Francisco En-
daineg will reach Ogden on their return
TO the coast tomorrow mornining in the
special pullman, San Ardo.
Thirty cars of tea from the steamer
China, which landed at San Francisco on
Tuesday, will reach Ogden tomorrow
night and go east over the Union Pacific.
The CHINA brought an overland cargo of
four tons OF raw silk, 245 tons of tea and
100 tons of Oriental merchandise.
AN INVESTMENT COMPANY.
Articles of incorporation of the Pacific
Coast Bond and Investment company
were filed yesterday with the county
clerk, the incorporators being ]. W. Gull
hlne OF Corrlne; John s. Houtz, AIhen
Allen, Joseph Bailor, Lewis W. Shurt-
lff, Fl. IL. Rolapp, Thomas D. Dee, j. c.
Armstrong, John A. Boyle, w. N. Shil-
ling, 9. NJ. Brongh, Al. Emerson, Joseph
S. G. Lapgsdorf, II. L. Bowen. P. l..
Ortiz. W. P. P. st. Clair, W. B. Weden
and j NJ. Langsdorf.
$40, COO, fully paid in, divided into / ,00C
shares of the par value OF SO each. The
articles provide that the company shall
commence business on July and the lie
o. the corporation is fixed at
fifty, years. Ogden is named
as til. principal place of business.
The gener, l purpose and pursuit of the
company shall be the sale of bonds issued
by itself, 10 be matured to par value oil
1900 each by monthly instalIments paid
by the purchasers thereof, and the accu-
mutation of funds, lapses, fines and
profits; 10 loan money, buy and sell real
estate, borrow money by the sale of de-
bentures issued by the corporation, and
Go general banking business.
DEATH OF JOHN BROWN.
John Brown, owner of the Broom hotel
and one of the territory's earliest pio.
neers, died at his residence on Adams
avenue this afternoon, after an illness OF
seven months. The cause of death was
heart trouble, which has troubled him 3
number of years.
Deceased was 20 years Of age and came
TO Utah in 1851. His life has been a busy
one and only recent years he has retired
from active business affairs, having am.
maseG an independent fortune. The
funeral will be held at the family resi-
dence on Sunday afternoon.
THE TAYLOR CASE.
Still the Taylor family is not satisfied
with the reports received from Henry
Taylor and 1t is stated that another visit
will be made to Denver. this time by two
or more parties, who will not re-
turn until they have seen TayIo,
or proven that he is not there at work il
q saw mill. The indications point to som,
lively times il regard to the woman par
OF the case, and the relatives of the youns
woman whose name has been mixed up il
the affair wrongfully, they claim
threaten to make IL tropical for a number
OF persons who have made statements re-
garding the matter.