Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-04-18
TERRIBLE TRAGEDY.
Dr.. Elliot Of GraatSYllle Killed at
That Place Last hight
PARTICULARS OF THE AFFAIR
Ell'ors slayers We're Husband aud
Brother Of Woman, lie Is Said
to Have Dlssraced.

Gr1utlvillc was the scene Of a most
lamoutibc tragedy last night The
principals were DIR. q. %. Elliot, n
medical practitioner, Hyrum Nc.
Bride and John Benson, all VI that
place. AZ q result the body OF the
doctor lies lifeless and cold OF bic home
while Mcbride and Benson are In the
county Jail charged with murder.
DIR. Elliot went to Gtanhylle In
September last an entire stranger and
commenced the practice OF medicine.
lie appeared TO he we'll equipped by
nature AID study In the pro.
fession TO which he belong
cd. Ho was young, dashing anu
attractive and soon made friends.
Success followed him In his practice
and In II few months he became popu-
lar anu found cases enough 10 occupy
the mott Of his time. lie was Especial.
ist in diseases peculiar TO women
though he did not limit his practice to
that class Of cases.
A few weeks ago the breath Of suf-
piolon was first directed against the
doctor caused, 1t is said, by the ques.
tionalle liberties he took with lady
patients In the absence OF their hus.
bands.
The first scandal OF the kind which
was given extensive publicity trans.
pired ABOUT two weeks ago when Mre.
Willard Carter accused the doctor "
druggiDg her aud making proposals.
which she Indignantly reeentcd. She
Informed her husband who gave the
accused rather severe dTubbiug, beat.
Ing him with the butt end Of revgl.
Yer. Cater was arrested ana taken
before Justice of the peace, but WAS
acquitted.
Following close after this csso was
n similar charge made 10y a young
woman named Benson. Her HUSBAND
was away from home al the time,
aud whom lac returned, she related
this story 10 him, saying, hoWeyer, that
che had successfully reeisled the
DOCTORS advances. MIR. Benson WIS
furious and threatened dire vengeance,
but friends persuaded him not TO resort
TO violence, and he promised 10 harbor
his feelings II possible and iet tho mat.
ter be investigated ~ court Of com.
petont Jurisdiction.
DIR. Elliot was accordingly arrested
on u charge OF attempting TO commit a
criminal assault ON the person OF Mrs.
Benson, and was taken before Justice
Bsvau. at Tooole, where he gave bonus
pending an official inquiry in the
a. 4 .saN..
by his wife.
Yesterday morning County Prose.
cutting attorney Hedges took the mat
ter In hand anu II " said while close
ly questioning Mrs. Benson she broke
down nnd amid sObs and tears admit.
ted that she had been actually out
RACED by the doctor When asked NJ
TO why she had not confessed the fIll
truth before she said IL was be.
cause the shame arising from the
disclosure would be more than she
could endure.
broke forth with fresh fury while
the passion OF her brother, Hyrum
McBrldo was Just az bOunuless and
desperate. The doctor had been up 10
ToOele during the day ana the hus.
hand and brother apparently resolved
TO Kill aim on bis return last night.
Aiming themselves with revOlvsfs
they patiently awaited the coming Of
their victim.
About $3.50 he drove into town per.
fectly unaware OF the danger ahead OF
him. Seeing his approach Mcbride
and Benson mounted n couple OF horses
and overlook him on one Of tho main
t...K p
far as known they drew their rcvolvers
as they rode up Zone ON each side OF
the buggy.l The doctor now realized
that unless he could escape from his
assailants, his time had come and he
dashed his horse into torrific pace.
From that time on II was
shot was aimed at the DOCTORS
the attention OF the citizens who be-.
came excited beyond measure and
wondered what II all meant. At the
firing OF the eleventh sho. DR.. Elliot
fell from his buggy and his horse ran
home without him. His slsyers then
repaired TO the residence OF CITY
Marshal Barrus and gave Themselves
up. The latter teephoned 20 Tooele
Ol tnG
tragedy and an hour later that officer
was escprting tile prisoners to the
county iail charged with murder. IL
IL expected they will be brought to
Salt Lake tomorrow.
Soon after the shooting DIR. Elliot
was removed TO his home and Doctora
Dodds and Davis were summoned, IL
was discovered that only two shots
had taken effect, one ball entering tbs
back Just under the left shoulder blade
and coming out about two inches
above the heart. The second and fatal
shot took effect IN tho region OF the
spine and lodged In the abdomen.
At one O'Clock this morning the doc.
tor died. He was conscious to the
last and spoke without difficulty on ali
subjects except the one which led 10
the shooting. On that he maintained
asphynx.liko silence. se..
IL IL said that the deceased IL a native
of KansaA He puouced medicine in
Denver prior 20 coming 10 Utah, after
which, ne located IN Fsifvi.w, Banpete
county, where, Il IA said, he also be-.
came Involved IN a scandal similar Ia
the one which proved hiss death war.
rant at GfAntaYille. He WAS twenty.
eight years 81 age aud leaves a wife
aud one child, h. ara We "''' F'N''l'