The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-01-26
MURDEROUS FoOT-PADS.
GEORGE DAVIS BEATEN BY THUGS
LAST NIGHT.
Blow from SIung Shot-His In
juries Are Serious.


with a family named Miller at 651 J.
street, was the victim of murderous
footpads last night, having been struck
on the side of the head with slung-
shot and robbed, at the corner of
Second and 1. streets. AS result of
the terrible blow received by the young
man his cheek bone was fractured.
There were two of the robbers, one
heavy set and the other of a slim build.
Davis was robbed of a silver watch
and a gold chain He had money in
his pocket but the robbers overlooked
it.
About o'clock last night Davis left
his home on an errand which would
take him to the residence OF w. E.
Smedley on Brigham street. He con-
tinued on the west side of j. street
to Third and then went west on that
street to 1. Again taking the west
side of the street he passed down in
the direction of Brigham. Upon near
ing the corner of Second and 1. the
gentleman observed two men, one
about feet inches in height and the
other feet 10 inches, one with an over
coat on and the other without, stand
ing under the trees. AS Davis APP
preached the men closed up, but, little
thinking of their evil intentions, the
young man passed within few teet
of the larger man. Just at that mo-
ment he heard a swish and, divining
that he was about to be hit with some
thing, Davis ducked his head and re-
ceived a terrible blow on the point
of his cheek from a SlungShot in the
hands of the larger man. The force
was sufficient to Utterly cave in the
cheek bone and knock Davis to his
knees. The holdups then proceeded to
go through their victim but did not
wait to search his pockets, contenting
themselves with taking his watch and
chain.
Upon partially recovering himself
Davis made a dive into his overcoat
volver and, with the remark that it
was the wrong man, the robbers made
off up the street.
Davis painfully made his way to the
police station and reported the matter
to Captain Donovan. In few min
utes Detectives Sheets and Rhodes and
number of the other members of the
department were on their way to that
part of the city where the holdup oc-
CURED and the search which followed
was very thorough but entirely fruit
less.
After a great deal of delay surgical
aid was obtained for Davis, a number
of the medical gentlemen, among them
DR.. Bowers, refusing to answer the re-
peated calls of Desk Sergeant Fergu-
son and number of the patrolmen,
unless the price of the visit was guar
anteed. Dr. White rendered the neces-
sary assistance. The fracture was
found to be very serious but not neces-
sarily dangerous. Davis was sent home
about 1880 clock.
The police feel confident of finding
/ he ortia win Of he
sault and robbery and will not discon-
tinue the search by any manner of
means. They intend to make things
so tropical for the gentry of like ilk
that they will decide that Salt Lake
| city is a bad place and like the Arab
quietly fold up their tents and glide
away. Much complaint is being made
by the officers of the law on account
! of the methods pursued by the Rescue
Mission people. The Mission is char
acterized as a wall behind which the
very worst kind of criminals find ref
! uge and the books Of the police de-
partment show that within the past
ten days not less than ten criminals,
some of the ex-convicts who have been
living there have been arrested and
convicted and are now doing time in
the city Jail. Speaking last night of
the matter, one of the officers stated
that he felt confident that not less
than three-fourths of the men who are
being harbored by the Mission are of
the criminal element The police are
powerless to break UP the gang for the
simple reason that when they are ar
rested on the charge Of vagrancy the
men claim to be boarding at the Res
cue Mission and a conviction is i'm
possible. In this connection the officer
remarked that if the good people who
are keeping up the Mission with their
contributions would give those same
contributions to the women and babies
who are suffering throughout the city
and leave the men for the police, they
would be serving humanity and justice
much better