Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-05-01
MURDER AT MURRAY.
4 Crime Almost Without a Parallel
in The History OF Utah.
PARTICULARS OF THE TRAGEDY.
Charles 1hiedo Accused OF Cutting
Ills WIGS 1hroat-Threab
OF Lynching.

ono Of the most oold.bloodod and
deliberate murders ever perpeirated In
this Territory occurred % a iato hour
lhsi night about half milo west Of
Murray, and distant some seven miles
from this city. Tho scene Of the Aw-
iul tragedy was saloon kept by one
Chnries Thioic, VINO Il said 10 bu Of
q rmnu extraction. In couluuotion
with the saloon IL a small brewery, and
these, located iua. At thc rear Of the
q .rmauIa amclier, have been run by
rhisdo Tor the lat eight OF ten yuaru.
Prior 10 settling 10 Murray he had
been a saloonkeepcr in salt Lake, fint
on Second South street aud subacquent-
/ y on the State foui near Teath south,
thu httorfamiliafly known ~ ''rhieio'i
live" u being the regular resort Of
questionable characters Of bolh sexes.
Vhieio himself was an ex.
plgllisi, has long borne bad
reputation, And as an offender.
against the law he has figured con
apicuoualy la the vnfisus courts " this
city tor several years past. Hls oiicnses
have includrd selling liquor without a
liCouhe, dispensing "fre watofn to
minors and assaults Of various desorip.
tons. Among the objects OF his
brutality was bis wiic-the poor woman
who now tep0sos In the embrace OF
death, uud whosn lie he will DO
| required 10 answer tue charge OF
taking. In short, Charles Thiedo
stands at this moment as tho alleged
murderer " her whom year, ago, in a
foreign county, hu swofu 10 love and
/ cherish.
30 for o. oblalnablc at this writing.
thu facts Of tho murder arc thcsri
Thicdc IL 80 yoats old, his wife being
near the same age. Quarrels have
been Of frequent occurrence between
them Tor long past, owing largely, IL
~ stated, 10 the man's drunken
aud dlasOluts habits, and when
in biz cups Mrs. Thiudo has
been Invariably the target OF her hus-
baud'a ill.usage. A sister VI Thiode,
Mrs. smith, 0fSaudy, was visitor AZ
the house during portion OF yestcf-
day, and left there for home towards
eight O'Clock last night. IL IL believed
that rhiude had been again drinking
curing the day, though at that
time theTe was nothing particular
10 indicate any approaching trouble.
II would Appoar that Just after the
closing of the pfcmiaea-somowher
about ! o o'clock-ccriain Of the neigh.
bors heard n womAn's piercing screams
proceeding from tho direction OF tho
saloon, but NJ THIS was no worry uncOm-
mon thing at Thiode's, no particular
notice was AZ frat paid 20 the incident.
I HIN.a FHNHnnHFaNNnn NhNFwfnFW l.
these were tho unfortunate woman's
dying cries. WHAT actually happened,
however, Il At present n matter VI con.
lecture, tut II IL thought that The o
chased his wife out Of tho house into
the yard and there inflicted the fatal
inlufiou upon her
II was shortly after midnight when
the news Of what had happened be-
came known outside, aud Thiedo was
the first 10 proclaim 10 by going over 10
Do. W. n. Furbuc, 10 whom lac con.
vryed tho information that his wife
hal been killed. Tue doctor hastily
dftaied himself aud at once went 10
tho spot Indicated by tue husband.
Lying at the east end OF the saloon,
aud from four 10 siX feet distant from
the building, was the dead body OF
Mrs. Thie1u, ia great pool Of blood,
tho head being almost completely SOW
cred from the neck. IL was n CHASTITY
eight; bul rhiedo looked on In very
cool sort OF fashion while the doctor
and a Murray resident named jacob
Louenbergcr carried the corpse into
the house and laid II temporarily upon
"A billiard table. lt,was pretty evident,
too, that he had been drinking.
The next step Voluntarily taken by
Thiedu was 10 telephone 10 the office
OF sheriff Mcqueen, In this city, 10.
uuoating that hB gO over 10 Murray.
fhe message was received soon after
O'Clock, and tue sherin, accompanied
by Deputy Montgomery, Immediately
upon learning the circumstances
started thence In buggy.
Upon reaching Murray, and on allght-
ing VI the front of the premises. the
sheriff observed Thlede, whom he well
knew, standing In the alleyway be.
tween the saloon ami the brewery but
without saying n word Thiede quickly
vanished through side door into
. the house. The sheriff entered "a
, moment later by the wet door, aud
found him standing behind the bar
. | quietly taking drink,
{ UWgll.D said Thiede, 81 killed my
+ wife last night" Or words to that
d effect.
/ all looks that way" Tejoined Sheriff
Mcqueen; "And l now place you
D under arrest
d 'No; you have no right TO arrest
y me,D promptly answered the other
man. naud theu changed his tune by
q adding, 81 didn't do H."
II By thlH time q large and indignant
crowd Of people, some three VI iour
hundred strong, had gathered around
the house aud threats were freely made
An tho direction OF lynching, together
q with loud excavations on the part Of
q tho now nugry multitude. Indeed
4 the chances arc that II tho accused
had not been ludioi0usly guarded Ivy
tbs shprll ana others he would have
suffered violence at thoir hands, The
feeling against him continues to iu-
q crease,
When the sheriff hrst placed MS
hands upon rhiedu the latter uviuoud
o d disposition TO turn ugly, aud II was
r deemed advisable, ~ q precautionary
10 measure, % bind him with rope until
o the haudculiB hal been fixed upon his
n wrist. rhH operation concluded the
10 prisoner became quiottE
Il was nearly n O'Clock this morning
when sheriff Mcqueen arrived In the
CITY with Thieie, 10 have glance at
! ~ hmm uFnFly 100 DrrsOuH had gOnWre.