Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-10-10
OESERgT EVENING HEWS
CHAUNCEY W. VEST.
Details Of How Hs was Murdered BY
Clay Pugh
His CarceT-nyinE sintsmeni-iunsral
Services In ogden
Yesterday.

The funeral OF the late Chpuncey
W. West, who was shot ut Butte,
Montana, on Friday last, by Clay
Pagh, who was Attempting 10 steal a
ride on a tfaio on which West waa
Conductor, lc9k place ct Ogden yester.
day. Relatives from this city, Odd II
and other place., aud u large number
~ sympathialng irlonds, including
railway men, assembled 10 pay their
last respects 10 tho deceased. Coutol.
Atory remains were made by Elders
Lotln Fafr, Abraham II. Cannon,
franklin b. Richards and Iiofunzj
snow. Elder a. II. Cannon offered
the dedicalory prayer nj the grave.
Chauucoy WalAer West was born on
the % Of August, 1880, In salt Lake
] CITY. lilo moved TO Ogden with hi
| patents In 1886; was married 10 sylvia
snow on the oh Of November, 1865,
aud shortly thereafter filled a mission
10 the NJ ddy, where hu spent the Te-
guifud TX months. Ia the spring Of
1853 ho was called on missiou 10
switzerland, Ia which country he
acquired the language anu was iuatfu.
mental In bringing quite number Of
people Into tho Church, some OF whom
returned with him 10 Utah on hiH
release In the tall VI 1871. He lived
fur some tins In Ogden, and when the
Utah Northern railway was completed
served a. an cmploye Of that company.
tic subsequently, moved 10 Montana
aud was conductor On the fret train
that went into Butte CITY.
When tho morning train on the
Butte, A ma conda 4 Pacific railway LETT
hutte at l0a. M. Friday, Ter Anac0nda,
vi Wo't was on board ~ conductor.
1hs iriin had Just pulled cut u the
Butte dei Ot wuen tue conductor dis-
covered Pugh stealing ride, aud put
him N. Pugh jumysd Oh tho rear
platform VI toe CAboCle, where the
90 ductor found hiuE alter the train
had proceeded auOutn mile. The train
was stopped, Asu Pugh again put OF.
he trieI 10 get on again, anu West
teaihls q HE tiiOri, shaping hlm la the
IagH Ia r1sponHe to rUDe vilu language
lie used. Al this he dropped back anu
West turned 10 20 into tue cal00so.
Pugh pulled his revolver Hud ca.
claimed, 'NOu------ III tx you, Dald
fired two shots, both entering the con.
duotof's back, one on each sido OF the
SPINE. IL was said he fired third
shot, but n 20, this missed IL aim. |
Wet fell OIL the platform, and wit |
neFses 10 the shooting rAu 10 his assist.
ance. lie was removed TO Mfs. |
w hitiofd's residence until the hospital |
van ARRIVAL. Though vomiting tl1Ud |
aud suffering severely, he talked freely |
to those afoupd him, saying that GU |
three OF four occasions during the
past week fsgh had tried 10 steal rides
and had teen put on. West slated he
had but done his DUTY In tie matter,
and II was Tor this that Pugh Fhot
him.
When the murderer fred the shots
he started south on n run. Lew Hul
land and John Odgrrs followed, tue
latter having revolver in which
there was one load. After chasing
Pugh for about a mile, Odgeri fred this
shot, ami soon alter this tue murderer
stopped. lilo did not know that
OdgefA's gun was empty, 10 no suT.
rendered, though his wehpou,a double
action Bs.cAliber Colps revolver, hal In
II thTvr empty aud three loaded shells.
IL was tho same weapon he had on
MIN when auested Tor robbery last
spring, but when he was discharged
for lack VI evidence, When searched
Ia the jail ON Friday, hr had $50 In
hills sowrd on the inside " hrs under.
shirt, aud had $500 IN silver In his
pocket
Clay Pugh was formerly from Iowa,
where no has mother aud brother
living on n farm near Bloom FIELD,
Davis county. He also had brother,
Lafayette lu h. VI Glendale, Monlanl.
lie n 20 yeab old. Wheu told Inal
the conductor would die lao did MOI
manifest the least concern nor show
any fear fortho cons quunees. He nd.