The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-08-12

Donald is well known among the bust
ness men and people generally, and
has some very influential friends in
She city.
xWhe first thing the police at head
4Aarters knew of the matter was
when a man came in at o'clock, re-
ported that Officer Mcdonald had shot
man an hour before and asked for
lis arrest. \ few minutes later Sack
.ison and a friend came to the hall
Ind formally complained. Captain
Donovan, in charge of the department,
was not in at the time and Sergeant
Wire and another officer set out to
find Mcdonald.
Sackrison presented very pitiable
appearance His face was smeared
with blood, while his right hand was
bgdly swollen and bloody, showing
SSund of large dimensions. How
eVtcE. he seemed unusually cool about
the matter and told d connected story
IN broken English.
SackrisOn's story.
Il don't know why ne shot me"
he said He said he had a warrant
to arrest me and he held out a little
piece of paper in one hand and his
pistol in the other. L said l wanted
TO read the paper and see why he
wanted to arrest me. Then he stepped
back and shot at me. One bullet
knocked off my hat and grazed my
head. Another one went through tny
shirt sleeve, grazing the elbow. Then
] went to throw up my hands, and /
told him to stop and leave me alone.
l said | didn't want any fight. Then
he shot me through the hand. He
took my watch and chain out OF my
pocket and then he and the other man
got in the wagon and drove away"
GWhat did you do when he shot at
y6I?' asked The Herald reporter.
Il didn't do anything"
Z. Did you not run away!
- No. / Just stayed where 1 was. 1
was not afraid of getting killed"
What did you do afterwards? ~
well, then they carried me into the
house, and afterwards l came up here.
I didn't do anything to have him shoot
me He was drunk then, and le ought
TO be brought up and arrested
How the Bullets Struck.
Dr. Harrison, who is attending to
the duties of DR.. Daily during the alb
sence OF the latter, examined and
dressed the wound. He found that the
bullet which had wounded the hand
had gone between the bones, infiicting
only a flesh wound which will not
prove serious and will heal up IN a
short time. He found that the first
bullet had struck the man on the fore
head, making a slight abrasion. The
pistol, however, must have been held
very close to the face of Sackrison,
as powder marks were freely distrib-
uted over il, The second bullet had
struck the elbow, leaving a slight
mark and cutting hole in the shirt
Had the first bullet, fired at point
blank range. gone a quarter of an
inch to the left it would have killed
sackrison.
Henry OIsen'S Statement.
Henry Olsen, a neighbor of Sackri-
sou. who says he was present at the
time, tells a slightly different story
He saws that Mcdonald came riding
IN with a man named hobbs and the
two stopped in front Of Sackrison's
house He says that Mcdonald then
got down and told Sackrison he had
a warrant for his arrest. Sackrison
asked 10 see the paper and Mcdonald
took a small piece of paper out of his
pocket and showed it toward the man,
telling him that was the warrant.
Sackrison wanted to read it or have
Mcdonald read it before ne would go.
Mcdonald then pulled the paper back,
stepped backward towards his buggy
and began firing at Sackrison. Olsen
saws that he saw the first shot take
the hat off the injured man and that
the second shot cut through his shirt
and came between his own legs.
Threw Up His Hands.
Then Sackrison threw up his hands
and tod Mcdonald he must leave him
So end that he would go all right.