The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-02
OCCURRED
In FRONT OF
THE HERALD
Two Thugs Discovered While
Going Through the Conway.
johnson Responded to a Cry For
Help and Received a Bullet
Through His side-Omcer Hilton
Gives the AssaiIant a Chase, But
He Escaped I'm the Darkness.

Just now Salt Lake is infected with
a gang of desperate crooks who ap-
pear to look upon murder as a mere
incident to their trade.
Only short time ago an old man
who is employed at the Hustler mills
and resides near by, had his house in
vaded by a couple of thugs, who, after
they had made him hold up his hands.
deliberately shot him through the leg.
More recently still, 2 young gentle
man named Sheets, while driving
through Liberty Park with a lady, was
set upon by desperadoes and perhaps
only escaped injury at their hands be-
cause his horse ran away.
THE LATEST AFFAIR.
The latest developments in this line
occurred at an early hour this MORN
ing, and it illustrates the class of crimi-
nais Salt Lake has within her gates
and the urgent need of getting rid Of
them.
At about 80 this morning, D. B. Nc
Bride who sleeps on the ground floor
at the Conway, just below The Herald,
was aroused by persons moving about
SAe place, and going out into the hall,
saw the men rushing down the stairs.
One osca ped through the rear door,
while the other ran through the front
entrance. Mr.. Mcbride at once gave
chase to the latter, who fitted up West
Temple, needless of the citizens cries
of police, police, police"
1t happened, however, that officer
Hilton was at that time at the patrol
box in the middle Of the street, report
ing in to the desk sergeant, while Of
ficer Johnson was standing on the cor
ner.
Officer Johnson saw the burglar ap-
preaching and called for him to stop,
at the same time reaching for his gun.
The burglar took in the situation and
without the least hesitation, threw his
own pistol on the officer and blazed
away. The bullet entered the left side,
just above the hip, and came out at
the back, after passing through about
eight inches. Fortunately the bowels
were not touched
Officer Hilton, who had dropped the
telephone, was at the wounded mans
side in an instant
I'm shot" said Johnson.
a MAD CHASE.
( Hilton did not want to learn any,
= thing more, but started on a mad
chase after the fleeing burglar, who
was rapidly disappearing in the dark
ness. The officer fired two shots at
him, but without effect, and by the
time a block had been covered, the
thug disappeared entirely.
AN EYE WITNESS
Bob Lewis, of the coal firm of Morris
& Lewis. witnessed almost the whole
of the exciting scene. He was COM
ing up on the west side of the Con-
tinental when the burglar rushed by
him at full speed from behind. In
mediately after he heard a shot fired.
and ran to the corner, where Patrol
man Johnson was standing with his
hand on his side. An instant later,
Mcbride came rushing up breathless
and grasping Lewis by the arms said
This is the man" Lewis remon-
strated and of course quickly convinced
the excited citizen that the real burglar
was then nearly block away.
1t is net quite clear whether there
was one burglar or two at the Conway
\ Mrs. McEwan, the proprietress, was
the first to see the burglar. She was
seated in her bedroom on the ground
floor nursing a baby when the face
OF man appeared in the doorway He
disappeared almost Immediately in the
direction of the rear entrance and Mrs.
McEWdD gave the alarm TO McBrlQe,
who had heard some movements.
While they were standing in the hall
figure appeared under the arc light in
the vesdbule and Mcbride, who was
void of shoes and coat, started in pur-
suit 1t is possible that the man went
out at the rear, and re-entered by the
back stairway.
According to the statements of Pa
trolman Johnson himself and officer
Hilton, the burglar was about rod
away when the shot was fired
Bob Lewis was the only one who
could give description of the burglar,
though all agree that be was fleeter
than a mountain breeze. Lewis said
he had on a light coat, with the collar
turned up, and black SLOUGH hat
JOHNSON'S WOUND.
When the officer ascertained he had
been shot he walked down to Smiths
drug store. DR.. Daily was summoned
kan6 dressed the injury which it is
thought is nothing more than a, flesh
wound. The bullet had entered the left
side about two inches above the hip
bone, passed through the side and
come out in the lower part of the back
about six inches from where it entered.
The officer felt none the worse for the
injury and after the physician had at
tended to the wounds walked home
Il is thought ne will be we'll enough
for duty in a few days.
IRISH NATTONALISTS.
DUBLIN. Sept 1.-The great convention
of representatives of the Irish race, sum-
noned with a view to affording an oppor-