Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-08-03

| tective EgAn on two charges OF petty
larceny aoG on conviction was sent
g. he house OF CORRECTION for eight
months. Shortly after the news OF the
trsGedy reached police headquarters a
bljpde woman who have her n" ne rs
| Fiossie O'Bripn visited the flics Of
| Chief Lees and handed him tine fol-
lowing Telegram addressed to hef:
"Billy is dead, let me know whstto DO.
(Sigpec) GEORGE SHELDON"
The woman said that O'Bfieu was
her husra nd, but che denied that he
\ had been shot. OBrlen subst qucntly
visited poiics Headquarters anu lau III.
| ingly asked that the report OF his
| tragic death be denied. He was un.
! atle t. acc lubt for the telegram sent
| to his wife, except to say that he be-
| litved thrl he had oBiuunded him
| with a namesake who was in this CITY
| some time ago ana wn) was known as
| n clever croos. Whether or not he /;
| the dead burglar O'BtIen was unable
| to say.
THE SHOOTING Al DENVER,
DENVER Colo, Aug, 2.-Iu a fight
| this AFTERNOON, Wiliam O'Brien was
killed and j. Il. EIger, alias Eiwin
| Il iger, was fstaily shot.
| Inc IUrmcT fHttTtu kDs hDHIthtue
| of tho latter. Rev0Ivers were drawn
| ami snots were fire.. Both men sank
| to tho floor. Tue crook, whose name
| was given out by tie police ne o. Brien,
| dieI With q curse on his lips. HIS
| adversary arose and ran from the
room with blood streaming from
| bullet wound In his abdomen. He
| fell gasPing or breath at the head OF
the stair. When O'Brien broke into
the room Eiget wac sitting al a table
| writing letter to Peter Cassidy,
| salOo nkeeper at San Diego, turned the
key in the door, locking II, anu In
| less than i've second three shots
were fired, then u iOuttn. The polics
4 do not * ow the cauee OF the trouble,
| but 1t 10 believed that 1t was simply
o case OF thieves fighting over their
booty.
| When Eigei's clothes were
| searched several compromising letters
were found. One wss addressed TO
Steve ENerly Sat Lake Guy, In
which he acknowledged the receipt Of
q watcband package sent to Sheldon
by Es.erloy. Another letter was
addressed to James Cullen, Salt Lake
City, who was released from the UGan
State prison on the oath Of July. The
l
| Cullen, aud the three were = very
| toul h com binstlon.
EDGAR DEAD.
DENVER, Colo, Aug. as. II
| Edgar, VINO shot and killed man
who called on MIN al his room yrsteI-
! day afternoon, died today OF the
wound 10 the abdomen which he re-
| ceived In the encounter. He would
not tell what he knew about his an
;agonist or coy anything about the
cause OF the uuel. Eigar's room.
mate, George Sheldon, said today the
man whom Edgar killed was not
William o. B rien of San Francisco, IS
supposed. hut W. 8 William Jack, s,ias
Jaos KEEL y. nd that Edgar mel him
at CARGO, New, at Toe time Of the
Corbett- Fnz.immons fight. Sheldon
said he thought they had qlarreled
over m oney matters. JacB, sheldon
says, was gambler aud "gen-
etsi man." meaning an all.
round thief. When Jack called Oh
Edgar yesterday, the latter was writ.
ing a letter to Pster Cassidy, OF San
Diego, Cal, with whom he formerly
lived. Edgar wrote:
"This town is having better times
than for some time past aud Ruess
I'Il do some business before l leRvt.''
The police interpret the wOrGs $40
some busi uess" to mean that he
would ply his trade as u thiof. That
| stealing was his business was evident
rom letters he had Just written to s
EsteIly, 2l7 wssi, Seventh South
street, salt Lake CITY, snd to James
Cullen, an inmate oil the Utah Stale
prison.
In these letters h Igar mentioned
that Jack Kelly owed ihim s24) which
he supposed he would never Do aole to
collect.
The police found a gold watch on
VIM. JACK, one on Eigsr anu one on
Sneldon. In additiOs, u pawn ticket
from Heitler Bros. q Rudmans, Lsrl.
met street place, for fourth watch,
was found In EdyhI's effects. The
numbers OF these watches were teIe
grrphed 10 the Salt LaEe police, anI
the following answer was received:
SALT LAKE CITY, Utsn,
August 3.
w. FL. O'Brien, Chief OF Police, Den
Yer, Colo:
The watches are ours. TAKEN from
rooms by room-wOrkers. There was
package shipped from here 10 Sheldon
which he must have now. Look GU
for about 1000 worth OF ieweiry
taken from here.
(signeu) J. n. EsLINGER,
Acting Chief vi Police
British Losses In India.