The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-06-28

They walked away from the depot aIiu
| had reached Third street, When a Scul
ae took place. A blow on the right
side of the neck made with a Dluhl
| instrument. felled the officer TO the
ground, and then the murderer placed
| a revolver to his heart and hred: Inc
fire burned the officials vest. Death
was almost instantaneous. Lying by
his side was found his pistol. No snot
had been fired from 1t.
Fo1lr blocks away Policeman Frank
Tucker heard the muffied Shot ana
jumping on a wheel was soon by the
dead mans side. He raised the life
less head and spoke, but no answer
came Everything round about was
quiet: not a sound, not footiall dls-
turbed the silence of the night Inc
policeman then went Tor nelp. oooil
the clash of the fire bell pealed out
and reused the sleeping inhabitants
Crowds gathered at the court house,
and by /: 80 o'clock every exit from the
citv was closed Posses of armed boys
and men, horseback, foot and in wag-
ons. were stationed on every road, ana
in the fields. The orders were to arrest
every tramp. Early in the morning the
bows began to bring them in, and
thirty were lodged in jail
Story of Two Tramps.
Robert Shelton arrested two near the
sand bank southeast of the city. They
had a tale to tell which gave the oil-
GERS a little clue to work on Accord
ing TO them Mr. Strong arrested half
breed negro just as the midnight
freight pulled through They saw them
talking at the depot and then leave for
town, whereupon the tramps walked
away down the track towards the sand
had a
tanee when a shot was heard to come
from the direction the officer and negro
tramp had taken.
Word was wired over the county to
hold all negro tramps especially. and
about noon a message came from Lehi
that one had been taken.
There are on the corner of and
Third streets some tracks supposed to
have been made by the murderer.
These are kept carefully guarded.
It was learned today that last Sun
day Mr. Strong had a few words with
a negro tramp. The report is that he
found the tramp at the depot and told
him to get out of town, or If he did
not and was seen here any more he
would be locked up. There is a rumor
that the officer rounded up gang last
night, among whom was this particular
negro, but let them all go with this one
exception. On llltS dttouHt- II 10 ooAd,
that the African became angry and for
revenge slugged his caDturer and then
shot him:
In support of the theory that negro
did the killing is a story from the rail-
road men about a negro and gun at
Pleasant Valley Junction on the 22nd
inst. five days ago. 1t appears that
a freight train crew tried to put off
gang of six tramps and negro. They
refused to get off. and when the crew
made for them the negro pulled a gun
and held the whole crew at bay. They
rode a short distance and then dis
appeared.
Capture at Lehi.
This afternoon Marshal Thomas of
Lehi brought to Provo colored man
whom he had arrested. He was located
n Hammers restaurant at Lehi, eat
ng breakfast. The officers placed him
Inder arrest. but left him to eat his
breakfast, whereupon he broke and ran
through a back door. He emptied his |
pockets of various articles during a
.hase of one and one-half miles, at
he end of which he was again cap
ured While on his trail the officers |
ound a 3S-caliber revolver, but the |
legro denies owning it. He was the |
most frightened man seen today. Even |
not connected With the shooting, he |