Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-07-18
Well Known Young Business Man Meets a
Tragic Fate at the Hands OF John Benz
broke, the Proprietor OF the Motor
ious Sheep Ranch Gambling
Resort.

Of them. no other person being present
at any time during the dinner The din
ncr was
SERVED UP STAIRS
I'm a private room and not downstairs
In the general dining room as reported.
Dinner was over some minutes before
the shooting occurred and Motifs cN-
cuaod himself to 20 60 the telephone-
gmith'g-corner VI Second South and
Main. Here II h. understood he tele-
phoned to a friend whose name wan
suggcatcd by one OF the young ladies.
The friend, however. was not IN ms
Office and never received the message.
Mr.. Morris then returned TO the Mcr-
chants cafe where be- rcjolned his lady
friends. Ne found them In the Same
room he ioft them. About this time
Proprietor keene came up stairs ana
said something about calling an onicer'
Morris was curious to know what the
trouble was but saw or heard nothing.
lie then walked into the hall hut found
everything quiet. investigating further
he went down stairs. As he got to the
bottom he heard a rapid acuiiie
FOLLOWED ny SHOOTING.
lie does not know how many shots
We're fired but feels certain thcrc were
more than two. lie Immediately ran
upstairs again ~ quickly as possible.
AZ he got to the top the door OF tho
room In which his lady friends were
was opened and they Immediately APP
pcarcd In the hall way In a great state
Of alarm asking oNCitcdiy what had
occurred. Morris was unable To give
them the information they sought ana
advised them 10 run down stairs nnd
away from the scene which they dld'
Morris then rushed into the room whore
HaHHHH al Oh
10 nnd two men engaged In a terrible
HAND 10 HAND STRUGGLE.
one OF them being his cousin. whom he
did not know was lu the building The
other he aid not know and he held "a
revolver IN his hand. The men were
facing each other both standing ON
their feet and the gun held close TO
their heads aqunrcly between their
faces Mr. Morris, the unfortunate
man. was making terrific attempt 10
dlanrm his murdcruuH uHHailnut, but
quickly commenced 10 sink ana went %
the nour face downward. evidently
hnYEg been moriully wounded Just be-
fore his cousin Albert came To his rca-
cue. As the dying man sank 70 the
floor his aHaaiiant went with him fall
ing upon his PROSTATE and helpless
form. Albert In the meantime cndruv-
Ing to secure possession or the gun
which the gambler was using ~ u
most brutal manner upon
nus HELPLESS VICTIMS HEAD.
Aibcrt'u attempt to get the gun
was "a desperate ana determined one,
and hc succeeded IN wrcnchinH from
BcuhrnlcH hand FOR n moment. Hut
the latter was a large, powerful and
quick man and almost instantly seized
the weapon with his other hand. AZ
this instant Otiicer chase entered and
the hands Of the three men for the
space OF second or two We're upon the
weapon. Both men recognized the uiii-
Ger simultaneously and released their
holds upon the gun which was turned
over to the officer. ENumlpatlun
showed that the weapon was a 3s-cnll-
bcr i've shooter and that but three
shots had been fired from Il. Bonbrok
showed no resistance and gave himself
up.
In the meantime Albert was knoellng
over the body Of
MS DYING COUSIN.
who was turned over and breathing
heavily. He gaspcd a few times aud
then his body became perfectly limp
and motionless, All was quiet Tor
minute or two when he gave one more
gasp ana died.
Albert positively maintained that his
presence In the cafe at the same time
as his cousin was there was simply
coincidence. lie refused 10 give the
names OF his lady companions to the
chief OF police Tor the reason he ala
not care 10 involve them In sensation
In which they figured only by accident,
and who knew nothing OF the dreadful