Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-05-15

f.,s shooting array ol''' -
= , XIV .sloon o. ihe corner Of second
s %. t', and STATE street last night t W,
s '.."s. -I growing out Of a sign Una. mat
u...e ,se bar. reading as follows
IAN drinks served here to ''l'''a p''
~ -.. .ssounr was done by O. young
,..a named william Maddox son o.
~, ,l-D rlg5, bartender and the men VINO
". y. .nr.rlos as a result Of his maIAs-
a., .s1,' ,rs wins Psarsar and An
Sr.r RI white. both colored.
u' s',sr,l weeks ago lew Link. prop'l-
.,sr ], me saloon. decided to dlseouras'
~, y. r \. Of colorsd people paifon'a-
~, s,s place Of business, and knowing
,S,, h eouli not aauy refuse to serve
,sem with drinks. hlt upon the happy
,sousbt Of the sign For time al
wsnt vsg The eolored population is-
ro,s5 Links saloon and bought their
bssr elsewhere But soon the idea got
among them that they had as much
rsht as any white man to drink IN
Links place
49,. 49,. ,,t,ht fonr soldiers and q
boy from the fort concluded
TO TEST THE CASE
and entering the thirst quenching es-
enlistment called for the amber fluid.
BARTENDER Fred Maddox Informed tho
unvelcome customers that the beer
woold cost them % cents per glass.
we don't care what 1t costs. irot IL
ont replied one Of the men, The beer
was served drank. and one Of the men
trsw down FIVE nlckels. and all started
for the main exit The bartender called
Them back but he called In vain. He
made for the phone 10 ring for the po-
llca whereupon a couple Of the soldiers
hauled from their pockets large Iochs
ana intlmated that they would Just as
soon klll him as drink bis beer. ana
wou,d do 80 II he made any attempt 70
call the officers. Young Maddox was
standing near the door, taking Il on
ln,r and as the fellows passed out his
father
HANDED HIN A GUN
One Of the negroes saw the act, and IL
Is claimed took q shot at Maddox Jun
Tor. Then the trouble began In earnest
Maddox brought bic sun 10 a level ana
began blazing away. AZ the first shot
from Maddox White fell with a bullet
through bis lungs and Pearsall got u In
the left arm and the lelt side OF the
stomach The other negroes ran rapidly
eastward and escaped. Maddlcks claim
that the first shot was fired from the
colored camp Is borne out by the fact
that he has a wound In the head and it
has the appearance Of being made by
lead
officer Barlow heard the shooting and
FASTENED to the scene When he ar
rived young Maddox had another gun
and looked as though be would not hes
iiaie TO use IT, Barlow placed him M
der arrest and took him to the hall
There were probably IN all six shots
larsd The wounded men were soon
cared for Pearsall was taken TO the
station and White was removed 10
Soans drug store Later they were
both taken to the Holy Cross hospital
where their
WOUNDS WE'RE DRESSED.
The wounds were examined By Drs.
King Wilcher and McKenna It was
ascertained that White had been shot
through one lung and Pearsall was
shot through the abdomen. the bullet
coming out al the back. Ills LETT arm
was shattered Just above the elbo.
Pearsall, WHO is an old time member
y the Ath. did not seem to take he
natter very seriously. He said the pain
n bis arm was more severe than IN the
abdomen. Said be: Il can't under.
stand why he shot me when there were
lthers neaT BY I guess White Is done
10y but ! don't think ! win de-"
Il is pretty certain THAT
SIX SHOTS WERE FIRED
but some say they only heard five.
Three bullets struck their marks and
.wo were Wild and the wound on young
Naddlcks head strengthens the state.
neni that SIX shots were fred The
men who ran from the saloon when the
hoollng commenced finally reached the
on and Z was learned that they were
''lyaies Howard, Brooks and Jackson.