Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-08-02
STORY OF THE TRAGEDY,


1t was after the performance In the
Salt Palace Theater that the trouble
started which eliminated In the trag-
edy. Mrs. Horace Heath and Miss Rus
sell conduct the lunch room on the
Palace grounds, and a party composed
OF Max Peters, Horace Heath, Horace
Heath Jr. and Brigham Mckenzie re-
paired thither after the show Nc
Causln Joined them shortly after Miss
! Russell was the only one In the crowd
! with whom he was acquainted, ana
after being introduced around, he want
ed them to Join him in a drink
Things went along pleasantly enough
! until Miss Marie Won Zenda, singer Ia
the Salt Palace theater called TO MS
! Heath TO accompany her hnuc, Mrs
Heath called back for her not TO go
! home yet but 20 wait a little while
and she would go with her Miss Won
| Zenda was lndlly persuaded To come
| into the lunch room whore she met ;he
| party.
McCauslin. II is said, showed a decided
preference FOR the singer and became
| familiar with her His actions, she said,
were very Objectionable TO her and
were resented hy the other women in
the party, whoh snubbed McCauslin for
them.
The mining man became suller and
moody the way the women regarded his
advances Then he began 10 talk aOou;
his family troubles, charging his Wife,
II is said, with inndeHty Miss Won
Zenda told him her opinion Of a man
who would talk in those terms Of his !
wife, and her opinion was not very COM |
plimentary T. him
Ineuriated by drink, and goaded a. |
desperation by what he considered as |
insulting remarks TO himself, he drew 1
his revolver, and said that he would |
show them what a handy man he was |
with a gun. In order TO show this, he /
wanted 70 shoot the heads Off row OF |
beer bottles The members OF the
party finally persuaded him not 20 do
anything so rash, ana he put the re-
volver in his pocket
When the party left 10 go home. Miss
Won 2enda refused to walk with The
man who had been making insulting re-
marks to her. and he went with Miss
Russell. who took his arm. The parry
went leisurely uOrthward 90 Eighth /
South street on East Temple street,
Mir Heath and Miss Won Zenda about
100 yards IN advance ~ the others. Nc
Causln was on one side Of Miss Russell,
and Brig Mckenzie on the other. close !
ly behind were Mrs Heath and the little
boy McCauslin spoke constantly OF the
trouble which he had had with his wife,
and was reminded by the women that
they did not think II proper thing
for him to talk about, and they did not
care to hear OF IL. one OF his remarks
which showed the trend his thoughts
was that ten minutes and ten years
were the same 90 him now. and ,hat
he did not care what happened TO him.
The women tried to get him not TO talk
so modify. when suddenly he wheeled /
around ard said, You people have been
making fun Of me all night, and / won't
stand Il any longer
whipping out his revolver, he said:
'I'H clean out the whole crowd Of you"
Before ANYBODY realized that hey had
a desperate man TO deal with he had
fired upon Miss Russell. With a
scream. the girl threw up both her
hands and fell face downwards on the |
street. The other members Of the party
sought places Of safety. McCauslln |
turned az once on Peters and fired
again. and his second victim fell Nc
Kenzie had run ont into the street but
seeing Miss Russell and Peters fail, he
ran back 10 their rescue. McCauslin took
a shot az him also, but the bail went
way wide.
The demon then laughed aloud. a
wild. manlacal laugh, and putting the
gun against his own temple fired. He {
fel 10 the street with the others. Roll
ing over and over IN the dust, he flnal- {
ly settled down with his face in the Q