The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-11-27
MAN MURDERED
IN OGDEN SALOON
Mike Murray Fatally Wounds
Michael WhaIen.
WAS A DRUNKEN ROW
INJURED MAN WAS PROMINENT
IN NEBRASKA.
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n GDEN. Nov. 26.-NIike Murray, an
Italian Iaborer, shot AID fatally
wounded Michael whalen, another
railroad laborer. this afternoon in the
Denver saloon
Murray was Immediately arrested and
taken to the police station by two other
Italians who saw the deed. The shoot
ing was the result Of a drunken quar-
rel. The act of shooting appears 70
have been deliberate on the part Of
Murray. The room was full Of laborerz
at the time and when the shooting be-
gan there was d wild scramble for the
outside. glass doors being smashed and
furniture overturned in the stampede.
John Mcdonald, a young Iaborer who
was IN the saloon at the time, appears.
10 have kept his wits about him and as
soon as Murray dropped the weapon
he carried il TO the police station He
was held as a witness
The statement OF Collins. an eye
witness, to The Herald q half-hour aft
er the tragedy, was as follows:
Story of Shooting.
The two men were scrapping. but
both were drunk and did not seem
to be hurting each other much. The
pulled them apart. Murray stood at
the end of the bar, leaning one elbow on
II and acting cool and quiet like. Pretty
soon he put his hand back into his hiu
pocket and pulled the revolver out. He
seemed mighty slow and deliberate
about it. He pointed the gun straight
at the other man, who was standing
square in front of him Then he shot
and the other fellow fell in d heap on
the floor. The gun went bang, bang,
bang, so fast you could not tell how
many shots were pumped out. The
other man fell as soon as the gun be-
gan to crack. I did not notice that he
H-as doing thing toward the Italian
when the shooting began. but il all
happened so fast could not keep track
of everything. After the shooting the
Italian put his gun down slowly and
then behind him. A couple Of other
fellows grabbed him and he drODped
the pistol to the floor behind him, and
right then I fell on it and brought il
to the station
The pistol is Of unusual make. The
cdlbre IS .3S and the factory imprint
on the barrel is "Forehand Arms Co,
Worcester, Mass" Five of the six
loads had been emptied-
Whalen'5 Wounds.
One bullet entered the left side Of
the abdomen, passed between the ston-
side, making only a slight wound The
bullet in the left broke no bones, Meth
er did the bullet in the upper arm. The
only dangerous wound is from the bull
let which was thought TO have entered
the mans breast. This bullet glanced
around and lodged near the spinal cord
and oecasioned partial paralysis of the
lower limbs. An operation viii prob
ably be performed tomorrow to remove
this bullet, and if Whalen survives he
viii stand a good chance of recovery.
No bullets entered the abdominal cav
ity, as at first supposed and only three
of the five shots took effect
Whalen writhed about On the floor in
great agony for about twenty minutes
after the wounds were inflicted Officer
John Hutchins was the first to arrive
and he devoted his time to the care Of
the wounded man and the cOrraIIing OF
as many eyewitness to the shooting
as could be secured DrS. Dickson and
Forbes were summoned, the former TO
the saloon and the county physician to
the police station. Dickson had the
man taken TO the police sta
ton, where, after q. brief examination,
he was placed in an ambulance and
taken to the hospital.
Wanted Family Kept Ignorant.
During the examination WhaIen
begged to be allowed to die in peace
I'LL utu uOL MdllL his DLOLlGLS 70 KNOW
how or where he died. It was elected
that he was born in Wisconsin forty
seven years ago, and that his home is
in keOkuk, Ia He has two brothers
living, one a president of the Butch
ars' union in South Omaha. Another
brother is at Hannibal, No Whalen
was number of years ago a contractor
Of some Importance in Nebraska, but
has evidently been On the downward
road for some time. He was at one
time a foreman in charge of a camp
for the Browns contracting firm now
doing work near Reno, New. and was
TO go out there again tonight.
District Attorney HAYES went to the
hospital and took the ante-mortem
statement Of the man Besides this
evidence the police secured five eye
witnesses of the shooting These are
the proprietor Of the saloon, who was
released and four others, who were
Ocked up. They are Nick Papas and
John COllOp. two Italians. who arrested
Murray; John Mcdonald. who picked
Up the gun. and John Collins. who
stood near the bar when the quarrel
vas on and when the shooting was
lone.
Murray. the Italian doing the shoot
ng, is Of a common type, short and
swarthy, with a heavy mOustache. He
mas been about Ogden for two weeks
and was greatly excited after being
ocked up. AIurray's face showed a big
welt. evidently the result OF a blow
received in the fight. He claimed when
seen at the jail that his action was in