The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-06-08
DILLEY TAKEN
TO PRICE JAIL
Prisoner Takes Matter CooIIy,
But Refuses to Talk.
ARMED MEN GUARD JAIL.
DEFENDANTS EMPLOYEES TEsTI-
FLED AGAINST HIM.
Special to The Herald.O

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Price, Utah, June while Justice OF
the Peace Singleton was going to sun
nyside this morning on the train to
hold an inquest over the remains of
Steve Chapman, killed above there yes
terday by Tom Dilley, the latter was
on his way to Price in charge of Sher-
if Wilcox.
The sheriff and his man arrived here
little after noon. and after Dilley was
shaved he was locked UP at the county
jail. Tonight there are three guards
about the Jail. with Winchesters. Dill
ley takes the matter cody and refuses.
to talk until after he has consulted
with his attorney, Mark p. Braf1e-,
whom he wired at Salt Lake City, and
who VIII be here at midnight
There wee three witnesses to the
killing: Justice Of the Peace Black
l burn, of Wellington precinct, who las
been working for Dilley; a Mexican
sheep herdeT, and a white man named
Brasher. The latter two were IN the
employ of the defendant Blackburn.
who was in the hills after the killing
yesterday looking after Dilley's cattle,
could not be had as a witness before
! the cOrOner's jury. The evidence Of
the sheep herder and Brasher was
against Dilley However, their stories
are conflicting. The jury brought in
verdict that the deceased came to his
death by a gunshot wound inflicted by
/ Thomas Dilley with felOniOus and
murderOus intent.
The remains Of Chipman went
through here this evening for Ameri-
can Fork, where interment VIII De
held
The wounded Mexican was on the
same train, Chapman was shot four
/ times with 44-COlts, while the LeXi-
| can was shot once.
Story Of the Fight.
While DiIley refuses to talk. 1t is be-
( lieVed that this viii be about the
/ story brought out when the case comes
/ to trial: Some weeks ago Chapman
/ went to Dlley and asked permission
/ to drive his sheep over ground belong
/ ing to Dilley's cattle company. Per-
mission was granted as requested
! After shearing, Chapman permitted his
| sheep to range on the ground be
! had asked to drive over to get 10 the
! shearing pens, which are about eight
miles above Sunnyside.
\. A herder was found i'm charge, VINO
said Chapman had told him 10 rtay
/ there regardless of Dilley's rights.
4 Then Dilley went to Chinman yester-
l aud two of his men in camp. The mat
ter was being talked over in the pres
/ ence of Blackburn and the two en-
ployes of Chapman.
Hot words passed when Chapman
! threatened 10 shoot, and made for his
! Winchester. which was strapped to mis-
saddle. The horse was about ten feet
distant. Dilley warned him he didnt 2
want trouble, when Chapman replied
he could shoot as we'll as Dilley. Chip
man got his gun almost out Of the
scabbard when Dilley again cautioned
him.
Failing to heed the admOnition, Dill
ley fred a bullet through the left, nip
pie At the same time the Mexican,
who had in the meantime been told by
Dilley to keep quiet as this was none
of his fight drew a knife from down
the back Of his coat collar and made
for DilIey. though he had A Winches-
ter on the ground Chapman had no
sooner fallen than Dilley gave the
Mexican the second shot, which went
! through the lower part Of his stomach.
The Mexican ran, Chapman still trying
to get back to his gun, when Dilley
fired three more shots into his body.
Brasher had taken no hand in the az
fair. having also been warned by Dilley
! that it was not his fight.
Chipman being dead and the Mexican
running, DnIey took the shells from
Chipman's rife and handed it to Brasil
er. He then came on down TO sunny
+ side, and later went back there IN
charge Of the constable who had visited
the ranch to arrest him. When brought
to Sunnyside Chipman's right hand
was still grasping a pair Of gloves, and
the death grip was not relaxed until
this afternoon when the body was be-
Ing. prepared for burial.
DiHey is cool and says he has moth
ing to fear District court meets next
Monday and there is likely to be a
speedy trial Of the case. Chapman has
made many gun plays around here
and is credited with being no respecter
of the rights of others in the matter
Of grazing his herds. People here nave
no fears of violence from Chapman
friends. However. the sheriff deemed
it wise to place a guard about the jail
building.