Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-11-15

"Bang bang, hang, bang, bangll!lP'
When the smoke cleared away, the
bar room of the Colorado house at Az
west Second South presented the APP
pearance OF scene In that stirring
drama, THE James Boys In Missouri
Two men in dazed condition were
bleeding from ugly wounds In the head,
and five big holes in various parts
of the room bore evidence that a re-
volver Of the "A persuasion had been
doing the strenuous Glasses, show
case and a partition were smashed and
the room generally was In a state OF
chaos.
IL was all the result of daring
stranger, tall muscular fellow about
30 years of age and wearing mask
over his face, trying to hold up the
saloon and murder everybody within
range OF his full grown shooting iron
That somebody was not killed Is ex-
ceedingly remarkable; that Deputy
Sheriff Tom Lewis was not shot as tull
of holes as sieve, II due entirely 10
his exalted courage and stick-to-it-lVe-
ness. AS IL was. he received two vicious
blows on the head, a large lump ana
an ugly cut bearing evidence OF THIS
Pat Conahan, railroad man In the
employe OF the Rio Grande Western,
received a cash In the head Inc
murderous holdup escaped, put aller
the most desperate struggle he ever
experienced In all his bad life.
Ii all occurred In T. +, Cronlhs sue
loor Just before last midnight Deputy
Sheriff Lewis stepped into the place 70
speak to his son Joe, who Is bartender
there. Mr. Lewis and Conahan were
standing talking at the bar when tne
front door opened and Joe Lewis
stepped around the screen, presumably
ia see who II was. He found hlmseli
plaring down the muzzle OF big reVol-
Yer Allowing his gaze to travel from the
eun and the hand that held IT, up
Inc arm. the gaze rested on mask
from behind which CLEANED two prlgh'
and murderous looking orbs. Joe
thought il was a joke at first ana ex-
claimed IN. o, &.
"Walt. what's the matter with you.
III. discovered the matter In rev sec
onds, cts q hole up" be yelled ana
iumned behind the screen. But the
thug followed him quick as nash'
Walking deliberately up to conahan ne
felled him uncon scious to the iioor WIN
n blow with the gun. Blood spurteu
from an ugly wound In his head. inc
highwayman then struck the eider
Lewis and knocked him down, put not
unconscious. He next turned ms az,
tention 10 Joe Lewis, who was behind
The bar. Levellng the gun at MIN ne
fred. The bullet went wide of It's mar
and shattered a mirror In the back bar
Young Lewis dropped to the floor IN an
Instant and remained there. Deputy
Lewis revived quickly from the blow he
had received and grappled with the
would he robber He seized him around
the waist and got vice like grip on
the hand that held the weapon. Then
followed a battle for life. The hoid-up
being younger and more active man
than the deputy threw Lewis OH ana
tried to shoot him, but Lewis was az
him again In a second lighting WIN the
desperation of man whose chances
for life hang by slender thread The
men wrestled, fought and clawed al
each other around the room. Conahan
remained bleeding and senseless on the
floor Young Lewis Rugged the hoorr
behind the bar. With every additional
sound of the struggle going on ana
every shot fired. he flattened himself out
on the floor as much as 1t Is possible Tor
human being 10 do
From the bar room to the partition