The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-08-07
LOST HIS LIFE
FOR TEN CENTS
Price of Two Glasses of Beer
Causes 6 Tragedy.
ASSAnANTS UNDER ARREST
C. A. WESTMAN REFUSED TO PAY
FOR LIQUOR AND rs KILLED.
T wo glasses. Of beer. worth 10 cents.

T wo glasses, of beer. worth 10 cents,
were the cause of a tragedy yes
terday afternoon. If c. A. West
man had paid for the beer he would
not have been killed.
Westmans is a stone mason so years
of age. He was so badly beaten and
kicked at the Return, saloon on First
South street, near State, yesterday aft
ernoon that he died from his injuries
about four hours later at Holy Cross
hospital. Thomas Kane and George
Killed. are now under arrest charged
with the crime.
According to several men who wit
messed the affair, Westman was the
victim of an attack by three men. Be
cause he refused TO pay for the two
glasses of beer, claiming he did not or
der them, he was fOrcibly elected from
the saloon by the bartender. James
Fowler and then assaulted by Killed.
and Kane. Eyewitnesses say Kane
struck Westman on the jaw with his
INST, knocking him to the pavement.
Westman struck on his head, sustain
Ing fractured skull, from which he
died a few hours later. Killed. had
previously assaulted the man, and both
may be charged with murder. Very
little is known of Kane's history by
the officers. Killed. is a cook and claims
to have worked for several years at the
Knutsford hotel
How the Tragedy Occurred.
About o'clock yesterday afternoon
Westman called at She Return saloon
in company with a cObbler whose name
is unknown. Both men had been drink
ing, although neither was very drunk.
The men stepped up 20 the bar. and,
according y to the bartender, Fowler,
Westman ordered drinks. Two glasses
of beer wereN set upon the bas and
before drinking them WestmaI AID
his companion engaged in a dispute as
TO who should pay for the beverage
Westman insisted that he did not call
for the beer and refused to pay, and
his companion was equally insistent.
The bartender finally removed the
glass of beer from Ia front of WestnIan
and placed it under the bar Walking
out from behind the counter he seized
Westman by the coat collar and pushed
him out of the barroom INTO. the front
part of the saloon As he let so of
free lunch in the room, is said TO have
exclaimed: i knew that old
-, and he's no good"
Killed. Struck Westman.
At the same time ne left his lunch
stand and ran into the front part OF
the saloon and hit Westman in the face
with his fist. Then ZANE came out
and struck Westman, who by this time
Ii .a-~ nd
him down. Westman fell to the pave
ment, alighting on his head, and lay
with the blood streaming from deep
cash just above his left eye
H 3. Jeffries. carpenter. who
claims to have witnessed the affair. at
once notified the police. Officer VIII
Armstrong went 10 the saloon and found
Westman in the rear of the place,
where he had been carried by some
bystanders. He at once arrested Kane,
who Jeffries and a young man named
Larson declared was the man VINO
knocked Westman down. Kane denied
that he struck the man, but the Wit
nesses are positive that he did.
DIR BENEDICT WAS summoned, ana
after dressing the mans wound sent
him to Holy Cross hospital Westmah
WIS still unconscious and seemed 10
be suffering from a fractured Skull. he
fingered at the hospital for nearly -FOUR
hours. when he died without having re
gained consciousness
Placed Under Arrest.
Detectives Raleigh and Chase, after
an investigation. arrested George Killed.,
who admitted striking Westman, but
declared that he did not knock him
down. Killed. was under the influence
of liquor at the time.
Taffrins declares nOSlriVelV thai
Kane struck Westman and knocked
MIN down on the pavement
4 saw him strike him with his fist
and knock him over" he said West
man fell to the pavement and lay there
moaning. while the blood fairly poured
from d cut over his eye l went al
once and notified the police and pointed
out Kane as the man who had commit
ted the assault 1t was entirely I'M
provoked and one of the most cowardly
things l ever saw
John. Larson. a miner, was in the Sa-
loon al the time the trouble took place
He declares that Kane was the man
who knocked Westman down, but also
saw Killed. strike him.
Il was drinking when the bartender
took the beer away from Westman. He
showed him outside of the room and
returned behind the bar. Then Killed.
ran out and struck WeStman several
times. He was joined by Kane, who
hit him in the face and knocked him
down.
Made No Resistance.
"Westman did not offer any resist
ance, but seemed TO try to get away
from the men,
James Smith. an attorney. is the only
witness who denies that Kane knocked
Westman down. He declares that
Kane did nothing but assist Westmau
to get up as he lay on the sidewalk
Smith says Killed. was the only assail-
ant and that he struck the blow that
caused Westman TO fall ana fracture
his skull.
Westman was almost 80 years cd
and leaves a wife and son, who reside
at 357 North Eighth West street. He
was stonecutter by trade, but was
unemployed at the present tine. An
inquest will probably be held today.