The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-02-04

was shot by John G. Morrison
Monday night in the attempt to hold up
his grocery store. Orders have been
given from police headquarters that the
search must not be abated till the man
mas been found dead or alive
How he escaped is a mystery. Every
train that has left the city since the
crime, both freight and passenger, has
been carefully guarded. and every one
who boarded closely scrutinized. None
OF the vigilance of the officers to inter
cept the attempted fight of the wound
ed desperate has been abated They
are absolutely certain. they state. that
he still remains in hiding in some Sc
cluded spot in the city.
Confidence is expressed by the Off
GERS of his ultimate discovery. He IS
seriously wounded. they say. and is I'M
able to pass through the streets either
Dy night or day and escape detection
And they doubt even his ability to walk
alone should ne decide to make the at
tempt to escape. Assistance from his
trends either in the way Of food or
1uel is equally impossible. Every sus-
plclous character is closely Swallowed
ny the officers, and his movements
unexpectedly discovered by some citi-
zen, either dead or dying.
Three Suspects IN Jail.
Three men are now confined in the
city jail suspected of having taken mart
In the attempt to rob the Morrison
grocery store at Fifth South and First
West streets, and later of participating
In the bloody battle with Police Oficer
horace Heath, in which one of the
bandits was killed. They were taken
INTO custody early yesterday and
charged with vagrancy. They gave the
names of Patsy Foley. Z. F. Carter and
3. P. Wilson. They refuse to state
where they were on the night in ques-
ton. and maintain a stolid reticence.
In the afternoon one of the men was
positively identified by the two street
carmen as one of the band that held
up the car on Sunday night A cut on
the nose, covered by a piece of court |
plaster, is claimed by the motorman as
a sure mark of Identification. Others |
OF the victims have been ordered to |
headquarters for the purpose of identl- |
Tying the men.
The body OF the hoId-up shot and 4
killed by officer Heath in the gun fight |
on First West street Monday night. /
lies in the morgue at Evans undertake !
ing parlors unidentified. Save the name [
John Wilson, found on the pawn ticket /
IN his possession, practically nothing |
more is known about him Numbers. of |
people have claimed that they have /
seen the man in various places, but no |
positive Identification has been made by
any one.
Say He Is From Nevada.
Yesterday morning two men called /
at the police station and said they rec
ognlzed the dead man as one of a gang
or -FOUR VINO had been working on the
railroad in Nevada and committing va
rious crimes in that vicinity These
men, whose names the police did not
secure, stated that they had been
working on the road and had seen VIII
son and his partners there only a few
weeks ago.
According to their statements. the
men gained bad name in the camp
by robbing several of the employees.
and were finally forced TO leave. The !
men were positive that the dead man
was one of the four, but the officers did
not put much faith in their statements. !
Tor they do not believe that four men }
of the character the four hold-ups
were would work on railroad.
Seen About Saloons.
Another man hailing from California
claimed that he had seen Wilson in
that state about a year ago. and that
he had bad reputation there. A num-
Der Of saloonmen and others who were (,
allowed to view the body during the
day say they had seen the man hang
ing about the various saloons Of the
city for the past week or so. but none
OF them knew anything about him
Yesterday morning some Of the hack
drivers were sure that he was a soldier
from Fort Douglas, and one claimed
he had hauled him to the fort only the
night before the hOld-up, but inquiry
at the fort showed that no man was
missing from there. and it was proven
beyond doubt that the dead man was !
not a soldier.
Through curiosity, crowds of people {
6esieged the undertaking parlors all
day yesterday, DESTROYS of getting a |
look at the dead man. Some wanted to {
see II they could recognize him, and 3
others just wanted to look at him. The $
crowds of curious began to stream to /
The morgue at midnight Monday night, T
and all day yesterday the sidewalk in [
front Of the place was blockaded with {
people.
Crowds Want to See Body.
The undertaken had to apply to the
chief of police TO keep the crowds ont +
IF the place. and an order was issued ;
oy that officer TO allow no one to see 4
he body without an order from the no
ice department. Despite these orders.
people insisted upon going in and the !.
ioorS had 10 be Kept closed the greater h
)art of the day to keep them out. +
The body OF Wilson has not been pre- h
pared for burial by the undertaken vet =
I lies just as it did when taken to the n
norgue. An examination of the body
yesterday by the officers has caused q
hem TO feel almost certain that Wilson Il
5 the man who was hit by Morrison in a
he battle at the grocery store. There =
re three wounds in his body. and one T.
Gems n have hanr h-- =.
,ulIet tilah the one USED by Officer Il
Heath. The wound in the breast and in n
he head are the same size. and the n
Juliet in the breast. which can be felt Z.