Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-02-03
oFFIoER HEArn's BRAVE WORK
Engages Three Murdcrous Holdups
In Desperate nnttle kills Ono.


In Desperate Battle Kills One.
AS soon as the news Of the battle at
Morusou's store. and the hoDdup and
robbery Of Morris. reached police head
quarters, officers We're notified as
quickly az possible and were ordered
to watch out for the hlghWaymen.
officer Horace Heath was the first 10
meet the men and another fierce battle
was on, the result Of which Is that
body Of one of the highway
men nov = adoms slab at
Undertaken Evans morgue, While
the brave policeman Is suffering
from "A broken ankle caused by one of
the robbers bullets. While bullets
rained about him like hail the plucky
officer kept after the men and did not
stop until De was hid low with a bull
let and until he had succeeded I'm end
ing the career OF one of the despeta-
does With the three OF them pouring
then fire nj him hc chased them for
TWO blocks one of them hid behind a
tree and fired the shot that took effect
in Heaths foot Even then he ran The
fellow across the street firing a shot as
he ran. With one bullet left In his re-
volver. Heath took deliberate aim at
the murderous thug and shot him
through the head The man fen dead
IN his tracks and Heath hobbed back
10 a grocery store for assistance.
Officer Heath had started out towards
the Short Line depot In search VI The
mon and saw them enter n saloon near
the corner OF First West and South
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greatly excited and were going rapid
~ Heath started after themLnd they
dashed out the rear-door ar staWtd
TO run. he called upon the 40 halt
when they stW the Offices thgN lnqfets'
ia thcn smff What hapUf va afict
that Is best told In by the pluck officer
himself
Il might not have caught 40 with
them but | saw a man IN buggy !
jumped In with him and told him to
drive me after TIE men, Near the cor
ner OF First North We caught up with
them and ! jumped out Of the buggy
and yelled 10 the fellows to stop, They
paid no attention 90 me and ! ordered
them again 90 stop, saying they were
under arrest Then they turned, and
seeing my uniform. each drew a gun
and began blazing away at me, re-
turned the compliment and kept after
them You can bet the bullets were
coming pretty thick but ! lodged be-
hind trees as much as possible and used
my shots iudiciously As the men
reached the southwest corner OF the
intersection OF the streets, one of the
men dropped behind tree and The
other two ran on The man behind the
tree kent blazing away az me- but
rushed M him. trying TO keep the tree
between him and me, and he started on
run across the street ! followed.
firing at him, and he kept firing at me.
Just as he reached the sidewalk he
turned and felt q sting In my foot
j fred directly at him and hh stag
gered and fell As he fell TO the
! ground he threw the gun down az me
again. but before he could shoot ! fired
again and he rolled over dead drop
! ping the gun by his side. He was
I about six feet from me. The other
| two men We're still firing az me- but
my gun was empty and my foot was
so bad could not keep after them and
they ran through the block and disap-
| pearcd'
From the grocery store where tn
| officer went Tor nelp ne sent Wolu on
his battle 20 the police station and III,
patrol wagon with several officers made
n quick run TO the scene and the search
/ for the robbers was continued,
Chief Paul and Can't Burbidge took
officer Heath and the dead man IN ihl
| patrol wagon 20 The police station
Odlcer Heath was taken into the chiefs
office and Dr. Benedict was summoned
! Hcaths wound was made by q
! caliber bullet which had entered the lel
foot 40 the ankle Joint and coming out
near the heel Heath was taken 90 tho
DOCTORS office. where the wound was
dressed and he was then taken 10 hli
home ON Sixth South and West Temple
street Dr. Benedict says the wound
Is not a dangerous one but u win b,
! several weeks before the plucky police
man win be able TO walk, and the ankle
Joint may be stlff for the rest Of his
/ ttfn