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EXECUTIVE OFFICE. COMMISSIONERS OF
the District of Columbia. Washington July O.
10o4.-Sealed proposals. will be received at this
ONCE until TWELVE NJ. JULY SIXTEENTH.
1904. 10 furnish forty more Horses during the
fiscal year 1905. for Of the Fire Department
Of the District OF Columbia. Specifications and all
necessary information may be obtained from the
Chief Engineer OF the Fire Department. HENRY
b. J.. MCFARLAND. HENRY l.. WEST. JOHN
BIDDLE. Commissioners Of the District Of Coluln-
bis ty1l-St
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-01-11

The full text Sy
hddup follows
REASON FOR THE STATEMENT.
Office OF Utah Prison
for the guilty and that the man probably
stated have father
My record
Of these two street the night m6 On the night this tragedy took the Second
o t in
that
before had When
the
half The held would
the For did and wchi myself free the other
AT the this back and took his both hands and
thought passed through Il its possible hit
drew down drew
grabbed Ny
AT the fred wreed the other started
the but At the
Of the reached
well the thought passed through mind My God
and fired him. After had fired the
perfectly still and fre myself by him and left II had thought
would rather
accidental shot which resulted his death
the thought would kill Had known
though had been lifetime would fred but
that dnoin death The action have here stated and
3 /.
Witsse, w. J. Lynch, 6 R. Raleigh Thos Wright John Stowe
CONFESSION
the tdup the Fort Douglas
with hitting him,
assured them that did
Signed d. SIIOCKLEY
Witnesses VIM J. Lynch G A. Raleigh Thomas Wright John Stowe
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degree, were drawn up this morning by
County Attorney Westeryelt, but were
not filed until this afternoon. The com .
plants charge him with the murder of
Amasa Gleason and Thomas II. BrIgh
ton, on the night Of Jan, 6. The docu
ments are signed by Chief OF Police w.
J. Lynch, They are drawn up in the
usual form OF murder complaints.
QUIET ARRANGEMENT.
This morning County Attorney Yves.
tervelt said: l cannot say at this time
when the arraignment win take place.
That II something ave Will have IN be
very careful about. and when Shock /.
ley Is arraigned no one but the odl.
Gals and the press viii know anything
about II until II Is all over with. II
may not take place for several days
MAY BE AT PEN"
There mas been some talk OF the court
and clerk going out to the statHprIson
Tor rhe purpose OF taking Shbckley's
plea and thus avoid the risk OF a pos.
siole lynchlng, should the man be
brought TO town.
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white hat. but he cared little for that.
His one thought was escape. and he did
not even rifle the pockets Of the dying
conductor. He grabbed the derby hat
from its place and fled towards the city.
He remembered crossing the Fort
Douglas car line near the brewery on
Tenth East street and then he went
across the canal. lie finally got on
Sixth South street and leisurely con-
tinued his journey. Three different
tims, he said, he cooked his gun with
the intention OF blowing his head OFF,
but he concluded to 20 to his room
first and write a letter to his family
then kill himself In this determine
ton, his nerve. failed him and he
finally leaned over a board fence on
the north side OF Sixth South street
Just east OF State, and dropped the
murderous weapon between the fence
and IA poplar tree.
Little did Shockley suspect that this
spot vas within 200 yards OF the now
fatherless home OF his courageous VIC
tim, Amasa Gleason.
GUN WAS FOUND.
Yesterday afternoon the gun was
picked up by Detective Chase In the
exact spot described by the murderer.
II was a Colts i5 callbre, eight inch
barreland contained three empty shells,
two loaded shells and the hammer
was carried on the sixth. an empty
chamber, exactly as Shockley had de-
scribed It.
After Kidding himself OF the revolver,
the murderer walked on almlessly UNI
III he heard the noise Of switch engines,
indicating that he was not far from
Third West street, at least Then he
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ONE BAD FEATURE
IN MURDER CAPTURE,

. There II one very bad feature
In the capture Of shockley the
. murderer II happened on the
night following the arrest OF the
. desperado.assassln. A crowd
OF car men called at the police
. station, They had n rope and
were intent upon ynchng the
! murderer, They made a de.
mand for the prisoner and were
! Informed he was not there-that
he had been taken to the state
. prison. They didn't believe II
and grew ugly and determined.
. They meant business and said SO.
Nothing but the wreaklng Of
! summary vengeance would do.
The controversy wOged warmly.
; Finally there was an agreement
between the mob and the police.
: 1t was to the effect that a com.
. mittee Of car men be allowed 20
: go through the jail and satisfy
. themselves that the murderer
was really not there, And there
. Is where the police department
comes In for severe criticism on
. the part OF many old officers OF
the law, and OF the public gen.
; orally. TO thus treat with a
/. mob, II IL urged, IS to greatly en-
: courage lawlessnes@ II was
!. display OF weakness that viii
: not soon be forgotten,
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walked north, broodlng over his crime
as far az South Temple street He
then turned east again to East Temple
and walked boldly down the street,
crossing diagonally from McCornicks
bank to his roomIng house, the occi-
dental,
COULD NOT SLEEP.
All night long he tried in vain to
sleep. Before daylight he put on his
clothing and went out. AS he stepped
onto the sidewalk he heard the news
boys CRYING "All about the horrible
murder" and. his heart In his mouth,
he bought paper. He glanced at the
head lines and then staggered back
towards his room, lie was afraid he
would never reach there, for he has a
weak heart. He did not have sufficient
courage to read the story through, He
passed the point where unknown as
sassin' apparel, and then threw him
self upon his bed.
WENT TO STREET CAR BARNS.
Along towards noon Shockley again
went out. He roamed the streets APP
plying for d position and finally walked
into the street car barns on the same
errand--unwittingly into what might
have proved lions mouth, He heard
the Infatuated men discussing the MUIR
ders and the hard things they would
do to the owner Of the white hat. II cap
tured. Shockley applied for q position.
even intimating that he expected there
would be a vacancy on account OF the
shooting Of the night before, A few
hours later he was In the custody OF
the police department, and he was
seemingly not far from the realization
OF the threats against the man who
owned the white hat.
EXPECTS TO BE EXECUTED.
II expect TO be executed" he said to
the officers. "and ] am In mortal terror
OF the hereafter am not n criminal
at heart. ! want TO make all the re-
paration I can. am coming into some
property before many years and want
to deed this over to the families OF
those men,"
shocklcy said he was born In Maryi
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county, NO., 26 years ago, and was
educated In the public schools until
he tired OF school and quit. In 1896
he left Il good home, his record unfair
nished, and evergslnce has been wan
dering aimlessly about the country. He
went through Old Mexico and Texas
and finally across to San Francisco.
There he got Job az motorman with
the traction company, Shockley got his
idea of street car robberies from the
trouble In Pueblo, Colo, when hold-ups
were 80 frequent that the company
armed all OF its employees and ordered
them to shoot on sight any man who
acted suspiciously. shockley came here
In July and claimed to be an advertis-
Ing man. His real business was hold
Ing up street cars. He confessed yes
terday to having committed the entire
series that took place at that time,
as well az that OF Jan. on East South
Temple street.
WHERE HE MET PROTHERo.
The first time he ever saw Prothero
was three weeks ago IN Idaho Falls.
They started on the road together.
Shockley was wearing the white hat at
that time He purchased II from
dealer named Eiler at Dillon. Mont,
about the 18th OF October, prothero
claims 10 have been suspicious Of
shockley from the start. lie was rea-
sonably certain that the man was q
street car hold-up and Shockley knew
II. After the murders, Prothcro was
afraid that shockley would put him
out Of the way because OF the sus-
picions he had, which were bound to
manifest themselves.
sHoCKELY's FAMILY.
shockley has n father. mother and
two sisters living In Missouri, and he
claims they are highly respectable and
rather influential.
"Thank God" he cried. bitterly at
one point IN his narrative, mo matter
what have turned out TO be- no man
lives who can speak word against
any OF them"
MURDER IN FIRST DEGREE,
Two complaints, each charging John
NJ. shockley with murder In the first
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The graves Of his victims yesterday, the
wretched youth dictated to the police
full confession-the awful story OF
the stretcar murders Of last Wednes-
day night He told them how his con
science had driven him almost insane
how after his bloody deed he fought
back the inevitable impulse TO share
his narrowing secret with. somebody;
and now, since his arrest. the blighting
knowledge Of his guilt had convinced
him, finally, that the Jig was up
mat his captors knew they mad the
right man.
And IN a straightforward recital, col
ored only by his impassive expressions
Of remorse, the young murderer made a
clean breast Of the whole dreadful at
fair.
Defense? Only one claim he urged,
This was that he tried TO avoid tho
shooting and killed his first victim.
Motonman Gleason, by an accidental
shot In the life and death struggle
that took place in car II.
MEANT TO KILL BRIGHTON.
There was no accident In the other
case Brighton he shot TO Kill, for
the pluoky conductor, though his COM
pahlon lay dead at his feet, was fight
ING madly and IN another minute
would have had the murderer at bay.
AND now that It Is all over. standing
N the shadow OF the gallows the fear
o. punishment beyond the grave holds
shockley a miserable victim In Its
clutches His great concern, unless he
Is playing q shrewd role--and Il seems
unlikely that his penitence Is not sim
eete-is for the families OF the MUIR
dcrcd
/ want to make what little repara-
ton can Is his cry. and to that end
NE expressed the desire to deed over 10
the Gleasans and Brlghtons certain
property that he is heir to In the state
OF Missuorl.
Meanwhile. Percy Prothero. the false
Iel' who made possible the capture OF
we assassin, has crowned himself q
nero and refuted the accusation Of
e'arice. by relInQuishing his Just claim
70 me reward Of $1,000 in favor Of the
pereayed families.
COURAGE BROKE YESTERDAY.
Shockley Is completely crushed in
tplIle Ills courage forsook him Sun
gay morning. In his cell at the state
pehrentlary he could hear 9TH
t penltents at worship In
we prison chapel. He heard
ule hymns that he once knew by heart,
ehd No. heard the chaplaln's voice. AZ
YER an inward struggle that lasted days.
10 i oeemed to him, the prisoner called
= guard and requested that Chief Of
con.
HOW HE TOLD HIS STORY.
When this message was telephoned "a
ionCe headquarters, the chief and De-
,eetlve Raleigh caught the car leaving
wWh al 1850 a. M, and arriving al
,ne penitentlary they were Informed
Wy iuard IRE that Shockley had q
statement TO make The prisoner was
conducted to the warden'a office and
mere he dictated his full confession, In
mghl form, and told the story Of his
%,an1erings and his crimes. which In,
,uoea all the street car holdups. that
nave occurred In Salt Lake within a
year sticking up street cars was
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ID, d X. 6. Freight Train Wrecked

Florence, Colo, Jan ia freight
train was wrecked on the Denver &
Rio Grande railroad at Adobe. near
this city, II cars being derailed and on
examination Il was discovered that the
spikes and fshplates had been removed
from two rails. II II believed that
the train wreckers had planned 70
wreck the Pacific Coast limited west
bound, which was due at Adobe at the
time OF the accident, but was behind
time.
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DIVISION OF REWAR DIS.
Agreement Between Informer Pro.
there and Police Officers.

Chief OF Police Lynch and his aids
who have worked 10 industriously on
the murder cases and with such splen.
did results, executed the happlest move
Of all late last night when they oh.
tanned Prothero's consent to turn over
to the widows OF Gleason and Rrigh-
ton 1900 OF the 5000 offered IN re-
wards Tor the capture Of the murderer.
. Inc police az the same time signed
away any claim they might have had
70 q portion OF the reward, 20 that
Prothero will get 500 and the remain.
der VIII be divided $1,000 each) be-
tween the two families. Prothero il
being held at the state prison as a wit.
ness.
The text Of the agreement az 10 tho
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FOR THE BEREAVED.
The News" VIII Receive and
Receipt for Contributions.

The News" today received q letter
from Ira H. Lewis who writes feeling
" Of the murder horror. More than
that. he enclosos a check for ten dollars
TO be given to the families OF the dead
men,
In the thought that others may de-
sire to do likewise, the News an.
nounces that It will receive and receipt
for contributions TO the afflicted Brlgh.
ton aud Gleason families.
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JURY RENDERS
SARCASTIC VERDICT.

The coroner's Jury impaneled
by Justice Frank Clark In the
Gleason and Brighton murder
cases delivered a smarting slap
at the police today noon by re.
turning verdict to the effect
that the men came to their death
from gun-shot wounds inflicted
by a person or persons unknown
TO this jury"
This In the upshot Of the sur.
prising events OF Saturday, when
the county attorney announced,
after proving the corpus deficit,
that he would not put Shockley,
nor any other witness, on the
; stand.
. While the result Of the inquest
; will have no bearing on the ulti-
. mate conviction OF Shockley Il
: Is thought that considerable feel
Ing has been engendered between
. the coroner and Jurors on one
side and the county attorneys
! office and police department on
. the other
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-01-11
Mills Start on Short Time.

London, Jan. 11-short time, 10
hours weekly. instead Of Sc, was started
today In a number OF mills using Amer
lean cotton in the Ashton underline dis
trict In accordance with the recon.
mendatlon Of the -Spinncrs as.
ISOLATION IN It's efforts TO abolish cot.
ton speculation.
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ADMITTED HE LIED.

In crime Of any other description.
ADMITTED HE LIED.
In a previous interview, Shockley had
told Chief Lynch that he had given his
gun and the celebrated light hat TO
man named Frank Walsh, nlck-named
"Burly," and the last time he had seen
Walsh was at Ogden on the day before
the tragedy. The police were rather
shaken by this Information. They In.
stituted vigorous but unsuccessful
search for the man Walsh. and were
still at Il when Shockley admitted that
he had lied and his conscience troubled
him when he began to think that pos.
sibly Walsh, II captured. would not be
able to prove his innocence.
II have sent for you to make a full
confession" said the guilty man. 81 am
satisfied that you know I am guilty,
and ] don't want an innocent man to
suffer. I did It alone; had neither as.
slstant nor accomplish"
CAME TO SALT LAKE.
shockley then said that with his com.
panion Prothero. whom he ha6 known
only for about three weeks, he came to
Salt Lake from ogden on Wednesday
afternoon, and being without money,
determined to turn trick" that night.
He rode out to within a few blocks OF
the scene Of his crime. He wore
black, derby hat, out Of which the
manufacturers name had been torn.
and had the light hat concealed be-
meath his coat. When he got ready TO
enter the car, which was just after the
conductor had turned the trolley, he
laid the black hat In convenient place
and put on the other. Then he entered.
pistol In hand, and gave the usual COM
mand. The pluck Of the car men and
their terrific struggle with the robber
is fully described in the written con-
fession.
FLIES FROM SCENE OF CRIME.
In the mix -up. Shockley had loSt his
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-01-11
Protest Against Chinese Labor.

Wellington, n. r.. Jan, il,--Premier
Seldom has invited the premlers OF
Australia Canada. Cape Colony and
Natal to unite in protesting to tho inn
perlal government against the intro
duction Of Chinese labor In the Rand
mines. transyaal colony, South Africa,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-01-11
Member of Reichstag Suicides.

Stuttgart, Germany, Jan. 1.-THE
body OF Herr Agster former Social
Democrat member Of the relchstag, has
been found hanging to a tree In Dyer
lock forest, Agster attempted suicide
in the relchstag some time ago,
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St.patricks Church Lowell, Burned

Lowell. Mass, Jan. list. patrick's
church, an old landmark, and the oldest
Catholic church I'm this city. was des-
troyed by fire today. The loss prob
ably will amount TO more than 800 ol0.
The church was 80 years old.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-01-11
Eighty.Four Horses Burned

Philadelphia, Jan. li,.-Elghty-four
horses We're burned TO death In a fire
which destroyed the stable OF s. Peoples
Brothers In West Philadelphia, Loss IL
estimated at s5O,OOQ. Origin Of the fire
IL unknown.
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Ne EXPECTS TO DIE FOR DEED.
The Reward Of ss,aoo Will be Divided
Between Prothero and Families
OF Dead Men
FORMER GETS BUT TWO HUNDRED.
shockIty Formally Charged With Muir.
der--County Attorney Says Ar.
raigument Will be Quiet

John NJ. shockley killed Amasa l..
Gleason and Thomas 3. Brighton. The
reward for his capture will go to the
stricken families Of these men.
While sorrowing friends surrounded
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Sh0ckley Confesses To Double Murder.

his hobby. He considered II the safest
Of all forms Of highway robbery, and
declares that he has never participated
In crime Of any other description.
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ASSASSIN TELLS STORY OF Ills AWFUL CRIME.

The full text of Sh0ces confession and supplementary admission
hold-uD follows.
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Ono Ad. In the Home ls Worth q Hun.
bred on tho Highway. Our clreula'
ton Is Home Circulation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-03
]. E. TORRINGTON.
FOR SALE:

FOR SALE:
3 lots, room house, furnace, nice bath.
hot and cold water, toilet. gas, city and
cistern water. barn, shade, etc, west side
location, high ground, good surroundings,
s., 500
blocks from state house west, modern
room house, good barn, all in nice or
der, 5000 for quick sale. Can make terms.
Vicinity of 18th and Clay, new cottage,
handsomely finished. 6 rooms, all conven-
fences, extra good barn, $4,000.
Madison and Sth, new story dwelling, 6
rooms, 2 halls, back stairs, bath room,
complete, hot and cold water, gas, &C.
mented cellar, nice plan ana workman
ship of the best, 5000; part cash.
On Lowman Hill car line. Z lots, room
house, well, cistern, barn, 81 $50.
Some very cheap properties in Oakland,
$500 to 81 500.
]. E TORRINGTON,
109 West Sixth St.
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w. vi. FORBES.

rms. IS TT. so rent. days s1675.
lots all new buildings S1100.
Nearly new 4 rn1. cot. cellar well lots of
fruit Il acre, building sites $1675. Near
Shops
Good cottage southeast $500
Another with fine new barn $3.50.
New nm. cot. lots, E. frt SAB.
Klein st. rm- cot. $500: terms.
New rm. modern ex. heat $500.
New rm. with neat 5000.
Large Potwin home 800 TT. 1890
rm. cot. 11k lot close West $3.50.
New rm. bath, closet, close $3.50.
105 acres mi. East of Harveyville, Wa
baunsee Co. Improved, 80 acres bottom.
100 blu. corn $4700
1906 mi. S. E. Impd $40.
Another II mi. S. e. Is.
50 in Washington Co., Ark, mi of R.
r. town, rm. log house, $500 barn, 1000
apple trees just in bearing, 51a acres ber-
ries, spring water, some timber, 81, 600; $3.50
mt9e.. trade for equity for small Topeka
house or as 1st payment on large house
well located. close in.
All sorts bargains in farms, suburban
tracts, lots and city houses for all buy
ers-
Best rental list in city. Don't miss u.s.
1O7 W. 7th st. Phone. w. NJ. Forbes.