Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-01-07
TERRIFIC STRUGGLE FOR LIFE.
,,,,,r,n Amasa Gleason Was Killed
Outright and Conductor Thomas
Brighton Mortally Wounded.
1uE BANDIT SECURED NO MONEY.
r.,,.dr Mas Enacted at Intersection
Of Thirteenth East aud Second
South Streets at Midnight.

In desperate hand-to-hand struggle
% a street car at the lonely terminus
!, me University line last midnight
ton well known car operators fell We
dina TO the bullets Of an unknown high-
wsvmsn Amasa l., Gleason motor
nan was instantly killed Thomas o
w,,sh,op conductor, was shot through
~. abdomen and cannot live
The murder was especially brutal ana
,ouardly-the work of desperate man.
c.r No II was standing at the end
=, me line. Thirteenth East and Sec
..a South streets, at ll:i5, prepara-
,ory 10 starting on the final trip down
,0un The two car men were sit'ihg
inside warming themselves. Suddenly,
masked man entered the door ana
without a word, so the dying man de-
o,.,ss fired point-blank at one then
~. o,her firing three shots In all AT
IN. Arst shot Brighton dropped NOR
,,ly wounded. Gleason rushed at the
,,ralt and to his death, But accord
"a, 10 the meager statements made by
hs wounded CONDUCTOR between PAIN
M yssps substantiated by the appear
,,,, ~ the car, there was some effec-
.,,.i resis,ance on the part OF the VIC
inns The murderer in his flight ola not
recover his light Fedora hat when ne
MAJ lost in the struggle, 1t Is the ohiy
clue the officers have UP to THIS time
and II led them to believe at first mat
IN. shocking crimes had been commit
ed BY soldier from Fort Douglas
AHANpKERcHIEF MASK
N. was young man, tall and wore
handkerchief as a mask" the of'ieers
were told by Brighton, and that IS all
they have 10 work on. The numerous
scenes we're enacted so rapidly that the
street car men could not have known
what their assallant was after. The
mask indicated robbery--every other
circumstance cold blooded desire TO
Nh.
HEARD THREE SHOTS.
Residents Of the nelghborhood heard
tbre shots shortly after the car ar
rived At the end OF the line. j. II hurd'
20 Douglas avenue, peered out OF MS
bedroom window some minutes later,
ard was astonished to see the car stu
snnlng there. He remarked TO MS
wife that the shots must have been In
that dir,ct and determined to go ana
ind tut II there was any trouble. Mrs.
luld Insisted upon accompanying her
husband.
MOST SHOCKING SIGHT,
they reachel the car, and getting on
b lbt platform. were Mortified by the
sight Ct mans body, lying face down.
Nird on the loor IN about the center OF
HE cal In the corner nearest
hem doubled up In q seat and groan-
Ing in agony they recognized Brighton
With whom Mrs, Hurd was well ac-
Quahted,
Frank Beckstead, 200 Thirteenth East
street, happened along In q cutter at
this time and the two men decided to
enter the car, while Mrs, Hufd rushed
back to her home,
WHERE GLEASON LAY.
uleason lay at full length on the
N0oi, his right hand doubled under him
ana his left extended forward as
mough he had tried TO catch himself
III falling lie was bleeding freely from
wound IN the lntestines. A short
Instance away the bandits hat was
'Vuha ana near that n rn-out. use.
NS %'oallber revolver the property OF
u'eason, which he had tried valnly L
sscharge during the fight for life
u'easohs pipe was also found on The
ftor Of the car
BRIGHTON FIGHTING FOR LIFE.
Brighton was gasplng for breath IL
y. corner seat, lie could only say
rooper' had him down, lie go
way Mr. Hurd rushed to the near
"'ephone to summon medical az
,ce lie had scarcely started
, ""en Car u.s. which left Main street a
c vV d. ~, arrived. On board wcr,
,o,. .4uV'or George McAllister and Mo
S. ,"sn stephen Reid. They had won
S' ,eu why Il was so long in comm,
NV, NV" ana having IN mind hold nj
,.s occurred recently in about IN,
m" SPOT were somewhat alarmed
~ "' men were not prepared, however
nv, Tue sudden confirmation of theI
most horrible suspicious.
STORY NOT VERY LUCID.
lney quickly removed the Iu,,re,
n. to the Beckstead home an,
v D. Richards worked hard oy,