Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-09-20
Threatens to Create Several Va.
cancies in the Police Depart.
ment by Shooting.
HAD DROP ON OFFICER SEACER.
Desperate Fight on Stairway Of a
State Street ROOmiug House
Finally 0yerpOwrred,

For few moments between $3.50 ana
4 o'clock yesterday afternoon there
came very nearly being bad shooting
scrape at a negro lodging house on
Second South and State streets, when
John Haynie, drunken and crazod
negro, threaten to create few va
cancles In the police department by
pumping lead into Patrol Driver Bert
sesger and any other officer who at
tempted to arrest him.
Officer Seager and Desk Sergeant
Pratt drove the patrol wagon into a
livery stable about $3.50. and as they
were about to leave the stable. they
heard shot, and the scream az a
woman. seager quickly ran out OF tho
place and into the roomng house where
the shot was fired, As he ran up the
stairs into the hall. woman rushed out
OF room and warned seager to leave
the place,
Pointing to room she cried He Is
In there. but don't go near him for he
VIII shoot you" 4 moment later, Hay
ME confronted Seager. The negro was
armed with a 32-4j caliber revolver
The weapon was cooked and he showed
the mu2zle of II against Seagers body
and said.
Nov go down stairs again you - -
-- e. or / viii kin you"
Not anticipating any trouble Of that
nature, the officer had failed TO draw
his weapon, and he was completely at
the mercy Of the drink crazed negro.
Seager did the only sensible ana ra-
tlonal thing under the circumstances,
he went down stairs as he was told
FIGHT ON STAIRWAY.
Sergeant Pratt at once teephoned to
the station for assistance, and Sergeant
Hempel aud officers Evans and Parry
responded. During this time, Seager
was trying TO get shot at the murder
GUS negro, but large crowd had col
lected ana was IN the way, Ilaynie stood
at the top Of the stairs, prepared TO
shoot The first policeman who dared TO
come up, Officer Evans and the other
policemen went up the back way. Evans
leading. As soon as the latter saw
Hayne he made a jump for the coll
Ored man and seized him around the
body Evans got hold of the gun and
then drew his own weapon which Hay
ME succeeded I'm getting q grip ON. For
a few seconds Evans and Haynle fought
for possession Of the guns, but the
struggle was brought to a sudden ter
minatlon by Sergeant Hempel bouncing
his heavy club off Haynes thick era
MUM
The negro went down as though hit
bv a l0-pound bung starter The officers
quickly pounced upon him, disarmed
him and dragged the fellow head over
heels down stairs,
sEAGER GETS REVENGE,
AZ the police station Haynle still
showed fight. and as he was being led
TO TAIL tried to Kick one Of the officers.
Mere Is where Seager got a chance Tor
revenge, and he took II by landing a
hard right hand wallop to Haynie' =
neck Then somebody turned on the
sunlight for Haynie again When he
revived he was occupying a cell In the
city bastie. He is still there, and
this morning a complaint charging MN
with assault with a deadly weapon was
filed against him. He VIII be arraigned
before Judge c. II. DiehL
ORIGIN OF TROUBLE.
II appears that the trouble startNl
with row between Haynie and a
colorpd woman named Lottie Lewis.
They had been drinking and quarrelled,
and Haynie took a shot at the woman.
The bullet missed her by about two feet
and she screamed and ran from the
room Rosa Wilson and William Bra
den colored, were also IN the room ana
Haynie threatened them with the gur.
AT Arst they said the weapon was fred
by accident, but the Lewis woman adj
mitted to Sergeant Hempel later thar
Haynie shot at her These people VIII
All testify against the fellow.