The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-01-24
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ALMOST $4,000
Neat Sum Raised For Families
OF Dead Street Car Men.
PUBLIC OPENED ITS PURSE
ATHLETIC ENTERTAINMENT RE
ALLIES OVER 81, 600.


Almost $1,000 has been raised by the
citizens of salt Lake City and the
guards at The coal mines in Carbon
county, for the benefit Of the wives ana
children Of Amasa L. Gleason AMI
Thomas +. Brighton. the two street
carmen who were killed by J. NJ Shock
ley while in the act of attempting To
hold them up. Before the community
had fully recovered from the shock r
the terrible deed. phiiarthropieally m
clined people turned their attention 10
ward afording the families Of the dead
men substantial relief
Within less than twelve hours after
me shooting The Herald had started a
relief fund. Manager Gurley of The
Unique theatre offered to give a benefit
fer the two families. The street car
men accepted the offer. Tickets, fIjr-
nished free Of charge by a printing es-
adjustment were placed in the hands
Of the street carmen, and almost 2,Nsy
of them were disposed OF at p cents
each. The benefit was success. more
than $500 being realized. Seven PEI
IOrmances We're found necessary TO az
commodats those who wished To attend
that day.
Other Benefits Given.
Then came the offer Of Manager Mel
Iel- of the fair grounds skating rink dc
volunteered to turn over 10 the two
families every cent he took III on
certain date, To attract as large a
CROWD as possible, special skating tea-
lures were arranged.
About that time private cash dona~
tons were sent to The Herald Tor the
benefit Of the two widows and their
children, and q public subscription was
started. which, up 40 yesterday, al
tanned the digGified proportions Of OVER
$3.50. The last contribution, amounticS
10 SI10. came from the guards at Jhe
coal mines in Carbon county
The beneft at the salt Lake tneatrt
Friday nighc came next. It matted
little over $1,000. a. z. Arnold, j.,
chairman OF the cClnmiUt9e which had.
charge Of the affair maze q report yes
terday The expenses were about $eS
lie wishes To publicly thank all VINO
contributed their services or helped
otherwise to make the affair the lnau-
ciaI success II proved to be. Manager
.Pvper denoted the Theatre. Manager
Campbell of the light company put MS
20. X on the light Gill; and tce lib |
unc Printing company forgot TO SEND |
In its bin for posters.
Police Sold Most Tickets.
The .ushers and other employees Of the /
Theatre. including the stage han1s. en- /
tered into the spirit of the occasion ana I
refused compensation Ter. their services 1
The benefit Has given dnder the pe.-
sonaI supervision Of The following COM /
mittee:
A. Z. Arnold. jr. chairman; ~ ". |
Earl. secretary and treasurer, J. r. /
Mathews Assistant Fire Chief Charles 1
T.. Wood. Sergeant of Police Roberts, 1
Patrolmau James Williams. Deputy I
Sheriffs AxeI Steele and William Ed I
wards Meesrs. Rigby, Frazier and I
Naylor of the postofice-
Sergeant Roberts sold the largest /
mum her of tickets, turning in $23U. The /
police department disposed OF SS25.50 /
worth Of them, while the firemen turned /
in $50
The fund as IL now stands viii prob +
bly, be increased a few hundred dol (
lars by q theatrical performance 10 be /
given by the stranded members OF the /
Hello Bill company. assisted by local
talent, with the Elks and society /
women as a boosting power. A certain 1
percentage of the receipts are TO be t.
turned over to the wives OF the two /
dead street car men.
Families to Get the Rewards.
There is no record of the philanthro-
py dispensed by people who Temem- /
bered the TWO families in quiet way /
by sending them money, clothes and /.
other necessities.
Added 10 those are the s.. O00 offered +
by tire street car c0Iop any. state, cOun- /
~ and city for the apprehension of the J
murderer. Although Percy PTOtheTO /
is entitled 20 most of il, he and others /
who have a claim 10 the 5000 have t
agreed 10 turn it over To the two fami /
lies. Prothero retaining only the 5000 /
offered by Mayor Z. p. Morris.
The fund was raised in the following /
manner.
Rewards Observation-Disclosures. ....... s., 0C0 90 /
salt Lake theatre benefit (ueO. 1000 90 +
Unique theatre benefit .-...-.... ga - (
GIellen skating rink benefit 800. 26 05 /
Jake Greenewald cigars Sold. % - i
The Herald subscriptions ...... $50 10 /