The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-01-07


ere cenug. home Beeause OF -ehat
are E5a5d4tls frFth - attention 10 what
might be happening on the outside Of
the house.
Ny curiosity was aroused. however.
and ! raised in bed on my elbow, and
was surprised 10 see the car standing
right In front of our hessse al thst
time Of night, &C my wife mad said that
she had heard 1t so up some time be-
fore. and thought Of course that It had
long since passed the house en- route
back down town.
a few minutes later my son Ell
dered came rushing into the room and
told us that Mr. Gleason was dead. He
told US afterward that ne made the
discovery as he was driving past the
car in his Sleigh Just a. he reached
the car AIr. and Mrs. !. Z. HGrd
crossed The street. getting there just
about the time he did
Took Brighton Into House.
My son told me. as did also Mr..
Hurd. that when they entered the cars
they found Gleason lying on the floor
dead. II was very evident that he
was dead, and we did not move him.
Our attention was also attracted 20
Brighton. At that time he was sitting
up in the southwest corner Of the car.
His two arms were hanging BY his
side. ands his head was thrown very
far forward in a hanging position. His
coat was on fire. as the result of the
pistol shot fired by the would-be high
wayman. 1t was but an instant's
work TO extinguigh the flames.
We could see that the poor fellow
was still alive, ana made hasty ar
rangements to carry him into my
house. We picked him up as easily and
as quickly as We could and carried
him from the car across the street into
my house When we got there we
placed him on a sofa All this time
Brighton was complaining Of feeling
so cold. So we wrapped him up in
blankets which I procured for him.
BY this time my wife had come
downstairs. and when she realized what
had happened she ran for a camphor
bottle In the meantime I had gotten
bottle Of whisky and was giving the
man drink to warm him up and slim
uiate him.
Was in Great Pain.
The man was evidently suffering
very much, for he was heaving and
grooming very badly. He was in such
pain that he could not talk much. As
might be imagined, we piled him with
innumerable questions in our anxiety
TO ascertain just what had happened
and how il occurred The only answers
we could get from him were mono
synables or shakes Of the head
After awhile he gave us as good a
description of the man who did the
shooting as he could. He did not tell
us how the affair occurred.
He said the man was tall, wore a
mask and looked young.
Shoufed for Helm
" I hollered as loud as could, con-
tiHued the man. between gasps and
groans. because kthought, MIR. Beck
stead, that YOU would hear me.
"A few minutes later Brighton said:
" I had him down, but he did not
get any money.
We made another attempt to get
description Of how the AFFAIR happened.
and a better mental picture of the man
who did the shooting, but he was in.
too much pain. His thoughts were too
much on his wife and children to pay
any attertion to the cause of his wound
or give US a description of the man
who shot him aRdE Gleason.
Almost every other word about the
affair and himSsif would be interpOiat-
ed with the heartrending request:
dren. @
BY this time the police arrived upon
the scere, They did their best TO get
some additional information from the
man, but could not. While they were
crOss-qhestiOning him q Third street
car came up loaded with street car en-
plOyeS In a short time the house was
/ filled with men, at least a score being
( ia the room where the injured man lay,
They all crbsadAd around his cot. 20
catch any word he smight utter. But
by that time Brighton was so weak and
exhausted that ne could hardly talk.
| The most he said after the police ar
rived was for some one to send for his
wife and children.
when it was found that nothing new
could be gotten from Brighton, he was
placed upon a stretchsr and taken to
/ the hospital"
Heard Three Shots.
J. II. Hurd, the attorney. who lives
/ at 219 Douglas avenue, was the diseor-
I erer Of the tragedy.
My wife ana were sitting up. and
/ we heard three shots about a quarter
before twelve, he said we had seen
! the car come up, and when it did not
start back at The regular time, I sus-
| pected something must be wrong. I
told my wife, and started 10 go oyer
there. She would not let me go alone
and came along with me.
When we got over to the car, We
J saw a man sitting i'm the southwest cor
ner My wife said. Why, that's Tom
/ Brighton ] saw he was wounded.
/ looked in the car and saw Gleason S
body lying there. About that time
Z Frank Beckstead drove up in a cutter,
/ and l hailed him. We went in the car
! together. Brighton was sitting In the
corner. grooming. with his hands rest
ling on his knees, leaning forward. Glea =
/ son was dead.
las soon as ] saW the condition of
affairs. / hurried over to my house and
/ teiephoEed the police and the doctor.
Then l went back and helped Beck
stead and the two street carmen who
+ had come up carry Brighton into Beck
/ stead's house. ] did not hear much OF
what he hadsto say, except that there
was only one man; that he was young
and tall and had a handkerchief over
/ his face. He kept calling most OF the
/ time for his wife and children
Shot Awakened Baby.
1t was fully fifteen minutes after the
! last shot was fred by The highway
I man before anyone reached the car,
/ according to the story related early
I this morning nv Mrs l. II Hurd She