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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-01-08
SAYS SHE SAW SR0CKLEY
AT 1880 P. NJ. WEDNESDAY,

Miss Bessie Burns. daughter Of aTr.
and Mrs. Harry Burns. who conduct
the Occidental rOomiLg house OH First
South street where ShOckley and his
partner r0Umed. made the statement
l2st evening thar she Is positive she
and ner aunt saw Sh0ckley at the
corner Of Main and First South streets.
az 1899 O'Clock the night of the muir
der. When asked why she was so pos
tive It was that hour that she saw
The man, Miss Burns said:
Aunt Phoebe and I were sitting in
Goobe-Pitts' window waiting for car.
she had been up TO our house spending
the evening and i was going home TO
syeDd the night with her JUS about
the time we gOt our wraps on my aunt
" ent over 70 the dresser. and looking
81 the clock standing there. said
Come on, Bessie; II We hurry We caa
GO ten this car. Il was Just ten min
Utes after IL
We left the room at once, and hur-
rcd down TO tie corner We got there
just in time 10 miss our car There
was nothing else for US to do but TO
wait for the next enc, which. / think.
should have come along about l1.25
o'clock We sat in The window watch-
ing for our car, when we suddenly saw
lack Sbockiey standing on the outside
looking in at US. He seemed to be
waiting FOR US TO speak to him we
Gid. and he lifted his hat. just at that
moment u car arrived in sight. and
10th my aunt and myself looked up at
the clock 10 see what time It was, to
see Il thar was our car. 7 noticed that
IL was 1880 O'Clock When we turned
around again TO look out Of the window.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-01-08
REWARDS AGGREGATIHG
$1,000 ARE OFFERED

Four rewards aggregating $1,000 were
offered yesterday for the arrest and
conviction of the man who killed Glea-
son and fatally shot Brighton. The
first reward posted came from the Of
fees of the Utah Light & Power COM
pany Then came one from Governor
II. VI Wells. the board Of county com
missioners and Mayor Richard p. Nor
ris, in the order named
The comrany's reward was for $1,000.
The notice said It would be paid Ito
any person or persons who snail give
information that viii lead TO and cause
the arrest and conviction Of the person
who shot two of the company's en-
plOyss =" The reward offered by
Governor Wells provides for the pay
rnent of $500 for the apprehension and
delivery TO a safe Jail of the murderer
of Amasa L. Gleason and the attempt
ed murder OF Thomas Brighton g"
It bears the great seal Of the state and
the attest of James~T. Hammond, sec
rotary of state.
The county commissioners held q SEES
sion to pass a resolutions providing for
a reward in behalf of the county. It
vas introduced by Chairman Anderson.
Ii offers $500 "for information that viii
lead to the arrest and conviction of the
person or persons who murdered ANA
sa Gleason. and Thomas Brighton 81.
The reward offered by Mayor Morris
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-01-08
MYSTERY SURROUNDS
eL00DY HANDKERCHIEF

As near as can be learned the police
have az yet been unable To find the
owner of d bloody handkerchief which
was yesterday found on the roof of the
building in the rear OF the Occidental
rooming house. Last evening Harry
Burns, proprietor Of the place, said:
I found the handkerchief on the
roof Of the building and gave It TO the
police. I do not know who it belongs
10. Ny attention was attracted to-
wards the window, at the south end OF
the hall. which Overi0Oks the roof, by
seeing Jacks companion hanging out
of it as though he were throwing some
thing away. After he left, 1 looked
out, and saw the handkerchief.
went out and got it. When the police
came up I gave it TO them"
Mrs. Burns said It was nothing IN
usual for her 10 fnd different things
on the roof, for people living up stairs
were in the habit of throwing things
out Of their windows, which fell upon
the roof.
For that reason, she added, don't
place too much stress upon the finding
OF the handkerchief on the roof. It
might have come from some Of the
rooms above, or from the rooms in the
buildings on either side, being thrown
there by the people occupying the
rooms"
The handkerchief was well saturated
with blood. It was tied il several
kpots, The tied condition is explained
By the police to indicate that the per-
son who threw it away knew he could
not dispose Of it in its ordinary eondi-
ton, and knotted It to give it weight
to throw it by, but failed to throw 1t
far enough to clear the roof when he
threw it out of the window.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-01-08
HAT LEFT BY ASSASSIN
LEADS UP TO THEORIES

If ShockleY is the guilty man it is
hard to understand how he could reach
his room bareheaded without attract
ing attention. He rooms in the heart
of the city, only one block from the po-
lice station, and in order 10 reach IL a
man would have to pass along streets
that are never deserted at any hour OF
the day or night. The night was
Geld one. and a baTeheaded man on
the streets at that hour could not have
failed To attract attention
This leads TO the theory that the
murderer used two hats The hat found
in the car is a soft felt one. not large
and could easily be crowded into a
rocket In Inc with this fact Is the
supposfUiOa that the holdup wore an
other hat until he reached the neigh
bOrhoOd where the crime was commit
ted and then. for the purpose of dis
euising himself. concealed the other
hat and d0nned the one found in the
car Il is not reasonable to suppose
that the soft hat was left in the car
by design-althOugh it is not impossi-
BILE for criminals often leave behind
them evidence that viii tend TO threw
of pursuit.
But the more reasonable theory is
that the hat was lost during the stTuS-
gle in the car. and that the murderer,
IS he fled, picked up and resumed Ms
other hat This would render him less
likely to be noticed. Some time, over
half an hour elapsed between the
tine the murder was committed and
the time the hat was discovered by the
police, a sufficient period to allow the
murderer to escape from the vicinity.
1t would have been practically i'm
possible for bareheaded man to reach
Shockley's room from the scene of the
crime without attracting attention.
There is no certainty that the muir
derer worked alone. only one man was
seen BY Brighton, but an accomDlice
might have been stationed in the vicinity
for the purpose of keeping watch The
accusation and Counter-accusatfon OF
the men now held by the police lead
many to think that both an concerned
IA the affair.
Experienced officers do not believe
the murderer had any blood stains Il
cover up. The wounds, they say, were
such that no blood would be likely &c
penetrate beyond the clothing until af-
ter the murderer left. and further, they
argue. the wounds were so severe thai
the victims would not be able to fight
after being hit. This coupled with the
circumstance that the carmen were not
robbed, creates the belief that the muir
/ derer escaped without bearing away
with him any of the blood he had shed
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-01-08

Shoekley, but were unsuccessful, Aft
err being in the jail for nearly forty
minutes the committee came out, salts
fed that their man was not inside.
While the five men were searching
the Jail the crowd remained patiently
on the outside. They were orderly and
well behaved and made little noise. The
crowd was composed largely Of street
car men, but there were a number of
outsiders.
Little effort was made by the would
be lynchers to conceal their identity.
The car men had taken the numbers
from their caps and some wore them
with the visor in the back, but none
was masked.
As the doors Of the Jail swung open
and the committeeman and officers be-
gan to come out, the crowd became
silent They stood on tiptOe and
strained their eyes TO see if ShOckley
was in the group. For nearly a min
ute not a word was spoken and an
ominOus silence prevailed. Then,
when they could see that the man they
sought was not with the committee,
the buzz of conversation began anew.
Quietly the news was spread about
the crowd that the prisoner had been
spirited away. The mob remained
around the station for q short time and
then gradually dispersed and by II
O'Clock the place was almost deserted.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-01-08
HAT THE MURDERER
WORE ON FATAL MIGHT

Several dealers in hats called at the
police station yesterday to look at the
hat found in the street car Wednesday
night for the purpose Of ascertaining
if it came from their establishments.
The hat, il is learned from the dealers,
was probably made by Benjamin Brown
& Co. of Philadelphia, and is carried
by two or three Salt Lake firms. It
sells for So. The hat as Of the soft felt
type known as, Fedora, is pearl gray
in color, and the size is 3S, an IN
usually large size.
The portion of the swaziland which
bore the name Of the retailer has been
cut out and is missing, but the card
indicating the size and the card bear
ing the stock number remained seWed
inside, Some Of the dealers took a
memorandum of the stock number. for
the purpose Of checking up on their in
voices, but so far as known the store
where the hat was sold has not been
ascertained. The unusually large size
might serve to make the purchaser
more easily remembered. but dealers
and clerks who looked at the suspect
were unable to assert that they mad
ever seen him before
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-01-08
REPORTS FROM COLOMBIA HAVE
BEEN GREATLY EXAGGERATED

washington, Jan. Arthur Beaupre,
United States minister TO Bogota, ar
rived in Washington today and called
on Secretary Hay. He told Mr.. Hay
that the reports about danger to the
American legation at Bogota had been
greatly exaggerated. Mr. Beaupre also
said that. in his opinion. judging from
the quiet conditions prevailing at the
Colombian capital when be left. there
was little danger Of war on the 18TH
mus. The minister, being accredited to
the Colombian government, was not in
cliRed to comment on conditions there.
but it was gratifying II learn from him
Of the courtesy with which he had been
treated and the honor which had been
shown him at his departure. The min
lister does not attempt to minimize the
high feeling that prevails in Colombia
regarding isthmian affairs, but he be
Iieves the people of the republic are
beginning to realize tia situation and
what war would mean.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-01-08
PECULIAR ACTIONS OF SH0CKLEY AND
HIS PARTNER AROUSE SUSPICIOUS

paper In their room any day before
since they came to the house. When
/ went into the room the first time
there was q pair OF Tubbers there, but
when I went back again they were
gone. IN the meantime the men had
gone out. do not remember OF having
seen those rubbers before
When questioned about the hats the
two men wore, Mr. Burns said;
Il never saw but the two hats-the
derby worn by Jack and the light one
worn by his companion. They Wore
them the day they arrived, and wore
the room. and never saw the men have
the hat in that picture"
At that point Mr.. Burns had been
shown photograph Of the hat picked
up in the car after the shooting.
'"The night of the murder" con-
tinued Mr.. Burns, Jack went out
some time after 1880 o'clock. Ny wife
and I had been to the theatre. We
came home Immediately after the
show. As we came Up the stairs we
found Jack Just going out. That was
some time between 1880 and IL O'Clock.
I cannot come any nearer to the exact
time than that.
The next time I saw the two men
was ABOUT "a gs0v d ElOCh tLfo MOTH
irg. They were coming out of their
room. Before that time my wife and /
lad read the account of the shooting.
For some reason we both had a sus-
piciOn that perhaps one of the two
men had committed the deed. We were
irclined TO that belief because the pa
peTs spoke of the man who did the
killing as having q light hat. We both
thought perhaps it was Jacks COM
paniOn-
when the two men came out of
their room my wife and / saw them.
We took particular notice Of their
hats, for the reason that I have just
stated. You can imagine our surprise
when we saw that they wore the same
hats Jack with the derby and his
friend with the light one That con-
WINGED me, as it also did my wife, that
he did not do the work
And in the face of that" interpo-
lated Mrs. Burns, lis the statement OF
my daughter that she and my sister
saw Jack ON the corner at 1880
J O'Clock"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-01-08

A dispatch to Or. Herran, Colombian
charge d'affairs. received today from
Paris. said that French tribunal had
been appealed to by an agent of Colona-
bia with a view of preventing q trans
fer of the Panama Canal company's
rights on the isthmus to the American
government without the consent OF
Colombia. Counsel of the Colombian
government, according to the dispatch,
assured the agent he thought there was
good ground for believing the effort 10
prevent the transfer would be sue
cesseul
The step, it is said, is with the full
cognizance OF. the Colombian auJhori-
ties, and was Instituted by an agent Of
the government who left the United
States after consultations with Gen.
Reyes and DR.. Herran. The end sought
to be attained is to Illustrate the sale
Of the concessions. franchises and prop
erty of the canal company to the United
States, preparations for which have al
ready been under way.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-01-08

Amasa. Gleason spoke before the tras-
edy barring possibly the conductor Of
bis car, was warren Foster who rode
with him on the front Of the car as
far as Eighth East street. AIR. Gleason
was very much opposed TO capital pun
iskment and he devoted the entire time
of the trip in trying 20 express great
pleasure in knowing that the board of
pardons had conmuted the degth SEN
fence of Lynch TO life imprisonment.
When informed by Mr.. Foster that ne
had accepted an invitation to give a
lecture against capital punishment on
next Sunday evening. he remarked:
"I'Il be there, sure" This was probably
from seven to ter minutes before his
traEic death.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-01-08

This was the night that q car was
held up at Thirteenth East and Brig
ham, aid the description given by the
conductor fits Shockley exactly.
shoekley Told Of Hold-up.
we separated down town last night
about il O'Clock and I went up TO the
room and went 10 bed continued Pro-
fnerO. ~ShOekley returned about
1890 and woke me up when he came.
He told me that he had stuck up
street car and shot the motorman and
conductor. He said: The motorman
pulled a gun and snapped It at me, and
/ shot him and afterwards shot the
conductor.
Prothero said the reason that he
"peached1 was because ne was afraid
of his companion. whom ne believed to
be a desperate man.
About 4 o'clock Captain Burbidge
and Detective Raleigh visited the Oc-
cidentai rooming house on First South
Just east OF Main street, and searched
the room. The officers made a careful
inspection Of the contents OF the room,
but discovered nothing beyond an old
suit of black clothing and several soiled
collars. These were taken TO police
headquarters and viii be held as cyl
dence. The suit found answers the de-
scription Of the one worn By the hold
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-01-08
THOMAS BRIGHTON SUCCUMBS TO HIS
WOUNDS "a HOURS AFTER BEING SHOT

Surrounded by his heartbroken wife
and little children and the members Of
his family, Conductor Thomas p.
Brighton passed away at the Holy Cross
hospital at Has last night. Just TWEEN
fy-four hours from the time he was
shot. For nearly eight hours prior to
his death Brighton was unconscious
and was unable to speak or recognize
members of his family. He began tc
sink at an early hour last evening, and
the end came at fifteen minutes before
midnight.
BrightOn's last words were to his
brother Robert, who came in to see him
ehout o'clock yesterday afternoon
The brother stopped over the wounded
lnan ard spoke 10 him. Brighton opened
his eyes, and recognizing his brother
smiled family and spoke to him.
Throughout the day yesterdrv
Brighton was in a very weak cOndi-
tion He was conscious at times and
occasionally cOnVersed with his wife
md members Of his family. and at other
s7rres laDsed into state of coma. His
breathing was done with great effcrs
and he gr0aned constantly.
About 6 O'Clock last evening ne began
81 sink and the attending physicians
realized that he could last but a short
Zine. He grew gradually weaker and
sreathed with increased cIHicuity until
ne time Of hiG death.
His wife was constantly at the side
ss her husband from the time ae was
ken 10 the hospital until he passed
way. HIS little children were also
-esent and members of his family ken;
h constant touch with the hospital and
yere present when the end came.
When a reporter visited the hospital
ast night AIRS. Brighton, occupied a
chair at the side OF the cot on which
ser husband lay, aao little child was
asssep on o couch near by. worn out
srsn the weary visil Of the previous
night. when death finally came
brighton was surrounded by his wife
his i've children and his three brothers
The murdered man was one of the
aiaHst men IN the comp8ny's employ
He has been with IL since It began bust
ness in 1880, except for a period Of two
years when he was away on a mission
During the greateF part Of the thirteen
wears that Brighton was In the emplO5
Of the street car company he ran or
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Continued from Pase H.

north side OF the Office, and all the
time he was being examined appeared
20 be cool and not at ali nervous He
leaned back in his chair and gazed
around the room apparently uncOn-
cerned in what was transpiring- He evi-
IDENTIFY had an abnormal appetite for
tobacco, as he had cigarette in his
mouth most OF the time during the aft
eTn0On. When speaking, Shockley
would gaze straight at his questioners,
and answered in a low, modulated
tone Of voice.
In the detectives room Bert PrOtherO
was being subjected TO a similar cues
tloning. lie readily answered all ques-
lions put 70 him, and told his story in
p straightforward manner. PrOthero
denied that he had any knowledge Of
any other crimes having been commit
ted by Shockley. He stated that the
pair went 70 the Occidental rooming
house on Saturday last and secured
room No. 2.
That night" said Prothero. shock
ley put his gun in his pocket and
went out. He said he had to have some
money, and was going 70 get it that
night. He returned late the same
night, and the next morning 1 noticed
that he had money.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-01-08

This is not John ShOCkley's first visit
to Salt Lake City, according to state
ments made last evening by Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Burns, who conduct the
Occidental rooming house on First
South street, They said last evening
that Jack" as they called him, was
here last June and stopped with them
inst seven days. After several refer
ences to their books, to ascertain the
exact date, Mrs. Burns said:
Jack and another man came here
on Saturday. June Z6, OF last year.
They did not have any money appar-
emily, for they did not pay for the room
IN advance. Jack said he would give it
TO me on Wednesday. Wednesday
came, but he cid not have it, saying
that he had NOS gotten his advertising
cut When ] told him that did not pay
his rent, he said he would try and give
il TO me the next day.
Another reference to the account
book showed that Jack paid the money
on Friday, June e, the price Of the
room being S.. which was paid in three
silver dollars. When asked what
Sbockley was doing in the city last
year, Mrs. Burns said:
II did not learn definitely. He and
his partner seemed to be very busy in
the day time. They told me they were
doing some kind of advertising. The
day he paid his rent his partner left,
and after that another man slept with
him. When Jacks week was Up he
left 7 did not see him again until he
walked in on me last Saturday.
He did not have any money, but
deposited q new suit of clothes on the
dresser. I did not feel uneasy about
my rent, for I knew the man. Sunday
he gave me So Yesterday he came 70
me in q great hurry and asked me for
81 saying that he would give it to me
today. / hesitated for a moment, and
he evidently noticed it. for he re-
marked: My word is as good as
my bond
Although I am not in the habit OF
lending money, I gave it to him. You
see, this time HIS word is not as good
as his bond, for have not yet gotten
my dollar.
This morning the two men bought
a HeTsld, for 1 saw it in their room.
That struck me as being strange, for I
do not remember OF having seen a
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-01-08
LAST PASSENGER
TO LEAVE CAR NO. IT

Miss Anna Hurting, a domestic en-
piOyed at the residence of Frank B..
Stephens. 169 South Thirteenth East
was the last passenger to leave ear No.
= on its fatal trip Wednesday night.
The young woman had been down town
attending a dance, nd boarded the car
at Main street about 1870 p. M When
seen yesterday afternoon Miss Hurting
said.
There were u0t many passengers on
the car, and I believe they were al of
except myself when Eleventh East was
reached. left the car in front Of our
house. which is about 200 feet from the
end Of the line. and I am positive that
there were no other passengers aboard
at the time. / ran quickly into the
house. and about five minutes later
heard three shots.
When / went upstairs TO my room
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-01-08

was held up in the city recorders ONCE
fer several hours ewing % a technical
point raised against its construction
Il. the same "a the one issued by the
county commissioners. offered re-
ward OF SEQ for the arrest ana convic-
ton Of the party OF parties wac mur-
dered Motormau Amasa Gleason and
Conductor Thomas Brighton -
It vas contended that inasmuch as
Brighton was not dead that the reward
vas improperly drawn. When the
mayors attention was called 20 that
techrscal point he changed the wording
Of the proclamation 10 conform with
the conditions.
Sympathetic to the Last.
Probably the last person with whom
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Pointed Paragraphs.
(ChlcaRo News.l

Eve never gave Adam box OF bargain
store cigars for a Christmas present.
Pity the poor bachelor who finds the
usual hole in his stocking Christmas
morning
During the holidays a noiseless drum
for the small boy would fill a long-feit
want
A man seldom passes as a confirmed
bachelor until after some woman has con-
1irmed him.
The man who IS blind to his own IN
terests usually has four eyes for his
neighbours affairs
Occasionally a young man mistakes
holly for mistletoe-but, Of course, love
is color blind
1t is easy TO distinguish cut glass from
the other kind. the other kind is found
on bargain counters
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-01-08

Portland. Jan. 7.-Gevernor Chamber
lain tonight refused TO grant the appli-
cation of Governor Bailey Of kansas
for the extradition Of David Il. Nelson.
wanted IN Montgomery county. kan,
o1;sa charge of being an accessory aftes
the fact in a murder case. Nelson
claimed that the United states statutes
do not permit the extradiUon of q per-
son on the information of district at
torney. Governor Chamberlain upheld
Nelson in his contention. following the
precedent Of Governor Pardee OF CALI
fcrnia. who refused TO extradite Mel
son on the same grounds