The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-10


cal southern vices. in addition to a
number which he had picked up during
| long sojourn in the north. He had
never got used to the status of the
negro in the north, and was always
thrown into a fury of anger when
sent TO report negro meeting of any
kind. Perhaps for that reason he
signments.
On the evening in question a negro
ing in the First Methodist church build
ing. The subject for discussion was
the Chinese exclusion question Staun-
ton was sent to report it.
de received the assignment in grim
silence and went over to the church
IN q sufficiently angry frame of mind.
FINDING seat in the back OF the aud
fence room on the second floor he sat
down to listen to the debate.
number of cOlored orators had
iaViShed their elOquence in defense of
the idea Of barring out the Chinese and
Staunton writhed in his seat in silent
wrath Finally he could stand the
strain no longer. Up he jumped and,
climbing on a chair, expressed his
views.
You niggahs.'' he began scornfully.
talkin' about bahing out the China
men. Why thuh Chinese wuh civilized
when youah ancestors wUh throwing
cocOanutS at thuh monkeys in the palm
trees of South Africuh.'' Just at that
moment a colored man and brother
pulled the chair on which Staunton was
standing and he fell to the floor with a
crash. Immediately afterward half a
dozen others seized him and greatly ac-
CELEBRATED his arrival a the bottom of
the flight of stairs, which led to the
street.
Staunton appeared at the WhirIwind
ONCE half an hour later, with his
clothes badly torn and dirty. He was
suffering with rage and brea thing
forth bloody revenge What he wanted
was to organize a corps of sharpshoot-
ers to go out and teach the ''niggahs''
lesson. Instead he got the laugh
his rather sent for him soon after
ward and he returned to his home in the
south. He was glad to gO-aImOst as
much so as the people i'm the WhirI-
wind office to bid him goodby.
This man differs from the other two
IN that he knew enough to keep quiet
about II. He stuck TO the business and
made a place for himself, so that now
he can afford to tell the story on him
self
He had been working on an evening
paper for couple of months and was
IN love with his work. Unfortunately
he had never heard of such a thing as
an extra" except on the occasion of
u national election or some similar long
looked for event
He had started in as a police reporter.
and, wisely, had decided to cultivate
the acquaintance of the police officials.
One evening during the worlds fair he
was sitting in the Inspectors office at
the Harrison street station when the
telephone bell rang. The cub reporter
went to the phone
Hello" said a voice. This is Dr.
Jenkins Mayor Harrison has just been
killed by. an assassin
HUH gasDed the green reporter
breathlessly.
Mayor Harrison has just been
killed by an assassin
Inspector gasped the green re-
porter.
The inspector took the wire. He and
the green reporter agreed that it was
probably a wrong steer but they
thought it might be well to walk down
to Central and asked about it
Just outside the city hall they met
the patrol wagon which brought the
miserable wretch over from the west
side and they went into the front Of
nee where PendeTgaSt first told his
story The green reporter was the first
newspaper man and the only one who
had heard the story todd that night At
the time he was feeling sorry that it
was after time when his paper went to
press Finally he went home to bed
Next morning he heard that his man
aging editor had had a terrible time
getting out an extra the night before
He had sent men in all directions but
had not been able to get an interview
with the assassin. whose story the cub
reporter had heard in all its details.
With discretion far beyond his years
and his experience the cub report er
story Of his unconscious guilt until
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