The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-03-26
BLOODY FEUD
ENDS IN DEATH
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Ieft thigh and entered the calf at a
point little below the knee. was re-
moved Chichester rallied successfully
from the shock of the operation. and.
unless unforeseen complications develop,
there is little danger that his wound
viii prove mortal.
Scojovic was brought in to Salt Lake
and taken to the Keogh- Wright hos
pltal Hast night by Deputy Sheriffs
William Edwards and Joseph Burbidge.
They also brought with them four
Austrians who took part in the fight
against the deputy's force. They are
now locked up at the county Jail. They
are Martin Sudjeci. Frank Davis. Mike
Floric and John LulxOric. They are be-
ing held as witnesses
Sheriff Emery and Deputies Sharp.
Brbidge and Edwards left for Bling
ham at 3:15 p. IN. Sheriff Emery and
Deputy Sheriff Sharp remained there
all night and today will again take
up the work of fixing the guilt for the
outbreak.
Up to date the ringleader, Smith,
who shot Chichester, has not been APP
pretended.
Chidester's Account of Fight.
Deputy Sheriff Chichester gave his ac-
count OF the pistol battle as he lay on
a cot at the KeOgh- Wright hospital
lows:
1T was about midnight when I was
notified by phone from the Highland
Boy mine of the trouble at Bogan's.
In company With Ernest War; and two
others civilian Shelby and g. Ever
etD l went at once to Bogaus home
and there learned of the party of ri
val AUstTians who had threatened to
chOOt up the settlement.
- found two of the bullets which
nnga 4 r
the house and which had narrowly es-
capped hitting Bogan's children. We
We're told that the invading party had
taken refuge in house nearby. They
numbered about ten i'm all and seemed
10 be carOusing
"Cautioning the deputies and the
AuSlrlans in the party to stand back.
said that l would endeavor to arrest
The ringleaders of the opposing clan
without causing any more fighting.
When I entered the door a light was
burning in the house. Several of the
Began faction crowded in with me
against the orders / had given on the
outside.
Before 1 had time to speak a word
one of the ringleaders i'm the attack on
the settlement jerked out his pistol and
leVeled il directly in my face.
At that instant the lights were ex-
tinguished. 1 grabbed the fellows pis-
tol hand and in the darkness tried to
WrestIe the weapon away. /, bent his
wrist downward and at that minute
the pistol was discharged. The bullet
caught me i'm the thigh but ! continued
the fight l returned the fire, catching
the Austrian in the shoulder.
There must have been over 100 shots
exchanged. We fired in the darkness
the pistol blazes being about the only
guide we had as to the wherea bouts of
each other. / was not acquainted with
any of the AustTians who were shot
during the fight i'm the house. The
leader of the opposite faction was shot
after l had made my way outside the
house
For some time there have been petty
differences among the different Aus
TRANS living in and near Bingham.
There have been a cutting scrape or two
and some physical encounters. but I
cannot say that there has been any
feud on. As I understand it, the in
Vaders made their way up to the Aus
trian settlement with the threat to
shoot the town upi'"