The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-10-15
HORACE H. vOSS
IS MURDERED
Most Prominent CoIored Man
of Salt Lake Killed in
Cold Blood.
TRAGEDY ON FRANKLIN AVE.
TENNESSEE NEGRO ON RAMPAGE
THE MURDERER.

Shared in a trap, Horace H. Voss.
coiored' % years Of age. for years
Janitor of the Atlas block, was shot
down and instantly killed about 1:35
O'Clock yesterday afternoon. ar 40
FRANKLIN avenue. His SLAYER. a IT
Day, colored, IA years of age. was can
Iured by Detective George Raleigh at
Fourth South and Main streets. Ra-
ielgh covered Day with a gun and took
MS weapon from him. Three hundred
IC5l mostly colored, pursued Day.
Inc mob threatened violence. b1It
Chlet George A. Sheets, Detective
George Raleigh and several other Of
Iicers arrived in the patrol wagon in
IIIiie 10 prevent any trouble JOseph
WEIR ~ years of age, colored. an al
Ieged accomplice of Day. was also ar
rested- he was rescued from the hands
Oh Two negroes on Franklin avenue
Dy Police Officer Sullivan and Jailar
Earl Ripley The two men were
taken to the city Jail and will ne
charged with murder.
Inc TRACE iy followed a Quarrel
which occurred early yesterday morn
ing between Day and Charles Ed
wards, colored, who runs a rooming
mouse at 81 Franklin avenue. Voss
lnterfered at the time and reprimanded
Day for beating Edwards. who is an
ola man. Day had been drinking and
was angered at VOss for. interfering in
the affair He left the place and re-
turned about L o'clock in the after
noon While walking down Franklin
avenue several persons saw him pull
out his gun, break it open and load il
Putting it back in his pocket. he went
10 f9 Franklin avenue. where joseph
Welr rooms. He went into Weir's
room, according 20 the statement made
by number of witnesses.
Called to His Death.
A few moments later Weir came out
and called to. Voss, who was standing
out in the rear of 40 Franklin avenue
talking to Mrs. Sarah Yarber. to come
TO his room. Voss did so. Just as he
opened the door into Weir's room he
was confronted by Day. Leveling his
gun at his head. Day fired a bullet into
Noss' brain. The ball pierced the right
temple and fractured the skull on the
left side of the head. Voss pitched for
ward into the room. falling upon a
trunk. He rolled on to the floor dead.
The explosion aroused all the in
habitants of Franklin avenue. They
rushed into the street just in time to
see Day run out of the place with his
Franklin avenue. and fifty negroes
started after him. Others ran into the
house where the shooting occurred and
saw Voss lying dead upon the floor
Weir got out through the crowd and
followed in pursuit of Day. Day ran
west on Third South street and the
crowd followed. At every corner the
mob swelled in numbers until the
street was crowded. Cries of Shoot
him. Lynch him." "Stop him."
came from the mob The police in the
patrol saw the crowd cross State street
and the patrol got ahead of the mob
Detective Raleigh jumped from the
wagon and pulled his gun on Day. He
stopped running and handed Raleigh
his revolver. pointing the barrel right
in his face. Raleigh took it from him
Whats the trouble?" asked the de-
tective of his prisoner
"Ah guess all done killed niggah, ="
replied the murderer. calmly. least
wise that was NAH intention"
The mob surged about the patrol
wagon and yelled kill him." The pa
troll drove off with Day and took him
TO the police station.
Capture of Weir.
At Third South street two colored
men had Weir down on the sidewalk
Weir had a gun and attempted to pull
it, but his arms We're held. He was
struck a blow in the face which
stunned him. Officers Sullivan and
Ripley came up. Weir was accused of
being a party to the affair by several
colored persons, including Mrs. Var
Der. who was talking to Voss when he
was called to Weir's room. He was
arrested and viii be held pending an
of the case.
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