The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-10-15
DEAD HOLD-UP HAS
BEEN IDENTIFIED
His Name Is Gardner, and He Is
Nephew of Prominent
COlOradOan.
IDENTITY IS ESTABLISHED
BY THREE YOUNG MEN
Dead Man Believed to Be a
Criminal of the Hold
Up Type.

The stranger who was shot and killed
by O. Gilmore, the Third South street
grocer, at 10 80 clock Saturday night,
has been identified His name is John
Gardner and he was the nephew of
j. w. Gardner, n well-known livery
man Of Colorado Springs, Col. Gardner
had been living at the American lodg-
ing house on Commercial street since
last Wednesday, on which day he
reached Salt Lake. The information
establishing the dead man s identity
was furnished by John Welsh, G. \.
Scott and John Redfeld, three young
men who had worked with him at Ord
way, Colorado, few weeks ago. They
say that Gardner was a carpenter and
machinist aud that they had known
him but short time. While at the
Colorado town they had made an ar
rangement to go together to the Pa
cifc coast. In pursuance of this agree
ment Scott, Welsh and Gardner came
on to Salt Lake, arriving here last
Wednesday. Redfield followed on Fri
day and the four had since that time
occupied room 81 at the American
house.
Two Companions Found Work.
Saturday afternoon Scott and Welsh
started out to find employment. They
had not far TO go and were engaged
W NOIh lpI NpulIdClOF L. J. AOIdQ,
While the two friends were on this mis-
sion, Gardner and Redfeld strolled
about town and took an occasional
drink. They finally fell in with sol
dier, whose name Redheld does not re-
call, and the three kept up the drink
ing bout which Gardner and Rcdfeld
had started upon. Late in the after
noon Redfeld quit his companions and
went home. That is the last time he
CO. Gardner al Z,
as to the movements of the two men
during the late afternoon and early
evening. The soldier has not yet put
IN an appearance at police headquar-
ters and it is thought likely that he
was not far away from the corner Of
Third South and West Temple streets
when Gardner met his death.
The young men who came out from
Colorado with Gardner are hard-worll-
ing and respectable fellows 1t is a
certainty that they knew little of the
character of the man with whom they
cast their lot on the trip TO the coast.
Everything the officers have brought TO
light in the case indicates that the
dead man was a criminal of tho hold
up type. The double pockets OF his
trousers are such as all, or nearly all,
law-breakers of the burglary and rob
berry classes are found to have. These
pockets are calculated TO 'Nfool' the
officer who attempts to search the pris-
oner who is provided with them.
Proof Positive of Character.
Inside of a very deep pocket, reach
ing nearly to the knee. is the ordinary
trousers pocket In this the wearer
rips a hole so that when the officer
plunges his hand into it, in search of
stolen money or property, he decides
on the instant that the prisoner is
destitute of both. However, if he
would reach on through the torn
pocket down into the second roomy re-
ceptacal, he would generally run up
against the swag Of which he was in
quest. Such We're the pockets found
in the trousers of the dead man and
this fact is taken as proof positive of
his character
All thieves and hold-ups, when pre-
pairing TO enter upon n ticklish Job,
such as Gardner had undoubtedly
planned Saturday night, invariably rid
themselves of all papers and other
articles which may, in the event Of
their arrest, lead to their identity. Ex
cept an old newspaper, a copy of q
theatrical programme and few coins,
Gardner had absolutely nothing on him
when the bullet from llmore 3 pistol
struck him dead. The fact that he
entered the store on his dangerous mis-
be admitted. an unusual circumstance
and can only be explained by the
known fact that Gardner had been
drinking heavily and in frame of
mind to attempt to bluff the thing
through without taking the ordinary
precautions.
Fillmore Risked His Life.
Fillmore himself is an unusual char
acter. An ordinary man would rather
surrender a few dollars TO a desperate
robber than take chances of losing his
life by refusing. 1t was different with
the grocer. He rIsked his life to save
his money and Gardner paid the pen
atty for attempting to carry out job
for which he was unprepared,
An inquest will be held in the case
this afternoon, Until that is over
Gilmore will be held in Jail. The pris-
oner, since his arrest, has stubbornly
refused to say anything about the
tragedy.