Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-10-15
STORY or THE CRIME.

Occupying cells at the city jail are
A. T. Day and Joseph Ware. colored
men, the first being held for having
shot TO death Horace "A. VOss, also coll
ored and the latter being detained on
suspicion Of being an accomplish to
the crime.
! The shooting took place sunday az
teruoon on Franklin avenue and caus-
ed great deal OF excitement Voss
was killed instantly. ana The man who
did the shooting barely escaped
being lynched at the hands Of the coll
ored population Of the avenue.
Saturday night Yoss and Day had
| some trouble over the fact that the
| former ceusured the latter for max
/ Ing an attack upon an old colored man
named Charles Edwards. The Interior.
cnce Of Noss greatly angered Day, who
is said To have threatened vengeance
About :35 O'Clock yesterday afternoon
Voss. who lives on Franklin avenue,
entered the roomlnghouse kept by Ed
wards. iust a door or two from his
own home. He was talking to a coli
ored woman named Sallle Y6rber. When
without warning Day entered and shot
Voss dead. The bullet entered the
right temple and Yoss expired almost
instantly,
CAPTURE OF DAY,
After the shooting Day walked out
of the house. with the smoking re-
volver In his hand. and had proceed
ed almost as far as the Lyric theater
ON Main street when the patrol wag-
on with number OF officers inside
bore down upon him. officer Raleigh
revolver IN hand, ordered Day 10 de-
liver over his gun ana the man obey
cd. showing the weapon muzzle itrst
at the officer. An angry crowd OF
colored people had followed the MUIR
deror FOR more than two blocks. and
there were also many white persons
IN the throng Day was taken 20 the
city jail and locked In a cell Hs
sought to justify his act on The
grounds Of self-defense. but the at
tempt was most feeble In the Hight ot
the circumstances surrounding The oc-
ourronce.
WARE BLAMES DAY.
In the meantime Ware also was
placed under arrest as Il was thought
that he in some way had hand in
the killing He maintains, however,
that ne Is entirely blameloss. and he
says that the killing OF Voss was ALSO
utely without provocation. The Voc
man, Mrs. Yarber, with whom Voss
was talking. when he was shot. also
LAYS the whole responsibility upon
Day. She is held at police head
quarters as witness IN the case.
voss WELL KNOWN.
Voss was one Of the best known
colorcd men Ia Salt Lake. having re-
sided here for a number Of years. For
long time he has been caretaher or
the Atlas block ana he had accumu-
lated considerable property. most OF
which Is on the street whore he met
his death. Voss was usually much IN
evidence az Republican conventions,
hc being = leader OF the colored menu
hers Of that party He was par
tcipant IN the last Republican COM
Vention.
CONFLICTING STORIES.
Voss leaves a wife and two step
children. The latter are daughters.
aged II and | years, respectively.
He was a member OF the Mason fra
ternity aud an Odd Fellow The body
lies ct his late home. awaitin. ar
rangements for the funeral
Asst. County Atty. JOB =. Lyon and
Willard Hanson late yesterday after
noon heard the statements OF Day.
Ware and Mrs, Yarber. but the de-
olarauons OF each were found 70 be
very conflicting.