The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-04-24
SHOT DOWN WHILE
DOING GOOD WORK
Prominent Member of Relief
Committee Is Killed While
in Automobile.
RED CROSS FLAG WAS
PROMINENTLY DISPLAYED
Some Guards in Service Plainly
Too Anxious to Use
Weapons.

SAN FRANCISCO. April 2s-H. c
rilden, one of the most prominent mem
bers OF the general relief committee, was
shot and almost instantly killed in his
automobile about IL o'clock last night
while returning from Menlo Park, by
men supposed TO be members OF tho citi-
zens. patrol. a friend OF Tilden's. who
was In tho automobile. was cut in the
face by bullet and another ball pierced
the scat and struck r. G Seaman, act
ing lieutenant OF the Second company OF
the Signal-corps, In the back The force
of the bullet had been spent and Sea-
man, who had been detailed on special
duty with Tilden. picked the ball out OF
his cartridge belt
Suspects Arrested,
The shooting occurred at Twcnty-sec-
ond and Guerrero streets. Two men. sus-
perted Of having done the shooting. nre
under arrest Mt the police station at
Twenty-seeond and Mission streets.
Tilden is a prominent commission mer-
chant Of this city and was one of the
foremost workers in the general relief
work. Ho had taken his three children
and 4 nurse from the fourteen milo house
where they had been since the Garth
n
summer cottage. HIS automobile had
oeen used as an ambulance in conveying
sick and wounded TO the hospitals and
was carrying tho Red Cross flag promi-
nently displayed on his car. Besides this
he had the Red Cross insignia on his
right arm.
Challenged by Guard
According 10 Acting Lieut., Seaman,
Menlo Park about 9 o'clock At Twenty
eighth and Guerrero streets they were
challenged by the first of the chain of
pat,9ls sTS sna a6%nd calling out Rsd
NTH street a second guard challenged
them and Immediately gave way upon
PEereeivins the Red Cross nag, Crossing
miles an hour, according to Seaman, six
men stood In the middle OF The road sep
feet Of them. When within f ten e1n', feet to Of
the guards. Seaman claims, they began
shooting without warning or challenge.
passed, Shots from in front took no ef-
feet with the exception OF bullet graz
Ing the face of Tilden's friend
Fell Back Dead
The machine had gone about nifty feet
past the patrol" said Seaman; when
the car stopped suddenly. Tilden fell
over towards me. saying. Well they got
me-they killed me- Topped back in the
seat and rolled out of the car l sprang
up and fred five shots in quick success
sion at 4 man who was still shooting be-
hind us About the same time that TIL
den fell in my lap bullet struck me in
the back, nearly knocking me out OF the
ridge belt and picked out the bullet.
which had come through the seat The
man who did the shooting wac In khaki
uniform doctor came running from
a house nearby and after examining TIL
den, said he WAS dead. Several police
men came running UP and arrested two
OF the men who did the shooting"
II. II. Brann OF Brann & Prior, sailmak-
ers. and who resided d near by. was awak-
chauffeur Tildens body was placed in
his car and taken TO the Central police
station at Bush and Fillmore streets
Owing to the auto constantly breaking
down. II took Seaman two hours to reach
police headquarters, where the body was
taken to the Elks' emergency hospital on
Bush street. between Fillmore and Steiner
Catholic Sisters Aid
A temporary detention hospital is TO be
established In the basement OF the Sacred
Heart school, conducted by the Dominican
sisters. Mt the corner OF Fillmore and
Hayes streets, and the first commitment
since the earthquake was made yesterday.
turned over part Of tho already crowded
quarters to the insanity commissioners
and number of patients are already
housed there
The board met yesterday afternoon with
Judge Murlsky and Judge Graham. and
Charles Barclay. former inmate OF
sane Chnaman at the Preside hospital
was Killed yesterday by delirious Fed
eral patient The OricnteTs skull was
crushed by an iron bar in the hands of his
crazy aggressor.
Hospital Attendants Escape.
The night attendants OF the Central
Emergency hospital. who were all believed
was razed by the earthquake, ESCAPED.
with the exception of Steward ManviIle
He was severely injured by the falling
walls, but was rescued from the ruins and
taken TO tho Preside hospital
Col. T, Waln-Morgan Draper has offered
10 supervise the erection of a huge bar
racks for the refugees at the Preside. and
ais services have been accepted by the
Federal authorities. Work viii commence
nshed 80 ioda Gtb and IL, 1t VIII be
Iapidity. The plans call for the housing
4 5000 people
Continued Their Work.
The only Government department. In tho !
Sap Francisco customs house In which
work was continued during the day OF
the fire was that OF Surveyor OF the Port
woodward he and his chief deputy,
by o'clock In the morning and remained
there all day; The fire crept up toward
the roar OF the contagration the crash nf
falling walls, the excitement attending tho
building their work went on unnterrupto
I'd Inspectors fought their way TO the
building reported TO st. John, and re-
"eiyed further orders regarding their work
along the water front 1t WAS a severe
test. but neither the Surveyor, his deputy
nor his inspectors showed any inclination
10 abandon their posts until their dny'a
work was done
The first yesse to clear from San Fran
cisco since the fire was the Expansion n
small steam schooner, which received her
papers today, She was laden with proyis-
Ions for the cannery men at Bristol, and
on that account was allowed TO sail
SHOCK IN WASHINGTON.