The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-01
JURY INDICATES
PATROLMAN LYON
Policeman Who Killed THUG Is
Exonerated at Coro-
ner'S inquest.
SMITHS BODY UNCLAIMED
TENDERLOIN BULLY APPARENT
LY WITHOUT A FRIEND.
Verdict indicates Lyon.

&. In the matter of the inquest of {:
g Joseph Dowd, alias Joseph Smith, &.
2 an inquest having been held at g
q Salt Lake City, Utah, Salt Lake {:
&. county, in Salt Lake City pre- (:
9. cinct. on the Both day of Novem- (.
Q Der, A. d. 1907, before Dana T. &:
G. Smith, Justice of the peace in and d:
p for Salt Lake City precinct, 9
g county and state as aforesaid {.
g upon the body of Joseph DOwd, (:
s" alias Joseph Smith, there lying g
Z: dead. by the jurors whose names q.
4: are hereto subscribed, and said .
p jurors, upon their Oaths, do say s:
Z: that said Joseph Dowd, alias Jo- 4:
p SeDh Smith, came to his death on 2
g The 18th day of November, A. D. g
@ 1907, by a gunshOt wound, and 9
9 that said shot was fired by j. NJ. g
Z. Lyon, the said ]. NJ. Lyon being &.
@ then and there a police officer of {:
Z. Salt Lake City, Utah, and at the &.
Z. time of firing said shot the said 9
g Lyon was acting in the discharge &:
g Of his duty and in self-defense, (:
g and we consider his act perfect (:
. ly jUstifiable. 9
q (Signed) d.
. JAMES F. GREEN. q.
. PETER 5. CONDIE, Q
@ JAMES P. SHARP. 9
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Unclaimed and as unfriended as the
body of some wild animal, the remains
of Joe Smith still await burial at
O'Donnells undertaking establishment.
The associates and followers gathered
by this terror of the neither world dur
ing ten years af lawlessness and strife
in Salt Lake seem to have abandoned
the fallen leader. Curiosity drew a
motley crowd from the squalid haunts
frequented by Smith to the undertake
er's place all through the day, but
they went there to gaze their full upon
the dead face of the man who had
filed their hearts with terror, and not
to arrange for a decent burial.
Realizing this. the men in charge of
the undertaking establishment at last
closed the doors to the gaping thrOng
and waited, but waited in vain. for
some real friend to come and claim the
body
In that world i'm which Smith moved
there were no real friends. Dead and
robbed of the vigor and strength which
made him a power in the tenderlOin.
there was none to pay tribute to his
memory. Not a man nor woman who
had known him for ten years offered
to share the burden of puryIng the
man
Unless Smiths relatives, on whom he
apparently had little claim, take
charge of the funeral arrangements,
the body of the man who was slain
while resisting Policeman Lyon on
Friday night will go to the dissection
table at the university.
Even the women with whom he con-
l.
a fund for the burial of the man. They
were relieved that the grim collector
of tribute had been stricken.
Violet Brown, the woman who was
with Smith at the time Policeman
Lyon arrested him, went to see the re-
mains, but that was all.
Il suppose they will bury him." she
said. Then she returned to the dark
spot in the city from whence she had
come.
PatroIman Is VindicateG.
Completely exonerated from all
blame for the killing of Smith, the ten
derlOin bully, whose real name was
Joseph Dowd. Policeman John NJ
Lyon left Justice Dana T. Smith 5
court yesterday afternoon, accOmpa-
MED by Chief Pitt. and Captain Bur-
bidge, who had been attentive listen
ers during the hearing of the testi-
mony at the inquest. The coroner's
jury summoned to inquire into Smiths
death was composed of James F.
Green, Peter s. COndie and James P
Sharp. Every person who knew any
thing bearing upon the case was ex-
amined. The witnesses were DR.. Paul,
Edward Smith, George W. Duesch,
Wallace ThurstOn, Frank Mayo, Depu-
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