The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-03-30

" eQneSQdy HUI lllISy MdICn
2oth. at about half past 10 o'clock,
The writer entered the up-to-date
fcoartment store conducted by
Sandy w. Trice and Company,
aoIS State street, for the purpose
oi transacting some business
with Mr.. Trice. He was en-
Gagged in waiting on customer.
which caused us to wait for
>5ne time before he could in
,,ruct Miss Trench to make out
: check for us. In the mean
time two other men had entered
the store, and one of them, Duke
Smith, requested MFR. Ttfce to
sell him a collar. His pal, Bud
Cleves, came up to the end Of the
show case where we were stand
ing and started into to converse
with us by stating that HE
wanted us to publish an article
in The Broad AK retracting
everything which had been said
in it Saturday, March 10, in re-
lation to doctor E R. Robinson
and his car wheel" At that
point in the conversation we very
politely informed Mr.. Cleves
that we did not know him, and
that if false statements had ap-
reared in the columns of The
Broad AK concerning Doctor
Robinson and his wheel or
wheels, that if he would go and
have what he wanted to say type
written and after doing so bring
it to us, that we would tell him
lust what we would do about it. "
lust as we had finished utter
ing these words MIR. Trioe laid
his check down on the end Of the
show case for US, and while
leaning over on the edge of the
show case, in the act of neceipting
his bill, Doctor Robinson cat
like, slipped into the store and
sneaked up behind US and just
as we had Strengthened up with
our pencil in one land and a
package in the other, without the
slightest warning, exclaimed in a
loud voice, "You are my meat.
He grabbed US around the throat
with both his hands and by pull
ing us violently backward, We
lost our balance and fell on the
floor, and while in the act of get
ting on our feet, to defend our
selves, he dealt US two severe
blows on the left temple with his
cornheld fist, and after falling to-
the floor the second time, IN or
der to prevent him from kicking
rs in the face, we held our head
close to it. Then he wicked US
two or three times on our body.
Mr.. Trice, not knowing that
Duke Smith and Bud Cleves,
were the hired tools of Doctor
Robinson, who were both stand
ing not very far from US ready
10 attack US il there had been
tie slightest attempt on our part
t. fight back, called on them to
assist him to compel Doctor
Robinson to desist from fighting
Is until we could get on our feet
IN order to defend ourseif, but
they refused to render him any
aid. Then Mr.. Trice boldly
walked up to Doctor Robinson
and pulled him away from rs,
and Doctor Robinson, like mad
bull, rushed up to Mr.. Tree,
caught him by his coat and shout
e.. eff you say you had him to
write the article / will give you
some too" At that he started
towards the door closely followed
by his two pals, and just as he
was in the act Of leaving the
store he turned around and ex-
claimed, "You had better not say
anything, for if you do ] WI
come back and kill you"
On Friday morning warrant
was sworn out by US before Judge
Fake for the arrest Of Doctor
Robinson. 1t was placed IN the
hands of Officer j " Lacy. who
Is one of the best police officers
in this city and It did not take
him long to bring him to the bar