The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-11-30

You must come" he said.
"He had scarcely uttered the words
when Smith struck him a stunning
blow upon the left side Of the face.
Lyon reeled several feet backward.
striking at Smith with his club. The
man lodged and then leaped upon the
policeman, bearing him to the floor.
He was a powerful man and easily
hSld the policeman down. He ctrcled
Lyons neck with one arm and with
the other fist rained blows upon the
rOliceman's face.
Lyon called to the men in the saloon
to help him. Then, thinking that they
were unwilling or afraid to give him
assistance, he drew his revolver and
shot Smith in the stomach.
With hOarse cry of terror, Smith
released his hold upon the policeman.
clasped his hand over the wound and
ran from the place.
Policeman Lyon did not fire a second
shot at the man, but followed the fUgi-
tive from the saloon. Smith ran north
ward as far as the alley at the side Of
the Moran barn. Into this he plunged.
Policeman Lyon followed.
A few feet from the entrance to the
alley he found Smith unconscious, and
lying face downward, where he had
fallen.
Dies in Twenty Minutes.
The man was unconscious when
picked up and removed to the emer-
gency hospital He died twenty min
utes after reaching that place, remain
ing unconscious to the end.
The policeman's bullet had entered
Smiths stomach at q point below the
heart, ranging upward and severing an
artery. Dr. Paul. who was summoned.
found that the man had died Of inter-
nal hemOrrhage.
The place in which the shooting took
place was formerly known as the
BLACK Cat" and was the rendezvous
of such men as Smith. The name was
later changed to the Lone Star" A.
Pintro is proprietor of the place
After shooting Smith. Policeman
Lyon hurried to police headquarters
and reported what had happened to
Chief Pitt and Captain Burbidge. They
at once sent for all the men who had
witnessed the killing and, after a care
fi:! inquiry into the facts. came to the
conclusion that the policeman was en-
tirely justified in the use of his weapon.
After the investigation, Policeman
Lyon was sent home.
Statements of Witnesses.
In his statement of the occurrence.
last night. Raley Mic, the bartender.
substantiated the story told by the po-
liceman.
Smith was the toughest man I ever
saw in all my life" said Mic. Early
in the evening he came into the saloon
and created row over a glass Of beer.
As we knew that he was a dangerous
man, we let him have his way, know
ing that to be the only way Of avoiding
trouble.
After he had knocked the policeman
down, Smith commenced to beat him
savagely. The policeman called for
help. Thinking that Lyon was in dan
ger, [ picked up my revolver from be
hind the counter and shouted to Smith:
Take your hands off that man. Just
at that moment I heard the shot. Smith
uttered a loud yell and ran through the
door, with his hands upOn his stOm-
ach. We followed him out. He ran
fast until he was near the alley at the
Moran stable. Then he staggered. His
strength was leaving him. He dropped
just inside the alley"
James O'BTi5n. cook living al the
| Lincoln House, stated that Smith was
beating Policeman Lyon when the shot
was fired. Smith had knocked the
/ policeman down. said O'Brien. and
had jumped upon him. After striking
him a number of times. he made mo-
( ton as though to draw a revolver
! Then Lyon shot him.
| Another eyewitness of the tragedy,
Wallace ThUrstOn of Kingston. Piute
county, said: THE policeman first came
into the saloon looking for Bobby
Laws. Later he returned for Smith
Learning that the man was upstairs
the policeman went up after him
Smiths Threatening Gesture.
when they came into the barroom
together. Smith seemed to be in an
ugly mood and turned away from the
policeman, saying that he would not so
with him to the station. The policeman
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