The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-27
CITIZEN SHOT BY
HOLD-UP men
Robbers, Interrupted in Muir
ray, Wound Joe Hoffman,
in Two Places.
ESCAPE IN THE DARKNESS
POSSE OF CITIZENS MAKES A
FRUITLEss SEARCH.

Two robbers attempted to murder Joe
norman Of Murray early yesterds,
morning, when he surprised them while
tney were trying to loot the Denver sa.
loon' In Murray. Hoffman was shot an6
wounded in two places. but was able II
run 10 the Riverside saloon, a short dis
lance away. and give the alarm.
when Marshal Mike Mauss reached tht
Denver saloon. the robbers had disap.
peared without taking anything.
49, man must nave encountered the
oufsIarS soon after they started to roF
me saloon. When the shots were fired
tney apparently abandoned their plan OF
rG R0ffg the place and took flight.
norman Is employed by his brother
Frank Hoffman of the Hoffman Meat
company, Seventeenth South land STATE
streets, Murray. He was in Bingham Junc.
tion on CHRISTMAS day and did not re-
turn TO Murray until early yesterdsv
morning. ueS
Passing the Riverside saloon. he stopne6
for moment to talk with the bartende,
ana 70 9uy drink About 2 o'clock he re-
stunned his walk homeward In front ot
the Denver saloon he found a man stand
ing on the sidewalk and there was some.
body inside. Thinking that the place was
open' norman started to enter.
Both Robbers Fire.
Seeing this, the man on the Sidewalk,
ordered him to throw up his hands Hoff-
man was too much surprised to instantly
comply with the command and came VERY
near foTfeiting his life for his DELAY.
The robber had scarcely ceased speaking
when he pulled the trigger of his revolt
yer. At the same instant the man inside
opened fire.
Hoffman. wounded in the right arm and
the right leg, turned and fled down the
street. Retracing his steps to the River
side, he found that the place was closed.
but was able to arouse the bartender and
tell his story.
Marshal Mauss was at once summoned.
Accompanied by several armed citizens
the marshal went to the Denver saloon.
He found that the robbers had entered
the place by forcing open a side door
1t was through this door that they prob
ably escaped, as footprints were found
in the mud outside leading away from the
saloon.
An effort was made 10 track the rob
bers 1t was unsuccessful. They were
able to reach a hiding place.
Nearly every man in Murray took a
hand in the hunt yesterday, and Deputy
Sheriffs Sharp, Sperry and Steele went
there from Salt Lake to assist Marshal
Mauss in his search.
who was found wandering in the streets
was locked up. He turned out to be a
miner from Alta, who had gone on q
spree in Murray.
Jail Bird Suspected.
1t was learned that a man who had
spent nearly all of the summer in the
county Jail had occupied a room in one
of the Murray lodging houses on Saturday
and Sunday nights but had apparently
left the town on Monday. It is suspect
ed that the man on Saturday and Sunday
made a study of the situation in Murray
and returned yesterday morning with a
companion to rob the Denver saloon and
other places.
The fact that an extensive campaign OF
robberies had been planned was indicated
by the fact that the San Pedro depot had
been entered during the night. The thieves
forced open the door, but found nothing
worth taking away. When the railroad
office was opened yesterday morning, it
was found that the place had been thor
oughly ransacked.
The visit to the depot must have been
made before the robbers went to the Den
yer saloon But for the shooting of Hoff-
have broken into other business establish
ments before departing
As the wounding of Hoffman was done
very much in the manner Policeman Ford
was murdered after the hold up at the
Albany saloon in Salt Lake, two eeks
ago. there were some who expressed the
belief that the pair of robbers were Joe
was ordered to throw UP his hands Just
before one of the Albany, saloon robbers
fired the bullet which ended his life, and
at Murray the bandits began shooting af-
ter giving the same command. That Hoff-
man escaped with his life is considered
due TO his good fortune
That the robbers intended to kill him no
one doubts.
Marshal Mauss, however. does not be-
lieve that the robbers were Garcia and
Sullivan.
Hoffman's injuries are not serious.