The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-11-30
YOUNG THUG SHOT DEAD
WHILE BEATING OFFICER
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then tried to take hold of him, and
Smith struck him. The policeman tried
to use his club, but missed Smith, who
then knocked him down. When the
shot was fired, Smith was feeling in his
hip pocket, as though in search Of a
weapon"
Policeman Lyon. in his description Of
the shooting, also said that he was I'M
der the impression that Smith was
about to draw weapon.
Violet Brown said: 4 nave known
Smith for about a year. He forced me
to give him my earnings. | dared not
refuse He was a dangerous man and
l feared that he would kill me if 1 did
not do as he commanded. He also made
another woman. Madelaide Young, give
him her earnings. Like me, she feared
him. l know nothing of his family. He
once told me ne had a sister living in
Salt Lake. l do not know her name.
Il did not see anything of the shoot
ing. The first I knew of what had hap
pened was when the shot was fired and
some one ran up stairs to tell me that
Joe had been killed"
Smith was about % years old and had
borne a bad reputation for about ten
years. During that time he became
famous as d fighter of policemen. About
two years ago he had a desperate en-
counter with Policeman Olson in the
Midland rOOming house at First South
near West Temple street He was re-
duced to submission only after he had
been severely dubbed.
At ANOTHER time he had a struggle
with Policeman Guardella Brown, now
Of the Juvenile court, in Walt Jenkins
saloon. Had not bystandeTs tnterfeTed
Brown would have been roughly han
died
Smith for some reason had a bitter
hatred of Sergeant Hempel and during
the past two weeks made open threats
that he would get" the sergeant. Ser
geant Hempel said last night that he
did not know how he had aroused the
mans hostility.
Justice of the Peace Dana T. Smith
acting coroner was notified of the kill
ing of Smith He will this morning
summon a jury and hold an inquest
as soon as possible.
In the beginning of his career Smith
was actually a peddler, but even then
was said to have been tricky and un-
scrupulous. The police say that he was
one night arrested for selling bad wal
nuts. In has wagon were 400 pounds
of the worthless nuts and about fifty
pounds of good ones. Buyers were
shown the good ones and served with
the bad.
In the haSty examination of the police
records last night Smiths career as a
bad man was outlined as follows:
September. 1902-Charged with fight
ing. Discharged.
December, 1902-Charged with resist
ing Policemen SpeTTy and Olson. SEN
fenced to seventy-five days in jail
September, 1903-Lewd conduct Sen
fenced TO twenty days.
December. 03-Fighting. No record
Of disposition Of case.
June, 1904-Drunk and disOrderly Ar
rested by Policemen Eddington and
Palmer. Sentenced to twenty-five days
in Jail
July 1905-Petty larceny and resist
ing Policeman Guardelia Brown. Sen
-enced to three months in Jail.
January. 1906-Vagrancy
February, 1906-Burglary. Sentenced
% one year in the penitentiary.
December, 19O6-Vagrancy.
January. 1907-Vagrancy
Smith was recently charged with
stealing horse and wagon in front
If the Wilson hotel and taking it to
Bingham Junction, where he is said to
ave attempted to sell it. The horse !
nd wagon belonged TO Fred Johnson.