The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-05-08
lnciscO Carpenter, I'm
\ Insane DeIusion,
&Uses Shotgun.
ED BY OFFICERS
FER TERRIFIC BATTLE
Sc Family. Spares Only
sssWho. He Said, Was
Ike His Daughter.

tS
r.ANCISCO. May AT $50
Es,is morning Walter Chiefly
nlrpcnter. in a fit of insanity
l,.ilIed a family of six persons
~ he resided on Ala Pierce
= Shis city.
Es The Dead,
tx. BUSH, aged 81, his wife
nroung son.
,msEARD. a carpenter, with
Fsia st. LoIis and Denver,
= kNToN, surveyor, recently
rYork.
}; 4 LILLIAN D. CARoTHERS,
siswoman who boarded in the
b..
~, 4 his victims all resided in
!, which was conducted as a
" use by the Bush family.
.:sic was in Farmersville, near
an IS State, where he has a
sr eix children He has been
dT re as a carpenter since the
e
his sting was done with
as rclcd shot gun. Davis, who
ld..sse same room with young
Fol Heard, arose shortly after .
bd y after arming himself with
bsig lot his two room-matcs and
hlsil each room in turn, killing
10 hts.
Msed Plot Against Him.
y ID that the people in the
'. formed a plot TO kill HIM
'eH lis money. The shots at
,rge crowd, and rush was
u Davis as he was attempt
~ ID his weapon. and he was
- and turned over TO the
t,Eghom he was taken TO the
10 t3ard OF the hospital.
te Is of his victims were taken
es ulue.
b tier in the house escaped.
ithE young girl. Davis pointed
b a her and was prepared TO
Or he said she resembled his
be s.. he spared her life.
ecsz ing Bush and Beard the
e 81, box of shells from
ior, ksalked down the hallway,
b kCet Mrs. Lillian d. Caroth.
Biderly woman, who had
sdhr first two shots and had
h LRer doorway TO fnd out
E.he matter He shot her
Ic,l ftaiion, and the remaining
tky rsed on Mrs. Orson Bush.
Espi iby the shooting, could not
10 szeape.
a rrh, Sr.. was a tallyman III
Ensnrof the Dieckman Lumber
10 b ID had gotten up carly in
is " pare his coffee before go
Mill. He heard the shoot
rt,slshed upstairs, where he
bny the murderer, still un-
,i0, his fearful work. The APP
dlrs the hallway would indi-
80, rthc unfortunate man had
T srr,s crate fight for his life, but
;,vsthe assassin was sure, and
:. $50 its mark Bush S body
Dusurs it had fallen at the head
viths
chIrsie Girl Escaped.
susta, a,ieventecu-year-old Annie
matt 'taggering into the hallway,
=, esses hanging down her
lsSn; ~, saw the dead bodies lying
a ~ >allway in pools of blood
auo ss,zed, and hardly knowing
geient. walked straight upon
rsnI lood stained shot gun still
mthtly in his hands, His
r. . like those of n demon as
y q elem upon the last member
Of KS but yesterday n happy
iy heited his gun and aimed it
wv" head, She stood staring
without speaking. The
.vu Eered, his hands tremblcd
evident that his nerve
lIIIu him. There was some
)ub" appearance OF tho white
(which spoke TO the heart
0lltned carpenter; he thought
llV(1aughtcr in his old home
UIplllc. Then the fair child
r. u me- she pleaded.
barreled shot gun dropped
uyy Stuerveless hands Of the
Ipltsaq it, he said. ".You re
ip Z Besides. YOU look like my
Nd would see her face ii
~ 2 his gun, Davis walked
Kitchen. He wandered
c Yhouse, evidently consider
~ ~ work. when the turning
81 W the front door attracted
bseg, ~ He rushed forward. pre-
Is sss.,s1y emergency.
ID ID 'is Ter on the Scene.
guTr x'd j, Staeglich was walk
ty.ssy street, between Fell an,
Pnlrt = 2 heard the sound of tw,
- 10 drpcd up Pierce street ii
Ting ~ from which the report
al W kurried to tho Hat. and a
Eiolss' f,ie occupant of the lowe
boOOakL that some one had killc,
leaw fnily above. He threw th
%inhl = tcy.
dsy ss lich opened the door lead
MUTT ~ at No. Ala he was me
&c ~ liated Davis, who pointe,
IL full al the policeman
,gaIE STtold him that he. too
Luty 80 The policeman made hi
bcar,s act Policeman Thomas +
Ear'~xthe two made n secon
wfpture Davis. They wcr
M and riot call wa