The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-03-14
DEATH RESULT OF
GUHSHOT WOUND
COroner'S Jury at Goldfield
Took No Chances Making
Trouble for Themselves.
snVA'S MURDERER KNOWN
rIJRTHER BLooDsHE0 LIKELY
AT ANY TIME.
Especial to The Herald

f.o,dGeld New. March i3.-ihe feature
81 ne dav at Goidfield was really fea-
,nreless feature. II was the finding by
coroner's jury. after NJ. =. Preston,
asI-ing delegate for the ]. W. w, had
Zen definitely connected with the assas-
sinstion Of John p. Sylvia, that sylvia
rsme 10 his death as the result OF a gum
e5ot Wound Only that and nothing
more The Jury did not even go so far as
"a sav that the shot was fired by parties
unknown. The verdict was returned after
chief Constable Inman had testified that
IN an autc-mortem statement, when he
tuew that death was near. Sylvia said;
ives I know that man who shot me. he
was tic walking delegate who took the
Mace Of smith, and sylvia proceeded 10
give description Of the murderer
Identified by Constable.
Were you able to identify anybody
from taat description the assistant dis
,rict atto-ney J. Emmet Walsh. asked
tho chief Yes. was the reply. I
WAS able to identify NJ Il. Preston. walk
ing delegate of the |. w W, ard upon
that Identification j arrested Preston and
charged him with the crime of murder
DIT. e. s Galloway and DIR. 3. \. TUr-
mn who treated sylvia during the brief
period that elapsed between the time he
vas shot and the moment OF his death,
and who conducted pOst-mortem exam
nation. also testified that sylvia described
his murderer Other witnesses at the IL
ouest men who saw the shots fired and
saw sylvia stagger hack into his little
place Of business. SIGH and fail IN a
crunpled heap on the floor, also teSG-
fed that they could identify the muir
dercr But for some reason best known
10 himself the prosecutor failed to ask
them if they had been given an oppor-
tnity to identify Preston as the man.
Carpenter Knows the Man.
& b. Green. a carpenter. who was eat
ing supper in the restaurant at the time
of the sassinstion. expressed the belief
that he could identify the man who fired
the shots. o. Nygaar. q carpenter, whose
shop is next door TO the restaurant. saw
three men in front of the eating place
about the time of The killing. He is sure
he would know any of them again j. T.
Comerford. a miner swoTe that he could
positively identify the alleged slayer of
SYLVIA because he saw and talked to him
in front o. the restaurant twice during
the evening, before the killing
Talked With the Murderer.
Part Of Comerford's testimony provoked
the only amusement during the inquest.
lie said; - started into the restaurant
10 eat my supper when man stopped me-
and told me not to 60 i'm there on account
Of labor troubles. J told him ] had
troubles Of my own just then. stomach
troubles. So ] vent in and ate my sup
there and asked him for particulars.
He said SYLVIA had employed a union
waitress and refused TO pay her
Several witnesses. who also were eating
at tables in the restaurant at the time
~ the murder. swore that sylvia went TO
the door and told the picket. alleged to
have been Preston. TO go on about his
business and let him alone. Having said
This SYLVIA started back into his place
As he did so two shots were fired as rap
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witness sylvia half walked and half
staggered back. sighed and fen in a heap
on the floor \ little more than three
hours later he died.
Testimony of Doctors.
The doctors testified that heavy bull
LEI entered his body between the seventh
and eighth ribs. ranged downward. pass
ns through the left lobe of the liver.
tnen through the stomach and the right
en- the right side. The resultant shock
and hemorrhage caused death.
The little court room over which JUS
tee OF the Peace Solomon, acting coro-
neH presides, was damned when the m
quest began The jury selected at random
By Chief Constable Inman was COM
posed of ]. II. Griffin mining man: L. G.
Williams Hveryman; J. b Blake. mining
promoter: r. W. Murta. prospector: G. +.
Erickson. merchant. and II. c. Bailey.
H-Hti. me most intense interest was
manifested in the proceedings, but there
was no demonstration of any sort when
The verdict after the jury had deli5er-
atea for perhaps half an hour. was re-
turned Preston was not present. nor
vas he represented by counsel. Neither
vas Joseph Smith the !. W. W. organ
yer who is accused Of conspiracy with
Preston 20 commit the murder. The pre-
urinary examination Of the men IS set
Iny Friday morning at 10 o'clock. There
continues persistently rumor to the ef-
ieet that Preston has confessed and i'm
pieated number of other I. W. W. men
lh Wholesale murder conspiracy. but. as
vas the case Yesterday, il cannot be con-
nTmed
Jack Davis as Constable.
Diamondfieid Jack Davis. who has
pesa appointed TO act as deputy constable.
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