The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-10-22
HOTEL KEEPER
FULL Of BOOZE
Little Hamlet of ThompsonS, on
the Rio Grande, Scene of
Some Excitement.
ED ANDERSON ON RAMPAGE
CRACK ON THE SCONCE FINALLY
SETTLED HIM.
ED ANDERSON ON RAMPAGE
Especial to The Herald.)

Thompsons, Utah, Oct. 21.-Out at the
peaceful little town of Thompsons, which
has barely twenty inhabitants, and a rec
ord of at least one violent death each year
for the past fifteen years, a little of Cen
eral Sherman's definition of war broke
out yesterday. which resulted in badly
cracked head for Ed Anderson. Anderson
owns the Thompsons hotel and with Jake
| Israel, who travels for the whisky firm
or Il. Martin & Co, of San Francisco;
johnnie Wilson, who sells Eccles lumber,
Ogden Overalls and Henry VI cigars, and
H q. Ballard, the Thompsons merchant
was the the leading actor in the little
drama Israel and Wilson had come in
on an afternoon train and haa engaged
rooms at the hotel
Landlord Was Drunk.
Anderson had been drinking consider
ably of late, and during the afternoon be-
came quite drunk. While the guests of
the hotel, some ten or twelve in number
We're eating supper, Anderson came into
the dining room and announced that there
would be no breakfast in the morning.
Later when Wilson and Israel were sit
tng in the hotel lobby with a number of
other guests, Mrs. Anderson came into
the room leading a little child. Anderson
ordered her to leave the room, at the same
time throwing the little child on the floor
on Its face. He then turned to Israel and
Wilson and called them a number of vile
names and told them to leave the place
al the same time trying to-strike Israel,
VINO was sitting in a chair Walter
stark, an acquaintance of Israel who
happened to be standing by grabbed An
derson and prevented him from injuring
Israel.
Started a Fight.
The two travelling men took their grips
and started to leave the hotel When thew
lad reached the outside Anderson ran up
oehlnd Wilson, who was carrying two
grips, and struck him. Wilson put his
grips down and struck Anderson in the
mouth, badly cutting one of his fingers
and knocking Anderson down. Anderson
IMAM ran into Billiards. store and demand
ed tnat Ballard give him gun with
winch to shoot the travelling men Ballard
told MIN to get out of the store and 90
rome TO bed Anderson refused to go and
ballard gently but firmly pushed HIN out
Anderson returned, cursing Ballard and
was put out again. He continued to come
pack and Ballard continued to put him
| out until he had been elected from the
store five or six times.
Down and Out.
FINALLY. on coming back he tore Bal
/ lard shirt and vest off and struck him
| In the face Ballard then took down a
! neckyoke that was hanging to the ceiling
ana struck Anderson a double-hand blow
across the head. This time Anderson
stayed out and was helped home to bed.
1t is not thought that Anderson's wound
IS dangerous and Ballard, who is consid-
cred an unusually peaceable citizen. is not
| blamed for striking him. as his action
was purely in self defense.
! So far as can be learned there was an
solutely 10 reason for Anderson's attack
| on the travelling men. Neither of them
had ever seen him before and neither had
ever spoken to him, except to engage
| rooms for the night.