The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-14
POLICEMAN CHARLES FORD
SHOT TO DEATH.
Continued from Page I.

West and Second South streets. He was
standing on the northeast corner.
The saloon is on the southwest corner.
AS the bandits ran across the street in
making their getaway. they caught sight
of Ford. One of them. probably having
some foolish idea of compelling him to
stand with uplifted hands while they ran
away, shouted to him to throw up his
hands. The other had no such thoughts.
He knew that the policeman would try to
arrest them the moment he realized that
they were criminals. The words of his
companion gave Ford a warning of the
character of the two providers. But be
fore Ford could draw his revolver, the
robber who had remained silent. opened
fire. He made only one shot This was
aimed at Ford's heart. and | am afraid
il did the work. But Ford gamely drew
down his assailants before the fell faint
ing in the street.
Story of Bartender.
A. ]. Buckley, the bartender at the Al
bany, said: The robbers were rough
looking fellows. As they were masked,
can tell little about their looks. One was
dark and swarthy. He seemed TO be a
Mexican or some other foreigner of dark
complexion The other was lighter.
THE man with the red handkerchief as
mask came behind the bar. leaving the
man with the blue mask standing guard.
of the cash register, but after getting the
money seemed to be in no hurry to get
away. They wanted me to give them the
keys to the drawers in the sideboard back
of the bar, and were unwilling to believe
me when l told them l didn't have the
''They had not been out of the saloon
more than a minute when the shots were
fired"
Clue TeIephoned to Police.
An hour after Policeman Ford was shot
some unknown citizen telephoned to po-
lice headquarters that two men had been
seen running through Fifth North street.
Policeman Stains and Phillips were sent
in that direction in a buggy In Fifth
North street, between Fourth and Fifth
West streets, they came upon John owen
a man who had on Friday morning been
ordered out of town as suspicious char
acter owen was covered with mud and
breathless. He had apparently fallen
down several times and was so exhausted
that he made no resistance when the po-
licemen ordered him TO stop.
Although il was a little over a mile from
the scene of the shooting, the police be
lieVe that Owen was one of Ford s as
When searched it was found that the
man was not armed. The police think he
NAV have thrown his weapon away.
Owen denied that he was implicated
in the robbery and shooting. He declared
that he was walking out of town
When asked about John Sullivan, the
convict who was released from the state
penitentiary on Monday and was arrested
with Owen as a suspicious character on
Tuesday night. Owen declared that he
had parted with Sullivan at l o'clock this
morning. The police claim that the two
men were seen together in Commercial
street this morning before the Albany
hold-up and that they boosted to a woman
that they were going to stick up a saloon.
Sullivan is the convict who was caught
with the blood-covered revolver in his
possession.
Policeman Ford. during the recent mu-
nicipal campaign. was drum major of the
American party drum corps
Early this morning after the wounded
policeman was taken to ST. Marks hos
Dital ii was stated that he was bleeding
internally and that there was no hope Of
saving his life.