The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-11-29
CLARK MURDERER
STILL At LARGE
Despite Close Search and Big
Reward, No Clue Is Found
to Uintah Assassin.

After a search covering every moment
OF the time since the shooting of Deputy
Sheriff Seymour L. Clark at Uintan,
shortly before midnight Friday. no clue
to the murderer has been found.
Included in the hunt for the fugitive
are some of the best trained officers of
this section There is but one point upon
which all seem 10 be agreed. and that
is that the deed was committed by some
one living in the vicinity of UintaE< or
VINO was working in connection with
someone living in that locality.
IN addition TO the $500 reward offered
by the governor for the apprehension of
the murderer. the county commissioners
have offered a like amount. which makes
the reward now offered $1,000.
An examination of the body of Clark.
made yesterday. showed that instead of
being shot three times the assassin fired
five shots at clark, all Of which took
effect, before he turned his attention to
Deputy Sheriff Murphy and the sick man
whom they were bringing to the city for
medical attention. Murphy was wounded
la the left hand and the sick man re-
ceived two shots in the left arm. To
inflict these injuries with one pistol in
the space Of time il was done would in
dicate that the murderer used. an auto
matte pistol
Luck With the Robber.
Either the man was an exceptionally
good shot or luck was on his side during
j
his pistol entered Clark's right wrist.
forcing the deputy IL drop his gun, which
he had drawn for action The next shot
entered the right arm above the allow
and the following three shots entered the
body. The bullet entering the body near
the shoulder ranged upward and lodged
in the officers neck. One of the other
two bullets also ranged upward and
caused almost instant death The nature
Of the wounds indicate that different
kinds of bullets were used. although all
were Of .3S-calibre
The shooting came so Unexpectedly that
neither Of the two officers was really
prepared TO defend himself. When the
team took fright at the reports of the
shots and ran away. Murphy and the sick
Italian were thrown out Of the convey
auce into the snow. Murphy mad to open
his two coats before he could get his
gun and wncn he got his weapon the
fellow had such a lead that in the I'M
certain light there was no chance for
anything like true shot. However, Muir
ply empted his pistol AT the fleeing as
sassin and then turned his attention to
Clarke. who said:
Il am dying. John"
Raising his brother officer up ont of
the snow and turning him over. the
blood gushed from Clark's mouth and he
expired without uttering another word.
Two Men Involved.
that there were two men connected with
the tragedy was evidenced by the fact
that when Murphy raised Clark uD from
where he had fallen another man showed
up on the railroad track few feet away.
The deputy appealed to the man for as
sistance, but, instead of rendering aid,
he took to his heels. running west along
the track in the same direction that the
murderer took.
The only reason that can be ascribed
for the fellow firing on the officers SO
quickly is because Deputy Sheriff Muir