The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-11-29

ply unconsciously informed him that they
were officers of the law.
What are you doing there. buying
coal? said Murphy as they came upon
the fellow who did the shooting.
es. and by - you go on, was the
response that came back
Don't get excited. said Murphy; I'VE
are officers.
With that Clark jumped out of the rig
on the opposite side from which the fel-
low was standing and walked around to-
surrey was all that separated the two
men when Clark addressed him. say
ing:
.sWhat have YOU got in your hand?"
Instead of replying. the fellow began
firing. and Clark fell with the last OF
the five shots.
A short time prior to the shooting Clark
and Murphy had driven by the same spot
ut which the shooting occurred and passed
a man in the roadway. The officers We're
trying to find the ranch of Timothy Ken
to be. Thinking the fellow was resi-
dent of the place. Clark inquired where
he would find the Kendall ranch.
II don't know" he replied; Il don't live
Neither do t. responded Clark. and
drove on.
It is now thought that this was the
man afterWard seen on the lallroad track
by Murphy after the shooting: and that
he was lurking around the vicinity wait
ing for the freight train.
Waiting for Wagon.
The train from which the goods are
supposed to have been unloaded stopped
at Uintah station only about three min
utes. 1t is accepted as apparent from
this fact that one. of the two men board
ed the train at some point east OF Tin
tab and had the goods all ready to dump
off at tlA spot agreed upon The stuff
cases of shoes. which had been stacked
/ bv the side of the roadway before the
lofficers returned from the Kendall place
The cases were of such size that II is
thought the intention was to load them
on a wagon for which the robbers were
waiting.
a man and woman named Aedlemann.
Italians, returning from the sick bed OF
A friend short time after the tragedy.
saw a man running west some distance
from the depot. dog that was with
the couple took after the fellow. who
kicked at the animal and then warned
the two people that they had better keep
on their way. A better description of
the man was secured from these peo-
pie.
additional officers visited the scene of
the crime. Among these was Special
Agent Joe Jones of the Short Line. who
said that the robbing of boXcars along
the lire of the Union Pacific had be-
come quite frequent of late 1t is be-
lieved that the robbers had been in the
habit of getting supplies for some store
Hundreds of people viewed the remains
of Clark at the Larkin morgue yester-
day The shooting was the sole topic OF
conversation about the town.
Murderer Cannot Escape.
The authorities assert they have a
strong net out and that the man cannot
escape the law. II is thought, however,
that it will take some time to run down
the murderer who is likely aided by
friends near the place where the crime
was committed.
Deputy Sheriff S. L. Clark was about
90 years of age and had been married
about a year He was chief deputy to
Sheriff r. b Wilson and had been con-
nected with the sheriffs office for about
two years He was considered a brave
and conscientious officer and had but few
II any enemies.
An autopsy was conducted by County
Physician DR.. ]. s. Gordon and DR.. a.
A Robertson yesterday. 1t was discov-
cred that any one of the three wounls in
the body would have caused death. Con-
trary to former reports, however, none of
the bullets entered the heart Death Is
said to have been due TO hemorrhage,
caused by the wounds in the liver and