Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-09-10
NEGRO MURDERED
THIS MORNING
Dick Hawkins Shot Down in Cold
Blood by David
Logan.
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MURDERER STILL AT LARGE.
Fatal Shooting ARRAY Occurred
In Candy BiIrs' Dive, Which
Police Want to Close.
Trouble Started in Joint Called the
Amcricus Club, at. $ O'clocl,-City
Swalms With Black Parasites.
"Ypu - hnn-llnadn

You - hop-head!"
The words We're snapped out like the
crack of a whip and We're directed to
ED Johnson or David Logan, colored
in She Americus club, 43 Commercial
street at 8 o'clock this morning by
Dick Hawkins, n burly negro. Three
hours later the dead body OF Hawkins,
pierced by bullet from q IS caliber re-
volver. lay on Il slab at O'Donnell's
undertaking parlors
The shooting occurred shortly before
saloon, 80 Commercial street The fatal
shot was fired by logan. The shooting.
WIS a cold blooded murder and the
murderer made his escape. Detectives
are searching the city and surrounding
country for Logan.
GANG OF LoAFERS.
This fatality Is the direct result of
tho lack of vigorous action on the
5,art Of the sO-called American admin
istration in riddinG the city of a gang
of notorious black parasites who feed
and fntten from the degradation and
sins OF fallen white women. Feeling
secure because OF the value of their
votes, they loaf about Commercial
street dives, gamble, drink, smoke
HOP" and when full of the poison COM
NIT murder. Commercial street is in
tested with them and scarcely a night
passes that there Is not Il braWl OF
some kind which usually ends in an at
tempt at murder.
WHERE, TROUBLE STARTED.
early this morning, Dick Hawkins, Ed
johnson and Dave Logan with other
negroes, were in the Americas club,
joint conducted by Ed Hood and
Charles Palmer. The men suddenly
engaged in row, but just what start
cd II #could not be learned. Hawkins
called either Johnson or Logan a hop
head" and Logan hurled a vile epither
10 Hawkins and at the same time drew
q revolver. Several by-standers seized
Logan, forced him to place the; weapon
In his pocket and then ordered. him and
2Jofnson from the place The two men
left and went into Candy Bills" place
bar drinking when suddenly the swing
Ing doors opened and Hawkins stepped
into the barroom.
Logan saw Hawkins and, quick as n
flash, drew his revolver and fred point
blank at the approaching man. With
Shrek of pain and a gasp Hawkins
reeled backward, staggered out to the
sidewalk and fell unconscious to tho
pavement. Logan, with smoking re-
volver III his hand, rushed from the
place and disappeared.
POLICE ARE CALLED.
Hawkins was quickly picked up and
pool table. He was dead within two
minutes after the shot was fired. The
body was left on the table until the
arrival of Justice Dana T. Smith. 1t
was then ordered sent to O'Donnel!ts
undertaking parlors.
Tho police We're notified of the shoot
ing and Chief Pitt and Chief of De-
,tectives Sheets, with a number of plain
clothes men were called and started
an investigation and a search for the
murderous negro.
Johnson. who was with Logan when
the first alteration started and with
him when the fatal shot was fired, was
taken into custody as witness. He
was released upon furnishing 500
bonds. He was arrested by Patrol
men Bush and johnson as also was
Win McCulloch. who was locked up
and held as a witness.
COLD FLOODED MURDER.
According to statements made by
johnson and Candy Bill" the shooting
OF ff1lWRll1S was eHLlreiS .uuJuSllletDle.
1t was brutal and cold blooded in the |
extreme, the dead man being shot down |
without seconds warning. So far
MS known the men had had no open |
rupture before but apparently had |
dislike for each other, Hawkins took
particular delight In casting slurs up
on hop heads" and Logan, who is
said to be addicted TO the habit of opium
smoking, disliked Hawkins for that
reason.
When the men first entered the So
called club this morning there were no
evidences OF brewing trouble. Sudden
~ vile names were hurled back and
forth, weapon was drawn and then
quiet was quickly restored and John
son and Logan elected from the place.
Up to the time that Logan and John
son entered McKenzie's place. the
trouble in the Americas club had evil
IDENTIFY been forgotten. The two men
were drinking and conversing when
the door opened and Hawkins entered.
1T is claimed by Mckenzie and others
that he made no motion whatever as
If to draw weapon and did not speak
n word The instant Logan saw him he
drew his revolver, fired one shot and
rushed out of the place.
HAWKINS WAS. DEsPoNDENT
HAWKINS was IS years of age, a
rative Of Peoria, ILL., He came here
about a year ago from Kansas CITY
and then went to Montana. There he
lived with n woman until about three
months ago, when she conmitted
suicide by taking poison. Her self
destruction had bad effect upon
Hawkins. He returned to Salt Lake
and was constantly brooding over the
death Of the woman. day or Two
ago. Hawkins remarked to some col
cred friends:
II might just as well be dead. as
the way l am. Since that WoinaH
died. / have nothing TO live for.
According to those who were m
.t}mately acquainted with Hawkins, he
has done nothing since his return 70
Sal. Lake. He freqnented "Ganay
Bill'sr place and other low dives on
Commercial street and hung about s:
hni,sss Of Ill fame He was DIS
agreeable toward the denizens o. me
street and frequently engaged III a.
tercations with them. A rev Wsehs
: ~ he. with four other colored NEIL ,l'
,xss !. arrested on the charge Of Pat
taSy mon a negro. He was convicl-
L; and fined So by Judge Wmta a,
The colored people of INC $3.50 assn
: they knew nothing about Los saw
1oi,nsor. Mckenzie pronrtetof
saloon where the shooting toRA !
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