The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-02-10

ATTEMPT TO
MURDER BOY
Store of WeStWood & Son
Completely Destroyed as Re-
suit of DeSperadoeS' Work.
VICTIM OF ASSAULT
IN SERIOUS CONDITION
AFFAIR PRESENTS MANY MYs-
FERROUS PHAsEs-THIRD WIS.,
1T OF NIGHT PROVIDERS.

Robbers burned the store of West
wood & Son at 93S West Third North
street, and attempted TO murder Harold
Arlington, clerk in the place, this morn
ing at 1920 o'clock. The store was COM
pletely destroyed and young Arlington
is in a serious condition. The affair
is one of the most mysterious that has
perplexed the police i'm a long time
During the past year, the WestwOod
grocery store was three times visited
by nocturnal providers. Each time they
were surprised in their work and driv-
en- away, until last night, when they
burned the store to the ground and
again escaped.
Joseph Westwood, sr., and his son,
Joseph, jr., are prOprietOrs of the place.
They live in a house at 924 West Third
North street adjoining the store. Young
Arlington, the clerk slept i'm the store.
He had been employed by the West
woods about four years.
Joseph Westwood, ST., was yesterday
in Garfield and did not return home
until late last night.
Three Shots Fired.
Young Arlington spent last evening
at the home of a young woman OF the
neighbOThood. When he returned 10
the store to retire for the nighJ, ne
found the thieves there. Surprised in
their work. they fired three SLOTS at
the young man and then beat him up
on the head with some sort of blunt
instrument. He fell, bleeding and I'M
conscious, to the floor. He was then
dragged through the mud 20 a point
about sixty feet from the store, where
the robbers, after riflinS his pockets,
abandoned their victim and tied
Joseph Westwood, jr., heard the
three shots and ran from the house. tDn
his way to the store he stumbled across
Arrington's body. His first impress
sion was that thieves had attempted
to enter the store and that Arlington,
who always slept with a revolver UNI
der his pillow, had snOt at them. He
could not see the face d the man over
whose body he stumbled, because OF
the darkness, and concluded that the
man was robber whom Arlington. had
killed. Without stopping, he dashed
TO the store. 1t was an flames.
Seeks to Rescue Boy.
Believing that Arlington was inside
and that the clerk was in danger Of
burning to death, he tried to get in
side. The door was closed and locked
With his bare hands Westwood beat
out the glass panels Of the door. His
hands were cut by the splintered glass,
but regardless of his injuries, West
wood kept on. Gaining the inside If
the store, he was unable to find Ar
ringtOn. He then returned to the BODY
he had encountered on his way to the
store. Striking a match, he discovered
that the PROSTATE man was the clerk.
! Arlington.
ArringtOn's head was covered with
/ blood and he was unconscious. He was
carried into the house. He regained tenn
| pOrary consciousness and was able TO
gasp that when he returned TO the store
/ he unlocked the door and entered I'M
mediately afteTward shots were fired from
/ the darkened interior Then blows rainSd
upon his head. He knew no more
DR.. Beer. who was summoned attended
/ the wounded clerk. He will recover. Ar
ringtOn is 20 years old and is related to
/ the WeStWOOds.
/ Arthur Park. who lives at 81 West
/ Third North street. across from the West
wood store. stated that he heard the shots
/ and ran from his house. He could see the
| figures of two fleeing men and could dis
/ tinctly hear their retreating footballs.
Girl Sees Providers.
Miss Maud westwood. I7-year-old
| daughter OF Joseph Westwood. sr stated
that late last night she saw two men
/ prOwling about the store.
| After Arlington had been taken into
| the WestwOOd house an alarm Of fire was
/ turned in, but by that time the fire in
/ the store had gained too much Roadway
/ for the firefighteTs to cope with it. The
/ store was burned to the ground. The loss
/ was 81 800.
/ There are many cOnjectuTes as to the
i reason the providers had in burning down
/ the, store. Some persons we're Of the Opin-
/ ion that the crime was the work of enc
mics of the WestwOOds, who set fire to
| the place for revenge.
! Others believed that the providers were
robbers. In support of this theory was
the fact that after young Arlington had
! been beaten into unconsciousness his
watch and a small sum of money were
| stolen.
| The police could not understand why the
robbers. after attempting to kill AIRING
/ ton, had dragged the body from the store
As the clerk was taken some distance
from the place, the thieves must have lost
some time in starting 10 make their es-
| cape.
Difficult of Understanding.
Hardened crooks, it was held. would
have left their victim in the store after
| setting fire to the place. for the purpose
of forever cOncealing the evidences of
/ their crime. As Arrington's body was not
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