The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-17
SHOT INTENDED
FOR ONE ELWELL
Julius Nielsen Lost His Life at
Logan Owing to Mistake of
Man With the Gun.
ATT HAD JUST BEEN BEATEN
THOUGHT HE WAS BEING PUR-
SUED WHEN HE FIRED.
Especial to The HERALD

Logan, Dec. 16.-The inquest upon the
body of Julius Nielsen, who was shot
last night by ]. w. Att, was begun this
morning and occupied the entire
DAY 1t was held before Justice Will
liam 'Brougham and jury consisting
Of M. Paulsen, John Johnson and Albert
Berutson- a great many of the details
of the tragedy were gone into, and they
seemed TO indicate that while Att killed
Nielsen, he intended to slay Isaac Ell
well, jr.
Had Been in Quarrel.
The evidence against Att showed that
he and Elwell quarelled in a saloon and
finally came to blows. Att went out on
the street and in talking about the
quarrel said: IF l had a gun l would
put Elwell to the bad" and then an
nounced that he was going to his room
to get something to defend himself
with. He was dissuaded from this. but
nnally started for his room in company
with Ben McCullock. About half way
TO his room he stopped at bakery to
get a pie, McCullock going on to the
room.
Att Badly Beaten.
When he came out of the shop Elwell.
who had left the saloon by a rear en-
trance. intercepted him and gave him
a severe beating. Elwen then went
back TO the saloon and Att. getting I'D
declared that he would get a gun and
get Elwell- Nielsen and johnson had
been invited to Ats room by McCul-
lock, and they followed Att down the
alley a few rods behind him.
Fatal Shot Fired.
Going in, Att crossed his room. and
securing a 3S-caliber revolver living on
a shelf, fired as the men turned the cor
ner to come into his room. He then shut
the door and remained in his room until
arrested by Marshal Peterson. Att. who
displayed a badly battered countenance,
went on the witness stand and his tes-
timony as to the quarrel did not differ
from that of the others. except. that he
denied threatening to get" ElweI1 He
said that after getting away from his
assal'ant he went to lis room and was
washing the blood frotl his face when
he heard footsteps ou hide and a voice
he took for Elwells ca I ed him by name
sharply. He called Tick, "D-n you.
don't you come in here" and Immediate
iy the door was kicked open.
Pistol Was Handy.
His revolver lay on shelf in trout
OF him. and Selling it he fired out the
door 10 scare them, but shot too low
He rather destroyed the effect of this
tale, however, by admitting that he said
TO the marshal and sheriff when taken
TO jail: He beat me UP pretty badly
and then two big wallpapers came down
to finish 1t. and ! took q shot at them
There was no evidence tending to con-
meet the dead man with the brawl i'm
any way.
The autopsy performed by Drs. Bulge
and F. d. Clarke showed that the bullet
entered the right breast and passed
across through the lungs and the heart.
Result of Inquest.
The jury's verdict was as follows.
That the said deceased, Julius Mel
sen, came to his death i'm said Logan
precincts~on the 18th day of December
1908, by means of a wound inflicted on
his person by John w Att He, the
said John w. Att, having then and
there, with a firearm. to-wit, a 3s-cali-
Der pistol. then and there held in his
hand and fired in and upon the person
of the said Julius Nielsen. deceased.
We, the said jurors. further find that
the said killing was felOnious and con-
stitutes murder in the first degree"
Nelson's funeral will be held on Sun
day at 1870 a. m. in the Fifth ward
meeting house.