Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-03-04
BRUTAL MURDER
ON COMMERCIAL
John c. Barnett Beaten to Death
In Room in Notorious
American House.
BODY FOUND AT NOON TO-DAY
Evidences Are That He Was Lured u
Room-tourht For His Life
And Was Killed

one of The most atrocious murder,
Boa the annals OF crime 600 salt Lake
city was committed sometime between
1880 o'clock last night and daylight
this morning tho victim being 10 is
supposed. John c. Barnett. a painter
and paperhaugcr aged about IS years.
with relatives residing at 1909 west
Third South street The man was
murdered in room g. OF the notorious
American house on Commercial street.
the scene OF many horrible crimes.
The crime was most brutal one as
the victim was beaten TO death with
some weapon that cut his head and
! face iu a horrible manner fracturinE
| tho skull. breaking the nose and al
most gouging out the right eye. The
right hand OF the murdered man was
slashod and when the body was found
shortly after noon today the right leg
was drawn ur and cramped under the
! body stiHeucd cold in death. From ain
/ appearances the man had been bound
/ and GAGGED before the murder.
l The murderers were careful 10 cover
/ up their tracks After searching their
| victim and turning his pockets inside
ont fb.,. lar tbs had, wins nortl,,
/ uudura COT one of tbe murderers GOT
blood on his shirt sleeves and these
/ Doc cut from his shirt and left the tell
tale pieces of cloth bon the room where
tle murder was committed
SIGNS OF STRUGGLE
THE disordercd condition of the ro1m
''''4'''''''' ''''' o. ''''" 7'' "s-' &c.,
adJoimns rooms declare 'n'y n'Aid "'
unusual noises except t'a' MON N'
/ heard laughing ana talking in l-o bosom.
/ The murdered n'" was Ne".'" "..
ih' heia either WIN o'N'i i'7.."
m'ni OF a ootee "S pa. n'A"' lace ANA
h'""s were cut ana o'lleie' ana oio %
was scattered "'l over ~, place l"i
walls "ha even i"- ee".ns D,nb .Ao.-
t'd
/ barnet, 'h''.e" ''' i''H' SOME ''l"'
1 ai'sI il .'' I's' H'5Hl ana was WIN '"'
other men. one OF "n'm Is known as
] Boston doe i'''h men nave disappear
ed and the police nave been unable 10
get any trace ct them.
BOSTON JOE MISSING.
The man known a. Boston Joe came
to salt Lake ON the Park CITY train
| last evening and was seen by a Young
man named Hugh Movers. The latter
| stated that Boston Hoe beat his way
| from Park city to salt Lake. The other
man is not known. II was the latter
who rented the room from the night
clerk and stated that three men would
/ occupy a.
shortly before the room was rented.
/ Barnett was ia Bombino's saloon on
| Commercial street and was Shaking
| dice with the proprietor The latter
Identified the dead man az the one who
was shaking dice with him, but said
he did not know what became OF him
after he left the saloon. The three men
were heard talking In tho room after
midnight but they seemed 20 be jolly
and were drinking. Four or hve empty
whisky bottles. a couple o. empty besr
bottles and a full quart OF beer we're
found in the room when the murder
was discovered. The register al tho Of
fee shows that the room was rented
/ by follow who gave tho name of
Mann ....-......,
i-, ~ .',' p, - . -. -. .,.
,,so.5v MAS a. AZ. Beck dav clerk st
t,. American House He entered the
roo, sbout is.so today and was horri-
e.a "a s.. tbs 5aad b,dv OF Barnett
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