Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-09-01
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NEGRO; al
RESTING EASIER
Eddie wilkinson, Who Was Shot
BY a Tramp, May
Recover.
SAY HE HAS CONFESSED.
Constable and Policeman Make sen
sational Capture Of Norman Wilson
on Bridge in Darkness.

NSpoClAl To ANe NtNa y
idaho Fails sept 1--Eddio Wilkin-
son. a brakeman on the oregon short
Line. who was shot in the neck Monday
night by negro while attempting 20
eject the colorod rlan from the brake
beams Of his train. Is reported as rest
ing easier IN the Idaho Falls hospital
this morning Wnkinson was shot IN
the neck. the bullet striking him on the
left side Of the face. blowing its way
through the neshy part Of the face and
lodging In the muscles OF the neck.
After probing for some time the bullet
was located by the surgeons attending
the young man, and extracted.
The shooting occurred at Payne. a
station six miles north OF Idaho Falls.
about 10 o'clock Monday night The
train on which Wilkinson was brake
man was waiting on the side track al
Payne for another train 20 pass. IL
was noticed on leaving Idaho Falls
that a large number OF "hohoes' were
beating" tho train. and az the Side
track an effort WAS made by the train
crew to dislodge the free riders Wiki
inson ran on 10 n nest OF tramps IN
one OF the cars and ordered them % get
out. The reply he received was two
shots from revolver I'm the hands Of
a negro who was among the hoboes.
one OF the shots went Wild. and the last
one lodged IN Wilkinson's neck.
After the shooting the negro and his
companions ran back down the track.
wilkinson crept 10 the engine and shout
cd 20 the engineer saying, IL am shot"
The engineer picked him up and laid
him on the cushioned seat In the en-
glne can, and ran back 10 the cahoose,
where ne telephoned the officers at Ida
10 Falls. using the cabooso telephone
attachment. Then he turned his at
tention 20 making the wounded man
as comfortable as possible pending the
arrival Of assistance.
CAPTURED on BRIDGE.
Constable Robert Obey and Policeman
Carl Shipper OF the Idaho Falls force
Immediately set out 20 track the negro.
They thought perhaps they might go In
the direction OF Idaho Falls, and they
took their stations on the bridge across
the Snake at the edge Of town. In
short time they saw a negro coming
across the bridge. holding "A revolver In
one hand and a number OF cartridges
In the other. Suddenly In the darkness
they pressed e revolver againts the
Negroes side and told him 20 throw up
his hands This ne did. and the 0fi-
GERS dlsamed him and took him to the
Idaho Falls jail
As soon as II became known that
wilkinson had been shot by negro,
feeling began 70 run high, and there
was strong talk OF taking summary
vengeance upon the colored assailant.
The officers telegraphed Special Agent
Joseph Jones. who was NJ Blackfoot,
and the latter took the first train to
the Falls, and the three officials took
the colored man back 10 Blackfoot'
where he was lodged IN the county Jail
The negro. who gave the name OF
Norman Wilson. stOutly denied having
done the shooting saying that II was
done by negro companion who was
riding with him on the train. II Is
learned. however. that Wilson later
confessed to the officers that he was
guilty
Wilkinson was taken back 10 Idaho
Falls. where he was PLACED IN the hos
pltal and given medical attention For
a time Il looked as n the wound would
prove serious, and an danger is not yet
passed but the brakeman 81 resting
easy this morning and strong hopes are
held out for his recovery.
Wilkinson ls about IS years old. and
resides In Idaho Falls with a widowed
mother His sister Is cashier 81 the
bank al Shelley. and the family ~ well
known and highly respected in this sec
ton