The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-06-16
BLACK DEMON
RUNS AMUCK

SALT LAKE, June 15-rhe Tele-
gram says
Crazed with drugs. showing the
strength and fenrlessnees Of a mad
man and screaming wcirdly as ne
recklessly fred a gun at the police
officers who wero attempting to place
him under arrest. Frank Woods. ae~
gro. was subdued and taken into Gus
tody at the American rooming house.
l5 Commercial street. shortly before
10 O'Clock this morning As result
OF Woods promlscuous shooting VIII
liam Alor. aged 81. a carpenter OF this
city. residing at 26a South West TEN
pie street, was struck In the right
groin and very painfully wounded
Attracted by the Wild talk of Woods
prior 10 the shooting and by the shots
themselves, a large crowd surged
through Commercial Street and clam.
ored for an opportunity to mete sum.
mary punishmcnt on him, and but for
the fearless and efficient manner In
which the police handled the case mob
violence might have had its way,
Cries OF Shoot him shoot hint
were directed at tho police as they
battled With the infurlated prisoner.
and tho feeling OF the onlookers were
not Rppeeeed until Woods had been
dubbed into insenslbillty and taken to
the station. AS he stood before the
desk sergeant Woods again became
troublesome and was only subdued by
force on the part Of the oflcers.
Policeman Bgbert owes It to his own
carelessness that he himself and prob.
ably others were not murdered. AS
he went up the steps In the entrance
10 the American rooming house. not
knowing that Woods had gun, he
was almost upon the negro whom be
saw the weapon pointed directly at
him, He told Woods not to shoot
ae he was not going to be harmed;
but the negro. with vile curses.
threatened TO kill the first man who
touched him. Eehert closed In and.
after scuffle. secured Woods gun.
which he put In his pocket
During the rumpus the officers gun
fell to the floor and this Woods man
aged to secure and started shooting
Omcer Carlberg arrived at about this
stage OF the trouble, and as he went
up the steps he had the unpleasant
sensation OF hearing three bullets sing
past his head The officers finally got
action with their clubs and knocked
Woods down, and IL was when they
got their man to the street that the
crowd. seeing the blood stained off,
cers and not knowing just how much
damage had been done, became intu-
riated at the prisoner.
Motorcyclcman Grundv:g arrived at
the foot OF the steps just as the shoot
ing started, and when Woods reached
the sidewalk 1t took the efforts OF the
three policemen to subdue him He
was taken to the city joil and locked
up. while the patrol wagon carried
Alor to the emergency hospital. where
Dr. Steele examined his wound and
ordered him removed TO st. Marks
hospital for further treatment Alor
who says that he has been a resident
Of Salt Lake for fourteen years. was
not mixed up in the trouble at ALL. but
WAS looking up the steps, attracted by
the noise. when Woods started shoot
ing.
The officers say that there was an
other shot fred after Woods had been
d!sarmed. but they could not deter
mine who did the shooting or for what
reason II was done.
In the scuffle he lost hypodermio
syringe, such as is used by flends In
injecting morphine into their system.
He has been In trouble several times
before. and Is looked upon by the Off
GERS as o bad man, especially when
under the influence of drugs