The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-06-13
HOL DUPS SHOOT DOWN
DEFENSELESS JAPANESE
One the Victims Expires Within Few Minutes Alter Being Shot,
Man of Wounded Are Conveyed to the General
fospita-Su Suspects in the City Jail Are Not Identified.
Desperadoes Flee from the Scene of the Murder
and Later Hold Up White Men

/, thing doing with the Japs that night.
They attended the show at the Or
pheum theater until $50 when they
left abruptly and excitedly. nothing
more having been seen of them dur
ing the evening
After being arrested. the boys were
taken through q rigid questioning re-
gardinG their presence in the city
and what they had been doing.
The story told by the boys were
conflicting point blank contradIc-
tions coming from each of them. 1t
was known TO the officers that Eber-
hart was a former Inmate Of the State
Industrial school and that he had been
out of the institution for about two
years on parole, and they also know
that a young man answering his de-
scription was wanted In Salt Lake for
stealing cattle. so they questioned him
regarding these facts He denied
that his name was Eberhart. stating
that it was Foster. and that he had
never been in the Industrial school.
He also said that he was not acquaint-
ed IN Salt Lake and was a compara-
tive stranger IN Utah
Kennedy stated that he was from
Kansas and that he met Foster at
Garfield and came here with him.
simply as a friend But. when the
boys were questioned separately, they
told different stories about their asso-
Citations and what they had done while
In the city. one stating that they Wis
tied q number of theaIers Saturday
evening. the other saving they at
tended only one. the Orpheum.
At 10 o'clock last evening Eber-
hart called for Detective Pender and
the detective came from his home to
talk with him He told Mr. PendeT
that he had lied to him in his previous
conversation and desired to make a
correction. He said that his name is
James Eberhart and that his home is
at Riyerton. little town a few miles
south of Salt Lake. He also stated
that ha was on parole from the State
Industrial school, having been permit
ted TO leave the institution two years
ago The YoungSter further stated
that he knew he was wantod at Salt
Lake under the charge Of grand lar
ceny and that he desired TO return
there and answer the same.
II am sick and tired of being hound
ed by the officers and | have made
up my mind to return to Salt Lake
and make a bold breast OF the whole
affair | have done nothing wrong
In Ogden, though. and you have moth
ing 10 hold me for" said Eberhart to
the detective. Even If l were sent
TO the penitentlary for a period OF
five years, | would still have time to
make something of myself am only
a little over 10 years OF age and could
live down the disgrace that has come
upon me. and stIll be a credit 10 nay
parents and the state"
DR.. Ikebuchl. who was shot In the
shoulder at the time of the hold-up.
was sufficiently recovered from the
wound this morning to appear at the
city jail TO see the two Young men
under suspicion. He stated that Kon-
nedy the light compleXioned man.
looked very much Ike the person who
shot him. but he could not be posi-
tive about 1t.
Il was considerably excited at the
time and the man who shot me had
his hat pulled down over his features
so that | could not sec his face very
Wen But he was about the same size
as this man Kennedy and appeared
TO be about the same build. except that
the man in the hold-up seemed TO be
somewhat shorter than ne. said the
doctor.
b, T. Nishlmura and other Japan
ese' who were present at the hold-up
also called to sec the men, Nishi.
mura Is the man who assaulted one
o1 the thugs with a chair and came
near knocking him down
came face to face with the man
salo NiShimura. He pointed his gun
aireetly at me and at very short
Instance | struck at him twice with
a chair, the first blow not being very
neuVy as | used only one hand. The
second blow though. was struck witch
All me power l had and I think Il
must have had some eject on ihe