The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-07
n ESPONDING to woman s
Il cry for help and in an at

IN cry 1or help ana IN an at
tempt to rescue Saul S
Brown, a travelling salesman. from
the hands of two desperate hold
up men who were beating him
over the head with a revolver
and blackjack, G.. l.. Erickson, a
Swedish assayer and mining Gu
Sineer, was shot and killed ycster-
day afternoon in corridor OF The
Ramona rooming house, 163 South
Second East street
Every enactment in the ira gedy
was accompanied by sensation and
excitement until Harley p. Me-
whinncy, aged 2S years. and Sam
uel Kirkpatrick, the same age,
were arrested by the police and
identified by nearly every wit
ness of the holdup and shooting
In less than an hour after the
shooting. so efficient was the po-
lice work under the direction Of
Lieutenant John Hempel,. both
men were behind the bars at the
city Jail and great mass Of evil
dence had been collected.
Trailed for Diamond.
1t is believed by the police that
three.carat diamond ring, valued at
500, was the first cause which result
ed in the tragedy,
Saul s. Brown aud Mrs. Marie Ful"
Ter, cauvasser, who rents furnished
apartment in the Ramona rooming
house. entered the rooming bouse to-
gether at about o'clock yesterday
afternoon. Both state that IA man pre-
ceded them into the rooming house.
About three minutes after they had
entered room No. II there was
knocking at the door. Mrs. Fuller went
10 the door and partly opened it. ask
ing who was there, Before she received
a response, however. two men burst
into the room. Each had the lower por.
tion of his face covered with a red
handkerchief
Que of the men approached Brown
and without a word drew Il revolver
aud struck him over the head. His com
panion seized Brown S right hand and
attempted TO remove the diamond ring.
Brown resisted and Mrs. Fuller cried
for help. After striking Brown over
the head eight times, Que holdup with
revolver aud the other blackjack,
the dcsperadoes attempted to make
han hat
Mrs. F'uller's cries for help were meet
ing with response. Mrs. Fuller ran
from the room and down the hallway,
hiding herself in another room before
the boldup men dashed from her room
Shot Through the Heart.
As the two desperate men ran down
the hallway they were met by G. L,
Erickson, who attempted 10 hold the
first of the two. Herewith the man
in the rear shot Erickson through the
heart and the bandits dashed from the
building, turning into an alley immc-
diately north of the Ramona.
Morris Olgisser, who occupied a
room at the Ramona roomiug house.
was shaving when he heard the cry for
help and later the shots, He preceded
the holdups out of the house and tele-
phoned for the police from the Stude-
baker garage, corner of Second South
and Second East streets.
AS the scene of the tragedy is only
two blocks from the police station, the
greyhound containing Detective F,
M. Schultz and Special Patrolmsn
Lewis Grupdhand and driven by Chauf.
feur Joseph Held. arrived at the Ra-
mona only few moments after the dcs-
perndoes had escaped.
Tries to Escape in Wagon.
Charles Hoerner, butcher. 176 East
First South street, was driving his de-
livery wagon north on Second East
street and in trout OF tho Ramona no. |
tel shortly after the shooting took !
place. About half way between First |
and Second South streets. on Second
East street, u man ran out into the |
street from back yard on the east !
side of the street and told Hoerner
that he wanted u ride. He was hatless
and putting.
"Why, I'm only going to the cor
ner.'' snid the butcher
=" man Just tried TO kill mo ana
! IN trying TO get away from him, so
drive up fast, - and the hatless man !