The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-08-08
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dropped to his knees A Creek who saw
him fall said he saw blood flowing from
the left shoulder. lie was up again and
gone In the darkness.
Many men quickly gathered at the
scene of the killing and the chase was on
a moment later under the direction OF
Deputy Sheriff Ira Beckstead and X. w.
Stokes, day marshal. but no further trace
was found of the roober, who escaped.
Inside the saloon Colclough was fo,inG
dead in his blood Three feet away lay
the dying highwayman. his gun still
gripPed in his hand, writing and
struggling towards the door.
Some one proposed lynchine and
seemed to comprehend. With a supreme
his feet and tried to raise his gun for
further killing. II was no use. The
weapon dropped from his grasp and he
sank down. unconscious.
Al the city Jail the roober reganed
consciousness long enough To say his
name was Charles Jammell. that he was
~ years OF age and had parents IN Butte,
Mont. Early this morning he was still
alive though physicians said his death
was but matter of minutes.
Sheriff Investigates.
Sheriff Joseph c. Sharp was notified
vale In his car, accompanied by Deputies
John Corless and Sanford w Hedges.
Aided by scores OF Midvale citizens, they
secured the surrounding country for
hours in vain search OF the robber who
escaped.
Colclough. the dead officer, was 4s
years OF age. He leaves widow and
| four children, one married Mrs Col
clough. her daughters, Nettie and Agnes,
and her son, Joseph. came to Salt Lake
yesterday afternoon to attend the fu-
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Page, the eldest daughter OF the family
They learned Of the tragedy as they
stepped from a street car at Midvale last
lI1dnisht n1ta and; and Inquired what all the ex-
tainted and was put under tho care of
physician.
Marshal Colclough entered the Vienna
saloon FIVE minutes before the robbers
came. The robbery OF the Vincent sa-
loon last week still being fresh in his
mind he began TO talk about 1t with the
bartender.
Talked of Holdup.
What would you do. scherch. II they
stuck up this placer" he asked OF the
bartender a moment before tho robhers
entered.
1T all happened SO quick that can
not remember who fired the first shot. -
said Scherlch II had turned partly
shut off the beer tap. which had to
leave running, when they told me TO
throw up my hands. AS did so heard
one one, OF the fellows ask for the marshal
come come al AL IN a bunch. There must have
neen SIX OF them within two seconds.
oelleye Cololough fired first"
John Redman was sitting in front of his
store across the street from the Vienna
when the shooting began. He rushed
! over In time to see the second robber
escape.
Describes Battle Scene.
Tho place was so thick with powder
smoke that l could hardly see across the
room" he said. II noticed two men lying
two other men still standing against the
wall With their hands In the air, They
were Lemich and kovacevich, They were
! hands until the officers arrived
S. S. Reynolds. o lifelong friend OF the
dead marshal, was one Of the first 10
''I talked with colclough fve minutes
before he was, killed, said Reynolds
He told me he had seen two fellows
| In, town who he believed were the men
who held up the Vincent saloon. and
he was looking for them, It's some con-
ISOLATION TO know that he got one OF
them. anyway"
-Four bullets lodged in Colclough's
body One, entered above the. right
thigh and plowed upward through the
abdomen. Another struck over the right
ear ear. and reached the brain The third
fourth shattered the right wrist. An
equal number OF bullets found their
mark in the robber. One from the mar
shars gun penetrated the abdomen on
the right side. one went through the
right eye TO the brain, a third pierced
tho right nrm and fourth struck in
the left thigh.
The robber was carried to the Midvalc
jail a strctcher and his wounds were
dressed as well as possible, though IL
was seen at once that he could live
prietor OF the Vincent saloon. which was
held mp week ago Monday night, took
one glance at the dying man and idcnti
fed him as one of the highwaymen who
robbed his saloon. Jemmel denied II,
though II cost him agony TO frame the
words with his lips
Denies Other Crime.
"I did not do it, This is the hrst time
I'm not all bad" he whispered with ali
his strength,
Franl Colclough had lived in Utah all
his life. For many years he was en-
pIoyed by The Utah Light & Railway com
pany in its Salt Lake power plant He
had lived at Midvale much Of his life and
was known to every person in the little
smeter town. He became night marshal
by appointment tho first of the year and
In his hriet career rs II peace officer had
established reputation for unfaltering
bravery and good Judgment That. he
did not shoot rashly. but only drew his
gun when 1t became apparent that the
robbers meant TO XIII hlm Is the oclet
of his friends
The robbers secured nothing from tho
saloon nor any Of Its occupants, though
several hundred dollars I'm the safe might
have been secured but for the right,
The escaped robber is described as
about five feet eight inches In height
and III pounds weight He was Of fair
compeX Xlon and wore black bat and a
pair OF cvcralls.
Travelling In a Pierce Arrow car from
the Tom sottcril garage, Tribune rep
resentutivc reached the scene of the
killing while tho story was stu hot.
Returning. the car. under tho clever
handling OF Henry Mayheld, Botteril
driver. ran the entire "'stance from Mid
vale to Salt Lake in twenty minutes.
From The city hall at Murray To the
Salt Lake Tribune office. Il distance o6
eight miles required exactly ten min
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