The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-15

bullet The coroner's physician probed it out Of
Parker's neck this afternoon and turned it over
TO us. -
Kennedy reached for the bullet. and turned it
thougbtfully in his fingers for moment One side of
still perfectly smooth, with his inevitable agnifying
E1traordiny, most e1traordinary he said to him
self ''Where did you say this bullet struck7'
In the hesby part Of the neck, quite little back
of below his ear and Just above his collar. There
wasu much bleeding think it must have struck the
''It didn It strike his collar hairi''
hands on the murderer think We can get vic
ton, sir, on the evidence that shall get from this
'sThat's pretty much like story book " drawled the
Perhaps - smiled Kennedy ''But there will still
be plenty Of work for the police to do. too Now,
Parker;s Office and take mo over the gro5udg''
We found the office under guard of % one Of The The
confidential clerk and few assistants were still at
work in subdued and awed manner. Somehow or
other liked John Downey, the clerk, from the moment
l was introduced TO him. He seemed TO to be the
typical confidential clerk who would carry secret
worth millions and keep it.
'.Mr Downey,'' began Kennedy, "I understand you
were present when this sad event took place. ,,
he reped al taISing = cSair Ssiife ths '1'''
NOV can YOU rscolleet just how Nj Parker acted
his place an and shoM how Us Bo5s Just how happenGd n n
of the frm had been sitting hero at his right was
at the left The Inspector has list of all the others
present. Tho door to the right was open, aud Mrs.
Parker and some other ladies in the room
Mrs. Parkere' broke in Kennedy.
.fles Like a good many brokerage firms we have
At that time I rccolect the door open--all the
doors open. 1t was rot secret meeting.
'Mr Bruce had just gone into the ladies depart
meut, think to ask some Of them to stand by the
6rm2he was artist smoothing over tho fears of
customers particularly women. Just before he went
end o a the mo down At ne Of soG
the street which reached around the corner from
of the trust companies ] thought.
''I was making note of an order TO send into the
outside office there the left, and had Just pushed
it, Mr. Parker had just received letter by special
delivery and seemed considerably puzzled over it. No.
| don e know what 1t was about. OF sudden
bim start in his chair rise up unsteadily clap his
like this-and fall here.
''I rushed to pick him up, Everything confu-
boy take all these papers of the table and carry them
into my Office before they get lost in the excitement
I think it was Bruee's voice, The next moment
tainted But I didn't pay much attention. for
calling TO not to get a doctor
the telephone but TO so down to the fifth floor where
has office.
~ made Mr.. Parker as comfortable as could
There wssn Z much could do, He seemed to want
TO say something TO me, but be couldn t talk. He
paralyzed, at least his threat But did
her don't believe the scandal, don t believe It, ,
But before he could say whom to tell he had again
become unconscious and by the tme the doctor arrived
he dead, -
''You didn 4 hear the shot fired from any particular
direction?' asked Kennedy
% No, sir.
''Well where do you think it came from!'i
'fThat's what puzzles me- sir. Tho only thing [
can figure out is that it was fred from the outside
ofice--perbaps by customer who had lost money
aud sought revenge. But no ono out there heard IL