Show fOR THREE DOllARS THUGS Kill MAN IN COlD BlOOD John J hn C Barnett Strangled and Beaten to Death in American House by Party P of S Hoboes V Suspect With Bloodstained Shoe and Hat Is Held and Country Is Being Scoured for the Murderers For the sake of 3 John ohn C Barnett I aged 30 cars and a resident of Salt Lake for the past ten years ears was mur murdered murdered murdered dered some time between midnight and 1 Thursday morning The mur murder murder murder der was committed in the American Ame can House on Commercial street and was discovered about 1230 yesterday afternoon It is supposed to have been committed by a gang of hoboes three at least participating in the ac actual actual actual murder One of the gang Hugh Myers lyens is in now confined in the city jail under strong suspicion and the entire police depart department department ment is scouring the city for the others perfect descriptions of whom were ob obtained obtained tamed The police of surrounding cities were also notified yesterday and are on the watch for two men especially one known among his pals as Boston Joe and the other by the name of Mann The lifeless body of Barnett was found on the tho floor in room 42 of the American House yesterday ye about 1230 by a chambermaid whose screams of fear tear and terror brought to her side C W V Beck day clerk of the rooming house Beck promptly noti notified notified fied fled the police who took charge of the body until the arrival of the coroner Stanley A Hanks That Barnett was slain for tor the few dollars he had in his possession seems sterns to be proved and that ho he was slain by br tramps tromps who arrived In the city just Jutt a afew afew afew few hours earlier seems to be equally well established I Barnett appeared appear d at Ui the saloon shortly before 11 Wed Wad Wednesday W ne day night and became engaged with V Bombino in n a friendly chat Later the two began shaking dice the stakE stains being the drinks for the two Both were losers several times timea and when Barnett on one occasion occa Ion Joet bet he threw t Nw a as JB s fi gold piece on the bar br receiving kte W k change something like hike Jt at this time while he was picking up the tM change two men now identified M as Boston Joe and Mann entered ent entac and aNI forced themselves into the company Barnett accepted their tHIr acquaintance and during dUling the bantering g talk that followed bought several drinks It was then suggested su by one oo 1 of the men that all aU three go up to their t room upstairs No 42 of the American Amed n House where they could sit BIt and talk and Barnett accepted willingly ly show showing showIng ing his hIB good by buying baying three tb bottles of beer to take to the room Toot That was the last seen of Barnett Bar ett until he was found lying 1 1 dead When WIMa he left the saloon with the two men lIMIt to togo toP go P 0 to the room he had possibly about 3 on his hili person When found dead d UM Ute pockets packets of ot his coat and were wt turned inside out and aDd only a DIckel was found in his vest pocket Marred Beyond Recognition Judging from appearances Barneit had been struck by some ome weighty in Is instrument strument and also strangled Ills His body hody lay in a heap h ap on the he floor with the i iback back of the door and the face so mu Continued on Page 2 I I I s e I I I bP bPS 5 5 S S 5 S tS 5 9 I IS 3 S 5 S r 5 iT S S e eS S 4 S 7 S 7 S SS 5 x 5 S 5 3 5 5 S k 5 5 iz S 7 47 5 tJ j S 5 5 5 ss 5 S 5 y 7 5 Z 7 7 S f sl h e 5 4 t l 1 t 5 r S 7 5 l 4 S 5 5 5 5 55 5 L 5 f I Iy y JOHN C BARNETT Paper hanger murdered by thugs in the American House for the purpose of robbery FOR THREE DOLLARS THUGS KILL MAN MANIN IN COLD BLOOD Continued from Page 1 that recognition was nearly im lilt impossible impossible possible Close by b him were the culTs cuff and shirt hirt sleeves of one of ot his assail assailants as assailants a ants all ali al bloodstained and giving the mute evidence that the murderers murderer had been coolly coly deliberate in t lr work since one of them had bad taken time to tear tear off of his bloodstained shirt sleeves after the crime had been committed About 4 yesterday afternoon Hugh HuSh Myers ers was arrested on suspicion Myers who is a cripple with wih but his right leg for use told a story stor seeming seemingly ly straight but contradicted by the l blood stains on his shoe crutch and also his bloodstained hat Myers however gave the clue clu to the themen themen men who were implicated in the mur murder murdel murder der del According to the story lie le told at headquarters after his arrest arest he had been In Park City I Wednesday morn morning mor ing lug coming to Salt Lake In the after afternoon afternoon noon He Il said There was a a bunch of seven hoboes I was among them in Park City and trying tring to get out of or there Wednesday I had enough money mone to pay my fare farr farrand and bought a ticket I 1 noticed that on one of the fellows I dont know his name nam got on the trucks but I dont know kno whether the others other made it I or not When I got into Salt Sal Lake I rented a ahall ahal hall hail hal cot t in the American Amerian House Hous and went ent into room rom 42 to read a a magazine About 8 Wednesday night the fellow I had seen getting on the trucks came into the thc room and I found out nut that he and amI two other fellows had rent rented rented rented ed it I for the night I 1 was pretty sleepy sleep and got up tip right away and went to my myown m mown myown own bed be In the hall hail bal I went wen to sleep 81 pretty quick and all al I 1 know about the thing I never neer saw the mur murdered murdered dered man Myers however did not explain just why he ho had chosen room 42 to go into to read nor did he hc attempt to explain the matter of the bloodstained shoe sh crutch and hat bat One of the strongest pieces of evidence against Myers Myer is the hat itself the story stor of which comes cr from the saloon Exchanges Bloody Hat About 1 in Ih the morning about abut an hour after Barnett Barnet and his companions went upstairs to the room rom one of ot the te men came back bark into the saloon and throwing his hat ht on the bar with wih a Jocular remark that he like to wear a hat asked aske Mr I Bombino if IC he borrow boroW the tat lat tatters hatters cap for a while Bombino said Mid sure ure and handed over oer the c cp cap p throwing the hat back of ot the bar br That Tt man has not been seen since and it developed yesterday that the tho hat which showed blood stains really realy belonged to Myers Merl V Bombino proprietor of the tile saloon salon said sid that on Wednesday night night the th two men who had bad later loft left lef with wih Barnett were in the saloon most of the tho evening and gave ga a good description of oC thorn them One was a man of stocky build buil sandy sd hair with wih a several days day growth of beard wore a it n black slouch hat with clothes ragged The other ther was taller measuring probably 5 feet 18 IU or 11 1 inches black hair and wearing a cap The Tho first was an Englishman Mr Bombino told of how when he and Bar Barnett Br Barnett nett were talking and shaking dice dic the two strangers approached and joined jine In Inthe Inthe inthe the conversation and later the three thre men left for the room at the Invitation of f tho the short stocky man manThe manThe manThe The strangest feature of the murder is that it could have been committed without some one hearing it I at the time The Tho rooms adjoining the death eth chamber were occupied and there were a num number nm ber of men still sti awake in the near nor vicin vicinity vicinity ity iy of the room The night clerk and those nearest the room in which the th murder was committed assert asser that they heard no struggle or outcry but had ha heard the sounds of laughter and pleas pleasantry pleasantry antry coming from that room rom The Trie sup supposition supposition position is that Barnett Baret was either sud mid suddenly denly d sprung sprang upon and choked into si silence silence silence lence before being beaten or that he was silenced with wih the first blow from a beer bottle botte Although Barnett Barnet secured seure three bottles bottes of or beer before going goin to the tho room but one bottle botte was wa found in inthe Inthe Inthe the chamber Murder Was Deliberate The Thc room had been rented by three men these being provided for in a dou double double double ble bed and a cot While the room rom was wa probably not secured with wih the tb thought of committing crime yet its It condition and the position of ot the body b showed that the murder had been de deliberate deliberate liberate After striking down the helpless vie vic victim Ie tim tm the murderers had first frt gone through his lila clothing then turning turing the th body bod to one side so that they might open the door then threw a quilt quit over the form fort The blows upon the th skull and hands indicated that some sm of them had been made with wih a bottle botte that tt probably broke its jagged jagge edges edge Inflict Inflicting ing lag gashes on the skull and hands at aa atthe a athe the latter later were drawn up in protection but if such were the case caes rs the th frag fragments fl ments of the bottle botte had been ben carefully removed remove Barnett Baret was by trade a painter pinter and paperhanger and of late had been ben em employed employed by b AI Al Collins On Wednesday at the close of the days das work ork he se secured s secured cured from front Collins and this was wu the money he had been spending and for which he was killed kl Barnett Baret ived with his father fathe and mother at 1209 West Wet Third South street and is survived by two little daughters daughters now noW orphans aged 3 S and 6 G years ear Parents Are Arc Stunned The most tragic feature of the death deth of Barnett Baret occurred yesterday after afternoon afternoon afternoon noon when five hours hour after the finding of the body a 0 Herald Herld reporter gave th th the first intimation to the aged age father and mother of the fate that had befallen their son With Wih intuitive sense the now grief stricken mother seemed to divine the reporters errand ernd although two broth brothers ers era of the decedent and neighbors had hesitated to break brek the news When Mrs Barnett Barriett Darnett was asked aske if she he were the mother of John Joll Barnett Barnet her answer was wan wal the cry cr What has Jias JUIS happened to Jack Jacl Almost brutally tho the reporter had to break brak the news that thai twitched and strained every ever heart hert cord cor In tn the t e motherly woman oman Jack Jack Jackh my boy bo b Jack sho she walled wale youl never nover come back to me pie m again Pleading hysterically hy that ta she shebe shebe be allowed aU owed to go to the side aide of other her dead d ad d boy she he required the teco constant stant at l tion of the father father Who ho himself hImsel require r d dal all al the mans m ns courage to bear br b r the ti blow b W that had ha fallen falen so Q o suddenly With Wih her h r head buried in her hands 11 J and an shaking in the convulsion of grief grif grift th t the mother mtr called cne for tor her boy by to t come comeback c co e eback back to her hr and an in these t cries c r what may be considered coin my b Wednesday morning when wh BaJ t thome home to go g to his h work he as usual said sid goodbye gbye to his hi mother but also als remarked M llo Mother th T Ive Ive got a funny tunny feeling I think there is something go going goIng ing lag to happen happ With the same sm lne pre presentiment presentiment sentiment the th mother moter passed ps a sleep aleer sleepless less night Wednesday kept awake with wit wita witha a vague vage feeling of some accident to her herboy herboy herboy boy which Increased Iner s as lS the hours hur passed ps and an he failed to t return home hom Several times during durn the night she awakened awane her husband In her dread sense sese of unrest but when day broke both bot comforted each ech other with Ith the thought that tt their ter Jack Jack had ha spent s nt the night with friends r wt j Two Little Orphans l S Barnett Baret was ws a widower hi his wife hay hav having ha Ins ing d d two years Tes ago ago The two little girls Bertha B rth and an Nellie Nele with ther fa father thee ther have resided with the have ree wih grandparents o ts since Four Fur brothers and two sis sister lis ter tor also survive the decedent t Acting Coroner Corner Hanks deemed an in inquest quest q e t desirable and a jury jur was a Impaneled Impanel et el d yesterday y afternoon After fter view viewIng vew 1 Ing pg the remains an adjournment of the inquest vas a as made toda oda at 10 in order ore to t secure witnesses C f |