Show MURDER R AT CAST CASTLE LEDALE DALES lew M link foully assassinated by fred mickel saturday night lewis M link proprietor of the court saloon at C ale lale was foully assassinated by fred mickel at about 12 clock on saturday night irom I 1 rom the evidence a induced before the coroner coroners a i jury w theocia conclusion to be drawn la that the murder was wholly unprovoked on the part of the victim and the deed was the nanton and inhuman ct of a blak hearted fiend imbued with the de sire to murder and caring little who fell at the blow of his murderous hind hand ahe crime will live in the minds of the coun ti e present inhabitants as the foulest and darkest spot on its criminal records not an atom of provocation aa was given by b mr link to invite the death stab of his assassin rhe quarrel that preceded the assassination was not participated in by the murderer and the assault made up on the v ichim cime came from a quarter n N hoi hol ly unexpected it iny any wis was expected and consequently vis ivas most dastard ana anu cowardly mr link kne v that the man vv with ith whom he was quarreling was of bad reputation but he heroically contended for bia his own personal d anity and for tha the orderly reputation 0 of his premises he had never exchanged an ango angry word with the man who dealt him the fatal stab and consequently had no reison reason to fear him or expect a cruel blow from him it U the time he received the mortal wound N he was hasful ful y four feet from where his revolver was vms usually kept those who witnessed the affair between pete mickel and mr link treated it as one of ten hect aring in such business places when a p tron aron is under the influence of liquor and is nat natura lh of a quarrelsome disposition they did not anticipate a fight of any character the tow tov n mar stood nearby near by to pren present aut just that thing at a moment i hen the exchange of words seemed at an end and the pir par ties concerned w ere vere about to drink at the solicitation of a mutual friend like a flash of lightning from a clar cl ar sky came the foul blow that robbed mr link of his its life I 1 rom the best accounts of the fracas and the incidents leading up to it it is shown that the mickeli and others went into tho the court saloon at about 11 c clock saturday night somewhat the worse vorse for liquor t that time the proprietor and H P ottosen were p placing laying a game of cards at one of the tables H B lorda lords of ferron perron v ft as play aa ing a violin and ana coun ty clertha clerk bd fox was attending to the trade the came in and treated the house and insisted on taking a hand in the game of cards with v ith link and ot and were allo ved to do s pla play ing tor for the drinks by the time or three hands had been dealt the insisted that the game be for money mone ot objected and the acted ug ly link told them that they must not create a ro v in his place and asked them it if they had come there looking for ie le pete replied no I 1 guess not link again insisted that he didn dian t want them or anyone else to at tempt to run his place with N ith that ot and liok link left the tible table link go ing outside to where marsh marshal il cord was and telling him that he bad had better conae conto in and assist in to preserving peace this the marshal did and link went back of the bar to serve drinks while link was outride fred mickel scattered the cards and chips that were on the tible table all over the floor while at the bar the conversation testified to at the coroners s ury jury by a number of witnesses occurred link and the mickel bolstad known each other for only i i snort time and there had never been any but friendly words passed between them up to saturday night fhe murdered man had no reason to suspect that they were after him and consequently while smarting under the abuse of pete mickel to whom all his conversation was directed he nor no one else au paid any attention to 1 red who appear appeared td to take no interest in the drunken bravi bra vl of his brother link was quick and a man of lion non nerve and had he suspected a foul blow from fred the probability ie is that that blo v would never have reached the spot that it did As it wis was the blo v vas intended to kill the weapon used was a ne tie v pocket knife vv with ith a d thin sharp alade about 3 inches in length The murderer buried it in link s breast to the handle cutting one of the main arteries and r araral artily zing one of the vital nerves fhe fourth rib was as cut in two tha the man probable probably died in less than a minute after receiving the stab his mind was aas upon his guu from the moment he vas hit with the glass and he reached it after he was stabbed bringing it to the edge of the bar and then tottering backyards backa ards to his death fall hid had he been able to con arol his actions for ten seconds only onh af berhe ter he was as stabbed there would in all probability have been two others gone down to death with him no two wit nesses can hardly tell the same story of the killing it was done so quickly and came so unexpectedly no one saw fred take the knife from his pocket nor open the blado marshal acord was ivas a few feet of ae red and plying paying attention to 1 etc in case he im physical phi abuse and also 1 waiting for the minute hand ot of the clock to reich re ich the hour ot of mi inight when he could tell liuk link to close and thus end the quarrel chatas that nas any thing bu buc c pleasant ale beant to link and hard tor for him to en ell lure it was as fortunate that M marshal irshal acor acarl I 1 nas ft as present for in seizing the murderer at the moment ot of the assault he was N as div en ell no tine ti M to escape or neither waa was pete know knowing oving ing the robbers roost coun try as nell elf as they did it would haie have been easy for or thein them to have seize I 1 and mounted horses here and in the darkness of the night made good their escape and probably retained their liberty dr pearson was wag summoned immedi atela but beyond examining the wound his services were of no a avail all justice anderson was as al 1 0 immediate ly called in and placed the body in charge of hector evans he summoned a coroner coroners s jury and took the testimony of a number of witnesses early sunday morning when an adjournment was tak en until 9 clock at that hour county attorney truman was present and as 89 s sted in questioning them the w witnesses it nesses the jury was composed of prof george cluff S H larsen and lewis C larsen the jury returned the folio follo ing verdict or OF castle dale precinct finery count an inquest having been held at cae cas tisdale in Cast ledale precinct emery county on the day of august 1901 before C P andersen dersen justice of the peace in Cast ledale precinct in said count county upon the body of lew al link there lying dead by the jurors whose names are pereto hereto subscribed the said jurors upon their oaths do say that upon the night of august kugust 17 1901 lew M link came to his death by a knife woun I 1 in the right breast feloniously inflicted with a pocketknife pocket knite in the right hand of fred mickel in testimony thereof the said juror jurors h hereunto hereunto set their hands this day and year ear aforesaid GEORGE CLUFF SAM H LARSEN lewis C LASSES LARSEN the mickel brothers are residents of spring city sanpete county but have spent much of their time in emery county counti in the sheep business pete is married and fred a single man fred enjoyed a fair reputation while pete was convicted of horse steal ing at the spring term of court ind and sen sell fenced to three years in the state peni pent arv the case was wag appealed and pending further action he was out on a bail bond of on sunday some of the bondsmen withdrew from pete s bond and remanded him to the custody of the sheriff sheriff tattle tuttle accompanied by special deputy sheriff carl wilberg took fred and pete to the pen on oil tues day the former tor for safe keeping he feared there at be some interference frota from a former bad click in this county count kyo voudger unger brother james mickel loan is an outlaw having been connected with the kinlic killing of sheriff burns of sanpete coun tj ty about six years ago fred mickel trie tries to escape on their dav tc te sit salt L ike lite k red mick 1 el tried to escape bout the time the train was nas slowing up tor for colton fred asked to be permitted to go to the closet 1 iho privilege vias ft as allowed him and le ivina deputy sheriff wilberg to look alter after pete sheriff tuttle ant went out on ithe the car platform to see that fred dl dian didn n t effect chiq bi escape through the los et window sheriff tut tie tle reached the platform and looked around the end ot of the car to toward ard the ii windol indo v than he sa saw one of fred a legs and part of his body already through the window pulling hia his gun and pointing it at the prisoner the sheriff said get in there or blow j our head off the prisoner got back and came out of th the e door looking as white Nhit easa as a sheet etwas it was then dark and it fred had made the jump although handcuffed he might have succeeded in getting awa aaa ibe rho and prisoners arrived in bait salt lake after midnight and the prisoners ivere lodged in tho the county jail for the night next morning they were turned over to warden dow dowat at the state penitent biarl laid to rest the funeral of mr link occurred on tuesday afternoon itter after several post services mervn es ft nera era held in the meeting house ex e president orange see ice iv presiding As president of the town board of trustees mr seely exi expressed the regret of ei every cry citizen of the town thac thal so foul a murder had been commit ted in our midst prater prayer wis was offered by b john peterson voitto voicing the general sor ro v of the community A quartet composed of judge woods dr pearson hector evans and hyrum larson larsen sing sang nearer my god to thee and calling Us anav A dav an appropriate passage of S rapture was read by prof george cluff 0 J andersen spoke feelingly of the tragedy and related a certain con ver bation nv with ith the deceased bearing upon the subject of death the remains v ere then viewed by a large number present A number of floral coffern gs adorned the casket quite a number followed follo aed ed there maini to their thir lait renting I 1 we the services were simple prof cluff dedicating the grave sketch of the murdered man maii lewie lewis M link was born in st louis count county mo me OB on june 5 and when still i a boy moved with his parents to lincoln count county mo ale he was e dedicated edica d ted at a catholic college in st louis al thou though ii neither he nor his parents were members of that church when the re bellion b oke out link was 16 years of afo ape ani an I 1 with his father espowe esp ouel I 1 the confederate cause and serve lin 1 in th con federate irmy army he af aitt tr t r yards became a telegraph tele griph operator and followed thatah tint iv location for several ears before lead ville was discover ud link went to cobol ado td t d tried ian i inching ching in south park near lima tilma that was in the early later he ran a hotel there and then en ell into the saloon business at A I 1 na the to Y n as tt en ell noted for its bad men and one tough character particularly had terrorized the people and bulldozed all of the to jovn marshals until no one felt safe link si as known as a courageous man and a stranger to fear ear and it was at th s time tim 0 that he was urgently solicited to accept the scarcely Scirce ly ha 1 he donned his star when the terror of the place killed a man link started to arleza the murderer and every one thought he wis walking 0 into an open pave glave but he got his man and did the act aitho it firing a gun link had walked with a heavy black thorn cane for some years and it was with this stick that he downed the bully he landed him in jail and an hour itter wards the enraged citizens bung hung the tho prisoner link was presented preben ted by the tow a people with handsome silver mounted revolver on which was engrav ed a record of the ab ive ve act he ile died with nith this gun in his hand together w with ith his father mother and brother wil ham he came to helper utah about 3 veirs ears ago for his father a health open ing up a saloon there ahe father died a few weeks liter later and link opened up a saloon in salt lake city on the corner of 0 second south and state streets street 9 it w wis 15 at this saloon that wm win maddick link s bartender shot t vo negro degro soldiers eis from fort douglas one of ahlm in had threatened to make a rough house link sold this place and located in ka kays ys ville and came to Cist Cast ledale three months ago he leaves lea es a wife one son soil living in old mexico and a daughter living in colorado springs besides a mother three brothers and t vo sisters all living in colorado his brother alsus l is the county as geisor of park county colo william willis link another brother who formerly ran a restaurant at helper but now a saloon min man at fairplay colo has toned to ast ledale as soon as he ap of his bi other s death and arrived hero here in time to attend the funeral it was intended to ship the body to fair play but 0 ing to some delay in reach ing the family tamil by wire ire it was found im tin possible to carry out that intention wm win link is an ei ox treasurer of park cou county 13 ty chloi fred pleads not guilty on monday afternoon fred mickel was as arraigned and plead not guilty to the complaint charging him with wilful murder his attorney A D D ackson 1 l consent of the count attorney waived preliminary egami lation and mickel was held bv justice andersen to the district court without bail it the Olic kels felt any sorro v for the deed committed they tailed failed to man test fest it by any nord look or act while here mr tt ilberg ho however Never sas they relaxed a little vi while hile on the road to the pen and tred 1 red admitted that things looked tough tor for him coroners inquest marshal S V feord was the first nit it wens wass called and testified V 11 ae as present at tie time ot of shooting which nt was as clone close to midnight link otiose and wad the viere g cards at a table son e dispute occurred tt it e parties quit the table and i ent over to th bar link going on the ins de guarr isomo isome words ft ere exchange I 1 between link and pete mickel pete slurring ly calle I 1 link a in low do down n so cherner a m arm edcha go goof of words ai at d vilt epithets follon ed pete then half apologized ma saving ing perhaps IN I 1 e been a little too fast link extend extended cd his hand saeng let a shake and be friel ds d pete refused to shake follows g tl e declination with a anoil er or exclia ige of ancon plin e barj tar expressions folio follo ved then matters calmed and it ltd f emed as if it e trouble ha I 1 died it N was as nv within a few n I 1 11 i utes of P 1 0 clock cloel and I 1 N as waith g to div gl e the word to cloeo close the saloon pete N as 8 standing landing 0 i the outside of the bar so no 7 or aft afro i the end from the fro t door while link stood inside the bar ba r appos ito tie pete fred mickel 1 as stai dl dt g at it the r ar end of the I 1 ar I 1 a stand standing lnE some 5 ora fret feet back of fie fiel 1 just at the tima time tl 11 t C quarrel seen ed to I 1 ave qu eted do ai at d glasses were set on the bar r od ed picked up a I 1 av beer gla s and hurled it a at t link I 1 Is left I 1 and h then sprang to va d behind the bar a d struck LI ik onti brigl t breast m with ith his light I 1 land and link made a step or t vo forward to the place i I 1 ere I 1 e usually kept his gu i 1 1 I jumped a d caugh ir 6 fred a id threw him on his bac t c heard a knife nap gnap i i 1 I 1 Is right band hand as I 1 e struck the 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