| Show 1 A horrible shooting affa r occurred laet last friday borni sat aa about 4 0 closic in the finn hall at this place which reaul resul team fed in the death of john ea aman and the wounding perhaps fatally of john bac back k man the facts of the ease case are a aj follow follows A party had been in pro grea grias since the night lefore and john backman and his brother herman backman and one or two others who had been drinking some what heavily became abusive charles peterson Pete raon who wag was managing the affair tried to keep order and in dolla so incurred the enmity of the two backman Back mans s wh who 0 continued to use obscene language fin ally john backman came upon the tage stage where peterson wai wab serving the guests with sod sods water and renewed the trouble backman struck peterson oB and the latter started to leave the hall backman pick ed up a beer bottle and hurled it at peter son the missle 11 griuck mies miss anais cran cron lot lof in the fae face breaking her tenth and otherwise injuring her shortly after wards peterson Peter soa returned with a double barrelled barrel led hot shot gun he had seemed from hie his home which is but a short distance away hermau a backman met him upon his return and the two began fighting tor for the possession of the can a while the two were struggling in iii the entrance to the hall both barrels barrel of the gun were discharged and the contents eon oon tents of the two shells which were loaded with no 4 hot shot entered the body of john lastman eastman ibo aho was taking no part in the trouble one of the shots struck struel eastman near the heart and the other pierced hi his abdom abdomen he lie walked to a bench near by sat dowa down and died a few minutes later without making any statement except to cry out that he was shot the backman brothers and Peter Pe terion fion continued the fight in the vestibule of the building and john beekman was af of er shot ia ix the lift hip peterson then turned the ganover gan over to his drother in law 1 I red and went 11 t bis his home to await the th a arrival of the officers he ile was arrested shortly afterwards policeman con J hannifin who hurried to the oene upon hearing the hooting shooting PATERSONS 8 ETORY STORY when son soon at the jail the same day by a of the deporter be he porter peterson Pete raon talked freely of the affair H hd regretted the death of laitman hastman but othera se felt that he had dole what nhat anyone else would h ve done had they been placed lu iu the ame same position he lie said that while he and baakman tre st aggi ng the gun gnu WM was bat but that he d I 1 not have h 3 hand tugs lie did nut not know that has los man had bethi u hot until att he h d been p and agriest I 1 eterson adm t bd ed sl bootin lachman tut k at u bays tl at he was foiled to snoot shoot to u betel d b h in elf el und and I 1 u timed it at the mi tua a lega legs ha rule eus that when he freed hi use f I 1 oui backman tie ue tan out cf of the bui ding firing a couple of shots to attract tha officers to tt 0 e place bail ui i 1 idill pursued him lini aid ald ai d to 1 I poteet h aselt tie filed flied the shot wb wh ch eh biduck the mb man in the h p baarman bA CiMAN IN HOSPITAL buckmann Sack Buck nann a e injury wa was attended by ur dr hensel and he was sent to bait salt lake on the th morning train and demot ej ed to the bt mark a s hospital his condl tion is very critical but at this writing the physicians nope hope to be able to save not only his life but the wounded leg her man backman the injured man is broth er was placed in jail heie easeman eaily braday morn ni judge bums a jura a tor for the i ot holding a coronet 8 inquest ovel otel the dead body ot of johl join ha hastigan wh ft was aas composed ot of D A li ud uy john horkin and john Wirth ilu v sited lie tle li e ll 11 ia inn hall and made an B exam nation of 0 the body an adjournment was then taken until ten 0 clock when the jury in company with a phy cian ciau made another examination of the remains which wh 1 eh were at the east ce ee undertaking estabi establishment ashment another adjournment was taken until the following morning when the was held after listel livoi lug ing to tl e 0 test mony of five witnesses witness ea yao at the hall at the time 0 of the shooting the jury le ie turned the follows follo wm we find that the said john bastman eastman came to his death en cri december Dec embe in the finn hall luieda by tue ins d of 0 two shots from a doub e barrelled barrel led shot guu gui unlawfully lawfully uD brought upon the promises by charles peterson Pete raon during a struggle between hardts pter on son and herman for the poa pos session of the said gun D A LINDSAY JOHN JOHN theovide the evide evidence 33 ce introduced was in line with the facts as given above preliminary 11 BARING SET peterson Pett was arraigned before judge T 0 burns on monday afternoon he H was represented by attorney N A rob ertson wh n the complaint chang ng nig him with murder in the first degree was read ead h he 0 entered a plea of not guilty and th the 9 p preliminary r in inary hearing beating was set for thursday FUNERAL OP OF EASTMAN the fui futeral eral services over the remains of john eastman waie conducted at I 1 0 0 F hall latt last sunday afternoon fhern oon un tin der the auspices of eureka miner union no of wh ch eh organ bation the ua ceased wasa was n member bev bain of the M E church and rev Rud berig of the swedish lutheran Luth tran charch church at salt lake were the speakers speak ets the union waa was exceptionally well represented re preseD led and a large cortege followed the lemkins to the city cemetery where the bur al was conduct ed under the direction dirce tion of undertaker jaines eustice BACKMAN herman backman was released on tuesday no charge having been filed again him by bv the county attorney at torney S ott represented backman the xmas treat for the th I 1 atle folks at the M 14 church was a great su cems sunday school 8 S pt bette was kemem bared the committee aiches to thank the c for their I 1 batal donat donut one ons |
