Show 4 H I I William Nelson I i Killed on Duty I a F i 4 I Ii i td I 1 S1 TW ARRESTS FOR MIDVAlE MURDER RESUlT OF CHASE Deputy Sheriffs and Marshal Land Men Suspected of Crime I nO 1 early daybreak until sunset F I I yesterday Y an uninterrupted search I of of time the flats Il about out lId Midvale extending PS as far we west ves t as Garfield processed d' d for tor the tilo four toUl foreigners who shot to ei u death Nelson youthful Christmas Christ Christ- I mas guard while he was endeavoring endea to preserve O the time peace of ot Mid ale vale during dur dur- ing his first round as a 0 night patrol- patrol in nab mah ah D By deft doft tracking in snow which commenced falling a few Cew hours to rs before the murder Marshal R. R E E. Stokes Deputy Dep uty Marshal George corge and Deput Deputy Deputy Dep Dep- ut uty Sheriff Ira Beckstead arrested two two C foreigners Just tue as a the gray gr y of oL Q the tho morning mornin was wU wai commencing t to spread over 1 It Itis fis I declared i by larest y rr Mt ing ng that their tracks led from the time scene scans nC of t the Ilie e murder murder and though lf neither of or them may muy have fired eil tho the total Cotal shot efforts will be made to prosecute them for tor complicity One of or the suspects Is Jim Jima Murphy brother halt of at Pete Murphy baker With snow still on his hiis shoes and hud huddled led under a u. blanket pretending tobe tobe to tobo be bo asleep Jim Jim Murphy was arrested In a hovel ol In tho the rear real of oC tho bakery near to which Nelson was shot down Tho The other suspect who says sas he Is a known as Gust was arrested by the same samo officers Inthe In the southwestern part of ot Midvale He HeIB HeIs Heis Is IB said to havo have b been en attempting to hide In the thc fireplace of or another bakery baker formerly operated b by foreigners now partially in ruins niter Under lender Hidden J under a pillow of tho the cot ot n a which Murphy Is said to have hivo at attempted attempted at at- tempted to sleep was found Cound a 28 lIber automatic revolver re I The Thc birrel ac according 10 cor cording to lo officers gave ga every ery Indication Indication Indi Indi- cation of or having been boon recently dis dis- char charged ed was armed with witha a 0 hen heavy caliber re revolver 01 C 1 scarcely had hami the tIme prisoners rs been en locked up In Inthe the thc alc city Jail than thc they In Indulged Indulged In- In In th time the characteristic habit of if t shrugging their shoulders and pro pre tending not to understand questions asked el of them When hen the tho sun Bun had risen over O the tho snow ere snow covered flats tracks of oC ud additional addi addi- l- l sl significance attracted time the attention attention atten atten- tion tiomi of or Sheriff Joseph C C. Sharp amid ami posses under tinder the guidance of ot Marshal Stokes and other peace orrl officers officer r but butI I soon oon tho they were blotted out In their efforts to follow them Marshal Stokes and ind Caspari his deputy both hoth mot Continued on Page lage 7 i Column 5 5 TWO ARRESTS FOR MIDVALE ALE MURDER RESULT OF CHASE Deputy Sheriffs and Marshal Land Men Suspected of Crime Crimel Continued from Page Pas cOne One with slight accidents In which their knees were wrenched During the c early afternoon Sheriff Sheri Sharp and amid Marshal larsha Stokes es dashed to Garfield where a deputy arrested two foreigners who left time the carl early morning train at nt that station In Iti they answer answered d the tho description of or toor two t of or those Implicated in the time murder The They taken to tho time lId ale el city prison where Caspari Call failed to It Identify them Later loiter they timey proved pro an nn and amid were vere released rd They registered in the time Midvale ell city Jail under the tile names at of Charles Ganos an and Gus LJ Lekos os Midvale In Mourning lItre larel has lias haslI Midvale lI lo felt l keener the time loss of or one ope of or its youthful sons somma than In Inthe Inthe inthe the tr tragic l lc death th of oC Nelson After Af- Af Attel Af At- tom tel being employed at nt tho the ale Midvale smelters as a carpenters carpenter's helper and antl helper h ho 3 decided about bout one week arlo to become a u. policeman Because of or his faultless deportment and end his hla well known finally family his application at once was accepted and ami he lie wa was sent Cent out on his first round of at duty Christmas Christ Christ- mos inns eve v HS HII assistant of oC Caspar Caspari the tIme thel l' l regular Jular night marshal Wa V th tIme the were vero attracted by frequent discharge of oC an automatic pistol seeming seem seem- In lag ing- to come from a group of ot foreigners near nour time the bakery said t al Caspari last night Ue ve e called to tI them m to stop Atop shooting Tho They became defiant and wo 0 were welo about to arrest t them when Bill hilly Billy was shot through the time head and antI fell tell to tho time frozen ground without uttering a n wor word yord Shots were flying about me ama whan I r bent over O to see how ba badly lr I h he his lurid hill been heln hurt Previously I had hall tried In my amy own revolver but for COl some son I reason I could not make It work and throwing the time weapon awa away I took theone tho the one Nelson had hat anil anul started In pursuit of ot one of oC tho time foreigners who 1 I think shot Nelson d on and who was nas running running- up upI the north roid others circled I lL l Mod Meets Citizens As sIH rl was Wt dashing down the time therond rand rond he lie ran against D D. John Boon noen cashier cash cash- ier of or the thc Jordan State bank and Frank who leaped out of ot their homes Jomes armed to give 0 assistance assistance- The Ihme night marshal threw up UI lila his revolver re nail ona It as several minutes before forc they could satisfy ty themselves s as regards reS' Identity Th They rimey Induced the time nl night ht marshal to re return rc- rc turn to where Nelson llon tad had fallen tallon Tho murder took placa 1150 directly op 0 opposite rip rip- the tho homo of or Charles Hobbs hs former fur for mel mer marshal of or Un lie had ro ro- tired when volleys of shots rang out I Tho lizo CI cry from room time the guards caused hint him to J. J leap p out of or bed 1101 In Iii his ni night ht cloths clothes s. s Armed with a shot shotgun un ho lie sprang to tho the side of the hotI body of Nelson I 1 think hw was ns ju Just t breathing his last I his Imis head liend Mid ald Id b An n eye ero opened rind and closed I seemed med to hear hoar a It monn moan Then rhen I think It was all off ocr with tho boy Oy Dr Ir A. A J. J J arrived on the tIme scene and when he lie hall had examined tho time wound an and pronounced pro pro- It situ tl thi body hotly was taken to tho time undertaker taker I l can cnn well sympathize with Caspar His Ills gun ln wol work k when ho he got rot Into a 0 fix lie He threw his own t away and took that of his fallen roUen comrade showIng show show- howIng Ing lug good presence of oC mind I picked up lip the gun ho hmm throw In the middle of ot the street rind r when I 1 returned it to him him he lie chewed his lips bitterly nn amid said eald never again would h he have o on any timing thing to do with a n gun Jun that had gone grono back on him Physicians Physician's Opinion Dr who is a II nephew of or the time Salt Lake sur surgeon eon of th the thc same samo name said Hald a that the tho wound which caused time the death of or Nelson doubtless was inflicted by a 38 caliber steel jacketed jacketed Jacketed Jack jack- eted bullet probably fired tired from an au au- au He Ite says BRYS there were no powder pow pow- del der marks about the wound whore the bullet entered the head indicating that tho the shot eliot was not riot tired fired at close range Mrs Anna Nelson wl widowed owed mother of ot the time bo boy whom It was difficult to comfort commented yesterday that holidays hol imol- Idas had been heen unlucky for the tho family fam tarn II ily explaining that her hel husband Andrew Andrew An An- n dr drew w Nelson died suddenly enly on New Years Year's day three years ears n ago o 1 Mrs Nalson Nelson Nel Nal- cJ- cJ son conducts a a. boarding house in Mid Mid- vale Beside Beshle his mother William Nelson Nelson Nel Nel- son Is 11 survived sur h by three sisters sisters Mrs B Bert rt Murray I of ot Midvale and Vera Yern and Mable MatIe Nelson Nelson was Wa horn In San Sandy August 10 nl He lie had worked either as s a i carpenter helper or boilermaker apprentice up ap prentice since ho lie was 1 13 years ears old ohl |