Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1909-11-21 | Page 41 | Battle to Death after the Show

IBA TO DEATH AFTER mm THE SHOW I I Mexican With Pocketknife I Kills Foe Armed With Witha a Razor QUARREL ABOUT WOMAN I I DUEL INSPIRED BY GLIMPSE OF GIRL AT EXHIBITION A fight to the death between two Mexicans members of ofa a railroad sec section section section tion gang gang stirred up the little town of ot Erda near Tooele on the Salt Lake Route loa to a considerable c extent Satur Saturday Saturday day da The killing furnished the topic of ot conversation among passengers coming into this city yesterday afternoon some of them having seen the slayer while the train was at Erda yesterday Gil was the victim of at the tragedy and C also known as s the slayer was in the county Jail at Tooele last night having been taken to that place by a section fore foreman foreman foreman man and turned over to Sheriff M M Bush of that county Sheriff Bush said last night that a charge of at manslaughter would be filed although there were reports that the killing was in The Tle men are said to have fought over a woman and was armed with a razor had a pocket knife in his pos possession possession possession session and this was the weapon which caused the death of at Megill But one blow was struck by but this was fatal the knife penetrating the heart was wounded during the fight I and some of at the persons arriving In the tho city yesterday said that his hands were nearly severed It was reported by I Sheriff Buh Bush last night however that the injuries to were not serious According to one story at the scene of at atthe the killing the men had attended a Mexican show In the neighborhood and had quarrelled over a woman whom they had met Words led to blows and then the fight to the death began Be Before Before fore anyone could interfere the fatal tatal blow had been struck The killing took place about 7 Saturday morning and was taken to Tooele later in the morning Little is known at Tooele about the two men It was said last night that the body of might be turned over to the university