Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1910-01-21 | Page 12 | Austrian with an Ax Menaces Mrs. Ranish

AUSTRIAN WITH AN AX MENACES MRS Wife of Murray Murrar Saloon Keeper Has Terrifying Encounter With Intoxicated Men Nen Two Austrians who came down from Bingham yesterday esterday morning and passed most of the day at the saloon ot of Pete Banish in Murray ran amuck last night at about 10 and one ot of them threatened to kill Mrs Irs Banish with i ian an ax in the saloon ot of h her r husband According to Deputy United States Mar Marshal Marshai I shai Whittle who arrested one ot of the AustrIans after n a hard fight one ot of the two found the ax in the saloon and at attempted tempted to strike Mrs tIrs Banish in the head telling her that he wante money and aU all the whisky he could drink Ran ish was in Salt Lake and Mrs Banish was assIsting the bartender She Sho slipped and fell feli behind bar and the Austrian ran out and down the street for some sometime sometime time threatening everyone he met with the ax While Deputy Marshal Whittle was arresting the man with the aX ax his companion escaped and is still at large The captured Austrian was Vas too drunk to give his name and he was left in the jail aU all night to sober up before answer answering lug ing to the charge of attempted man manslaughter manslaughter slaughter