Show I THE ASSASSINS KNIFE The Murder of Carvis by Forrest at Silyer Reef 1 Forrest Lvnohad SILVER REEF UTAH October 3 1880 Editors Herald Today has been a day of great ex excitement throughout this camp But yestermorning I was speaking to I friend of the great good order peace and quiet that prevailed here Immediately after a man was arrested ar-rested for drunkenness and resisting tbe officer with weapons He was fined and is sobered Yesterday Mr Garvis who is super intendent a the California mine discharged dis-charged a man named Tom Forrest This morning as Mr Carvia was passing pas-sing towards hid business at the mine and near the Buckeye Boarding House he found this discharged man silting near the road who told or asked him t stop as he wished to talk with him Mr 0 said he had no spare tune and must hasten on At this the man jumped up and sprung after him with a huge sheath knife which he held in his hand and plunged it into his side He then wiped tbe knife placed it in its sheath and started to walk away This was wltnesec by several a a little distance dis-tance and aa it happened the conata I ble was near and attempted to arrest the murderer but as the assassin drew a pistol tne officer wisely abandoned I aban-doned the idea and ran for help Meantime several hattsned to take up the wounded man and on a litter conveyed con-veyed him home to his fmily near j the Catholic Church Two physicians I were called to dreas the wound but 1 lounu nine nope lor Hie and at sunset sun-set he calmly breathed his last amid the agonizing Borrows of his wife and children and many friends and he had many There is no man or family fam-ily in this camp that has stood higher in the estimation of all than baa Mr I Carvis and his stricken family When the officer returned with a posse to arrest the assassin he had fled but some Indiana had watched him and followed him to tbe entrance en-trance of a tunnel in which he had entered A hundred men soon surrounded sur-rounded the place and in about an hour he was brought out and by the crowd conducted to Judge Parkins office for examination While some discussion was progressing the oldest son of Mr Carrie about 18 years old rushed in with 1 loaded pistol and essayed to shoot the prisoner saying You have killed my father and I will kill you Bherifl Hoge interfered inter-fered and stopped tho action The prisoner was ordered to jail where be Bill lies strongly guarded with fair prospects that he may be called upon tonight by vigilantes and pay bia debt The excitement is intense and all miners in the Stormont Mine are dismissed till alter the funeral and still under pay October 4th The nams of the assassin is Tom Forreat an Irishman It is said he refuses to eat and wishes t be killed at once He was eating his supper when told that his victim wa < dead He arose und paced the room and would eat no more This morning he will be examined before Judge Parker Tbo murdered mans remains will remans be buried today receiving the most honorable and affectionate consideration considera-tion and the cortege will be tbe largest ever known here J 1 A special containing the following was received heroon Wednesday About 2 oclock this morning a largo party of masked mea with horses cane to the county jai and demanded tbeikcys of Sheriff Hardy who was there with a guard Hardy refused to give them up They then hold him took the keys and went t the cell Tbomas Forrest put a rope around Forrests neck and took him about a quarter of a mile from the courthouse court-house and hung him on J hade tree and quietly 11ft leaving the body swinging Forrest killed Mr Uarvia at Silver Reef 1lOorret 3 inst |