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Show JIM JAMS. "Takfl (hat, You Handsome Son of a Bitch." Jerome B. Stillson, the Now York Herald's "Commissioner." "Com-missioner." Attacked In a Horn. A Base Attempt to Keep up the Sensation, The Low Resort of a Oruuken Correspondent to Arouse Popular Feeling. Seusnllon mxl Noflilug More. A Job lor K Tailor, and Noro Nourj lor Whisky Sellers. une oi me most despicable and damnable plots ever conceived to arouse the feeling of the country against the people of Utah, was sprung yesterday. Late in the afternoon after-noon it was rumored about town that an attempt had been made to assassinate assassi-nate Jerome B. Stillson, the correspondent corres-pondent of the New York Herald, who has been in this ci;y for some weeks. The news spread rapidly, as such news always does, and within an hour from the time the story was first breathed on the street it was in everybody's mouth. Crowds of men gathered ou the streets and eagerly discussed it and the probabilities of its being true. Tue general impression and conviction appeared to be that it was simply a villianoua sensation, wholly lacking in truth. Among the scores that we conversed with on the subject, not half a dozen wore found who credited tbe story in the least. Ot course, the tale, from being often repeated, was changed greatly from its original shape and dimensions, and in different mou'ha grew to be a most bloody affair. Long before dark Stillson had been a cold aod muti-haed muti-haed corpse To our certain knowledge know-ledge be was unhurt last n'ght, and able to take his regular drinks with decided relish. The story as told by the Herald's ' man is this: He says that about half past 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon he was in his room at the Walker house. His coat was off and he was sitting at the table, wiiting. A knock was heard on the door, he arose and opened it, was met by a man who held a paper in his band, and who asked the Herald scribe it his name wasSlilUon. He was answered in the affirmative, when the stranger, handing hand-ing him the paper, said it wus an affidavit which might be of use to him. Stillson reached out his hand to take tbe paper, when the stranger drew a knife, and exclaiming, "Take that, you handsome son of a bitch," struck him in the left breast with the weapon. Stlilson was felled by the blow, and laid prostrate on tbe floor for some Bcconds. Recovering him sslr he staggered to his feet, aad seizing a pidtol from the table, ran into the hall to "bunt (or the nun." Of course the would-be ass-iasin was not to be seen, and the doughty Bjribe retired to consider and count the damage. He found a hole cut through hia vest, a couple ot photographs in his pocket, and his shirt. The knife had struck the buckle of his suspender, sus-pender, glanced, and pricked the flesh, drawing no blood, but leaving a j mark such as might be made by scratching the ekiu with a pin. This I is the mark thil Stillson shows of the contest. After considering over the matter he sent for Mjor Erb, the proprietor of the hotel, who visited the correspondent corres-pondent and listened to hia story. ; Major I rb immediately instituted an investigation, aud discovered what should and we confidently be lieve ha, thoroughly convinced him that the whole affair was concocted and put into execution for sensational purposes. ' The only way for a man to escape from Stillaon'a room, is by the public fit airs, or down the fire escape. It is admitted by all that the pretended assassin did not go tlowu the fire escape ladder, which exhibits no foot mark3, nor are there tr.icks in the soil at the foot of it, which there certainly would have been had anyone gone down the ladder. It would have been necessary to open a trap door in order to escape by that means, and it is certain that the door in question waa not opened. Again, in the only hall leading to Stillson's room three chambermaids remained constantly during the afternoon, af-ternoon, and it would have been impossible im-possible for anyone to pass along the ball without being seen by them. These young ladies assert positively that the only person who was seen in the ball was United States Marshal Nelson, who went to Stillson's apartments, apart-ments, between 3 and 4 o'clock. We uudernta id the marshal went there at tbe request of Stillson alter the alleged asaauit. The watch regulations regula-tions of the hotel are so perfect that it would be next to an impossibility for a stranger to enter the house and proceed to the apartments occupied by the Herald correspondent, without being seen by some of the emptojt;. No one inquired at tic office for Stillson, no one heard any disturbance, and veiy few knew of the occurance until some hours afterwards. It was not known at the office until the marshal had seen Stillson and gone away and the Tribune editor had visited the scribe, heard his story and waa retiring. Further than this, the follow's own story is too thiu on its frtce. His breast exhibits no sicn of having been hurt, except the alight pin scratches mentioned above. Now, everyone knows that if Stillson had Keen struck with a knife with sufficient furca to knock him down the refill It would have been more than a scratch. He would have carried on his breast a mark that would have been with him for d.tys. He de scribes bis assailant as a dark coin-plexioucd, coin-plexioucd, fleahy man, over eix feet tall, n gentlemanly appearing fellow, well dressed in dark clothes, stylish cravat, clean shirt, etc., eveu down to the iniuutiic. He wore no rnous tache, hia ouly beard being a long, black goatee. The picture ho draw ia of a man that would attract quick attention; and the officers tell ub there ia no man answering to the description de-scription in the city. These being the facta in the case, we unhesitatingly pronounce Still son's story u baso falsehood, from begiuninj to end, and denounce him aa being uuworty ihe honorably name of journalist. Shortly after 1 o'clock yestmiUy he went in to his lunch, and was at the time visibly under the influence of atrong drink. Between that lime and 2.30 he swallowed several morn drinks, and at 2.30 ouo quart ol whieky waa sent to him in his room. These are facts obtained from em-ployOe em-ployOe of the Walker hoiiao, who hesitate hesi-tate not to assert that the alleeed assassination is without foundation, s,nd that Stillson it very nearly in that condition popularly known aa "jim jams." The fellow came to Utah a few wtmka ago lo work tor the New York Herald. He went south, met and interviewed President Young, ru-lurned ru-lurned to the city, and was confined to his room from heavy drinking for several days. A doctor waa called in to cure him of the "jiiu jama," and the scribe refused to pay the medical man's bill. The result was a suit in Justice Pyper's court, where Dr. Thompson got judgment againut Jerome B. Stillson, "cotnuiiuniouer" for the New York Herald, for ?60 and costs. An execution waa issued against him, and he finally paid tbe money. Stillson had placed himself in the hands of tbe Tribune crowd, who stuflod him with base lies and slanders on the people of Utah, which he readily grabbed at and sent to the Herald. Any irresponsible plug, whoeo word wouldn't be taken in this country on anything, could go to Stillson and fabricate as terrible and improbable a story as his imagina Lion could invent, aud the scribe would send it to the Herald and vouch for its truth. Sensation was what he waa after, aud would have. Truth he never Bought, and ever declined. de-clined. lu tliid way he has succeeded, through tbe influential journal which he represents and disgraces, in raising mighty popular indignation against the people of Utah. Business has be?n prostrated by hia wflurta, trade is being demoralized aud the people east and west are led to believe that anarchy anar-chy prbvails in this territory, and that life and property are unsafe, while it is a fact that there was never more supreme su-preme ppace and quiet than have prevailed here for u.onths. Truth, which ia not so fleet us lies, was beginning be-ginning to crawl through the country and the real facts were coming out Hence, it was necessary for Stillson to resort to some means that would keep up the sensation. This we sincerely bolieve to he the real object of the assassination story. He tells now,, that last Sunday night, while returning from Cimp Douglas, be was fired upon by a man alio atocd iu the shade of some trees near tbe residence of Mr. B. H. Scbettler, South Temple street. He says the man who made tbe attempt on his lile yesterday was the same party who fired tbe shot on Sunday evening. It ia a singular lact that no one in that vicinity heard the report of the pistol, yet it is a thickly populated quarter, and on Sunday nights many people are walking along the streets there until midnight and even later. It ia also einular that nothing has been beard of ibis shooting until now, And again.who could desire to take the life of Jerome B. Stillson? This sensation sensa-tion is drawn too finely. The scribe baa overreached himself. Even radical ra-dical gentiles take no stock in it, but denounce it and its author in no choice terma. But to the merchants, business men and officials of Salt Lake we say, it is time to act. We demand at the hands of the mayor and officials a thorough investigation of this aflir, and when they prove it to be false, as they certainly will, an official statement state-ment of the facts should be made to the people of the United States; and if there is law for it, Jerome B. Still son should be made to sufler for hia conduct. It is time for the merchants to step forth and aave themselves and Utah by contradicting contra-dicting the -base lies sent east and west by unscrupulous, irresponsible correspondents. The- hour has come ' when it ia proper to Bpeak, and not submit, without protest, to the foul calumnies manufactured and sot before the world by unprincipled acribe3. |