| Show PRIVATE THORNTON the holiday marred by a blood bloody y tragedy WHISKY AND THE LATE WAR these theo wore tho the causes that lot IA to the th fatal qua A hobbs W ano 10 defended tho the lost cause did stabbing the th Vlot victim ims life sayo have B zaon son but so ia WB was permitted ted to blead to death god save sava mo me it im going coins to tie be hi hung une bew were tho the words of W A hobbs when police Ser sergeant giant ford placed him blia under arrest last night and tit at that moment the life 11 co blood of private william thornton company D sixteenth infantry was oozing from ft a gaping wound in uio the right fight it was vas uns the old feud between tahe 0 north and tho the coulch fanord into flame by whisky the wo men itsu hal imet at the california soldon next to the executive building on west wes temple street about 6 hobbs was waa la a georgian wore the cray in tho the rebel 1 l army and believed in the righteousness of the lout lost cause caum thornton was wag cl a and exl was wearing the blue both yuen men had bad been drinking thornton it beems very heavily and soon coon became engaged in an altercation con can corning tine the prowess and lighting q qualities ua it of till the cerp 0 armies hall made some remark reflecting upon line the army ot of ahe 1110 north land and the ine bartender averted Mely ted open hostilities at lt that time by front from the back dow doar T the ato southerner stes a returned about minutes later and wits was told by thornton it iho he repelled the remark he would knock bilm down you may knock tn nn down ex cx cho r nd n d but ill be ba a rebel still vt III the quarrel quan cl avan warm a and lid there seems 40 0 o be BOM conflict th tho arta cements ol of as to what followed roll owed some bay thonton tho towards I 1 bobbi 10 bag a and nd that tha the butter drew a kalte while others no knite knife at any raty rale hobbs anzis tt M arin ain eject ejected cd through the che back door by uio the bat rider and the door was wah corked while thornton thorn ton nas n ii as yut put out the front way TIIE THRUST just north ot of and ube baloon anao on there la is a vacant lot let hebb came cama around tills this lot to tha he street ard and thornton Thom in front ot of the iho executive building bull dnn beveral people sw siw the linein oaire lO Keliher but bul no ono ano OA W ohp knife or the fetal atal wow blow the th men clinched aal hobbs hobb must have jibbed bibbed tharnton Thom toil in the thigh ai athey did sa the latter turned tui ned and aind reeled back aft the saloon leaving a trail of blood behind him while hobbs started bouth on a run thornton tin ed JArous it the tha saloon elleon and fe fell 1 to the flox flour ot of the rear room his head and under tho the bal billiard table the knife thrust had entered the of 0 the front part of 0 the ihla and elther either severed sev erad the femoral to m no artery or cut orr oft a large branch the bloch gushed in torm ants from tho aund amund end liy lay where jie fell without medical attendance until the b bled ed to death BLED TO DEATH A tribune reporter was nas on one of the first to arrive on the scene there wit was S but one me other inan jn in the room be besides id Is the iho bartender thornton had evidently eviden aly then been lying on the hoor floor for fiete v cr 1 oad minu minutely telf A great pool en of b bicad had congealed on UK the floor and it was apparent the mm 11 was 1 d da int ing A io i soldier o adler cima ci e in the samo same tn moment and y rushed out for a doctor up to this rals time neither the rolace par nor a physician had haa been summoned um but rae were immediately cent dr hicks was mie first physician to arrive but before ho be reached the seen scoria 17 honston hony ton had ad breathed hla his last health commissioner reality arrived shortly ards ard and both agreed lint had qt a physician arrived at any HUTS up to lo twenty tac nty minutes atter after the tabbing the mani finans life le could have teon been raved tho the of ct any ally kind of alight a tight bandage above the wound would have stopped the how flow of blood TIIE THE SLAYER slater sl ATER CAUGHT within fifteen minutes after word was received at the city hall hobbs was landed in jall jail after the stabbing he ran doun dm a west temple to thild south and thence west in the direction of his home sergeant fold took up the trail and ovel overtook took hobbs on thir third d south between third and fourth ivert the officer not knowing ahat wes wea pona uie ehe man might have on hla his person drew ills hn gun and ordered llurba to hold up lil its hands the order was obeyed and t he sergeant went t ahr through 0 v pocket securIng the knife with w alth which tile the stabbing blabbing was done it was a large sized pocket knife an ugly looking blade about four in inches C lies long upon which were blood stains hobbs was taken to the pollee police station and on the way admitted that ho he had done the stabbing and expressed regrets although lie had run it live V L blocks to get away from the scene 0 of f tho the ti heady as soon boon as lie arrived at the city hall seemed to be in a state of helpless find and maudlin intoxication tion ile he cursed the officers and became so lol tnt that lie he was hurried orr ore to lo a cell ile he noon fell into a state ot of lethargy from which it was almost lm possible poa albo to arouse min hm hobbs resides on eighth west street 11 1 he 1 e Is about 50 years s of age and came to this city front from provo about nine months ago with its wife and eight children lie ile la is a laborer by occupation one 0 of hs 13 SODS snag arrived at the city halt hall shortly atter the aart arr cit an and was overwhelmed when lie learned the whole truth I ile he le laid eald ills big mother was lying dangerously ill and lie fearba feared the creag or of uc c shock RECORD abo dead man mail william thornton vaa nina fiola renn pennsylvania sylvania 35 years ot of age find and enlisted in the bervice at new york city four youra ago ile he was url un mairley TIC lie had an unsavory record at pollee police I 1 lead quarters it was daull dl ull mi am epidemic or 0 robbery about a yeav aso ago that lie together with nn an ex soldier named thompson were identified by p r chinaman na as the men who imd had sand bain a it few hours previous in commercial alloy confronted by this evidence thornton made a elcan clean breast of lis his dimes climes ile he confessed that they had bad garro garroted ted a a wo man 1 tit victoria alley following it up with the robbery of 0 a a south Tor temple street butcher shot chop where they lad paved the dav by card bagging it its 9 youthful custodian anti and finally made ad e the attack on the mongolian HonE ollan ills his reward IV ard tor for this wan vin ills his ie leage utter after hla his accomplice had been convicted and sent up for six months tho the pollee police characterize him as a decidedly clil edly tough character tho the body of at thornton now lies at the mol suo here an inquest will probably be ba hold held thil afternoon at 2 |
