Salt Lake Tribune | 1896-11-13 | Page 1 | Murder among Tramps

MURDER AMONG TRAMPS Pren frenchy chyll shoots and kills james willa ellla near glenns ferry TRIBUNE SPECIAL glenns perry ferry ida nov nor 12 last friday morning about 3 james willa dennis harrington harry la thain arid and william Ra rallston caliston liston were about a a camp when a tramp knon as frenchy appeared and was mas ordered away by willa on account 0 of borne me trouble between them the flay day before preachy ref u ped to go callen herrington also told him to leave there being no welcome tor for him frinchy then ordered latham calham and rallston away rallston nall slon obeying and catharn remaining immediately afterward there were some hot words exchanged betic beewen n frenchy and willa walla when frenchy fired a shot at willa without I 1 taking effect and ran away amay and ton then lay flown conn by the hie fire to sleep latham staying awake shortly after frenchy leap fica fixated ted and after a few minutes conversation walli till latham Lat liam stepped over to where here ellla and harrington lay ask asleep ep arid and fired two shots at terni one shot taking effect in back near alear the right shoulder sli and the other in ting a slight wound on oil right arm lie ile then disappeared walli aas as attended to immediately by dr armstrong who relieved him lit in but pronounced lna his wound woud coital ile he lingered until this morning m when hell lie died prenthy la is still ot at large laree lie he la IS dark skinned about 25 years old smooth face with mith straggling dark muA mustache tache blade black hair and talks talka willi wilb a foreign accent the officers are on hit thail lt ail willa raine came from loma loa and was it tramp arid and a natha of Pal paisley scotland an inquest Is now pending nc