Salt Lake Tribune | 1906-01-01 | Page 16 | Clerk of Court Fires Two Shots at Vagrant

CLERK OF COURT FIRES TWO SITS AT VAGRANT Had Rem Hold Up Once, and Refused to Take Any Chances. Howard Klnsr, clerk f the District court. Is suspicious of slranRers who approach ap-proach him after dark, and because of the fact that he had ft slz-ShOOter thrust In his fnce by hold-ups a week or so uko, he Is not to be blamed. Took No Chances. According to Mr. King's statement, a man who later fcave his name as William Sutton approaeherl him near the corner of First South nnd State nlreeta about 2.20 a. m. Sunday nnel requested him to hand over the price of :t bed Mr. King dldn t like the fellow's le.okn nnd started to take him to the station, explaining, in tho meanwhile, that he was vested with the power to arrest any one who fractured the city ordinnneea by begging or otherwise. other-wise. Mado Ereak for Liborty. Sutton accompanied him until they were almost to the station, when he made a break for llhertv Instantly the peaco and quiet of Sunday morning was disturbed dis-turbed by two pistol shots llred In the-direction the-direction Of the fleeing vagrant; and a moment lntT an excited crowd of citizens citi-zens and several officers were demanding on explanation. Sutton Taken to Jnil. As a result of the mix-up Sutton was booked at the station on a charge of va-grnncv va-grnncv , and Mr King was compelled to leave his gun with the desk serge-ant.