| Show tort iiii place MIKEY amiem SHOT frank eaymond fires with deadly effect general news of the city ENQUIRES correspondence SALT LAKE dec 20 special another shooting affray occurred last night this time mikey obrien ia the victim and frank eaymond the slayer it seems that at 7 0 clock obrien was in johnson raymonds saloon known as the western saloon near the rio grande western depot when he got into a quarrel with one of the proprietors raymond told him to desist but was answered with a slap en the face eaymond who ia a much y mailer man immediately drew a revolver and fired three shots in rapid succession at obrien one striking him over the heart and the other two in the abo dumen the third in the wall ot alie saloon the wounded mau staggered a little and said im shot A friend standing near seated him in a chair and drs field fowler and pinkerton were summoned A large crowd soon gathered and a voice was heard to shout why dont you lynch him there was considerable sid erable excitement for some time and a lunching lynching lyn ching party was talked of but the idea waa soon abandoned raymond as soon as he finished bis murderous work took refuge ia the dining room while the lunching lynching lyn ching fever was at its height raymond by a flank movement waa escorted by two policemen to a street car and harried to tail raymond is well known to tha police as a tough character and a desperate man and the officers say he baa given them more tro utile than all the saloon keepers of the city combined he seems to imagine that lie ia above the law that when ordinances aud statutes are framed they aio not meant for him residing as he deed in the out ot the ady locality ho has tried to impress everyone with tiiu alei eliat he raid manaich of ail he surveyed and thil ills right te rule should licit be anes he is a fugn of the worst H it J obrien or as he was familiarly known was one ol 01 the most popular employees at the yard a hale below well wet and ali ays ready to divide his ith a trie nd M V rowland the bartender who waa present during alio shooting gives thu version two men heiti playing pool in the aloon and after a game called s veral of their friends up to the bar obdien OB tien who was near was invited to join all were pretty full an J one of alio men said lets go home and betran dragging another man out but his friend threatened to slap him if lie leave him alone obrien who was pretty fall attempted to interfere when raymond said mickey let them alone raymond and obdien then par ted words bobrit n saying you s of a b shen stepped up to get his hanging on alie end of the counter and then struck at raymond and I 1 do not know whether h nas hit or not I 1 was back of the bar and when I 1 saw there was going to be trouble I 1 jumped oer the bar and rushed out oi the door as several others did who were there there were some beer glasses thrown and I 1 heard a couple of shots fired but that ia all I 1 know about it the two had always been friends before this as far as I 1 ever heard further developments are awaited with interest the soldiers at fort douglass sar they are but poorly equipped for a win in alie way of clothing A peculiar case was investigated in justice lineys court yesterday it was tant of a self confirmed embezzle r n aimed A H grant who accosted policeman jenny on first south and east temple streets late thursday night and told him ho was an embezzler sam grant 1 I am guilty of the crime ot embezzlement committed in hum bot county california and I 1 demand to be taken into custody officer young was astonished at the mans apparent frank confession of guilt and thinking the matter might be a hoax proceeded to question him but was given ilie assurance that the statement was correct alie officer was considerably perplexed regarding liis story as the man waa well dressed and intelligent however be complied with the request and took grant to the city hall anen questioned in court he repeated his story and with greater emphasis than before when searched no valuables were found on hia person he davs he obtained considerable money by the commission of the crime for which I 1 e abc himself up but that he has spent it all in traveling and now wants to be sent back to california to answer to the law for bia strong doing commissioner court room waa crowded yesterday morning by a crowd of men gathered thither for purpose of hearing the result in police caution who it ia claimed did wilfully unlawfully and november become a party to a fight with doy his own doe baini in nt the fight referred to took place last sunday on the old jordan raco track on borth temple street about i p m it will be remembered that the police who were in hiding made a dash and arrested a largo number of the spectators who were taken before justice canev and fined in the case of cauthan to day quite a number of witnesses were uie caa of teem acro disposed off in a dypry few minutes they knowing noth ius about the alleged canine encounter and baying therefore nothing to tell at the request of county attorney murphy commissioner norrel granted a continuance of tho case until other witnesses might bo subpoenaed and examined at a meeting ot the board of edar tiou held thursday evening the rat of taxation for the ensuing year was fixed at one and one half mills |
