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Show THE 0KUE.V SH00TIXG. John Hauler x Killrd Unlit tfllne; as l'cacrniakrr. The Ogdei; $!(mla-(i ijlvee the Toltinr'nc reMUrij lo the shooting tisrfion Saturday A visit was made to the eityjail where Charlie lurnir, the colored man, is confined, charged with shooting Griffin. He stated that when he first noticed A. ' Washburn Wash-burn and James Grlllinrarticularlj they were near the cwir slahd, lore to th" deer. They had some wmnghs CVvr a bet and thetar-keej-erand himself went troll i hind the bar toflubd. tbem Wih-bun Wih-bun Labuetl Onffla lack some m-ney, and Gritlln dropf 1 a $0 gold piece on tlie flwr. The bar-kli-.e-r pieked it up and handed it to Grlftl n who then went out of the saloon. He returned shortly afterward", af-terward", jierheps hilf on hour, aud walked to the rear ihd of the bar room Washburn Said, "You have been after ? gun, but I j am unarmed," r.nd l-gta to pull otl i lib coat to hhew that he- wa. "John J Hauler stepped between the two, and tlie next tiling I heard -r. UieJ report of .lhe, pLstol. Tu shoollug .was K'.neral and in It all I only tried toVrjtct the house and the people j In it, and am innocent of any crime,'' Mr. Al Renshaw, the night bar keeper, gave the following rartiiu-Iirs rartiiu-Iirs of the tragedy: Considenblo betting had been done during tlie eveninc, w hicli wotihd Up by Wa-h'.urn and Urlfliiinrggiu-' ;wll-Ucs. ;wll-Ucs. Wsshbrrn b4!d thai he v, ould eoppb" Dan Hanier, altliougli he (Washburn) was a "Liberal " Urif tin saul it was poer policy, rs Washburn had tried to get tli? nomination on the Liberal' tieVet for t!6 Samb efllce Tlie afgumeht t rwed var', -ud 0nt-i Hr-'- a ?0 i.tce on the bar aud oSe'rcd to bet that IlamiT would not le e'e-cfed. Washburn took tho UtaudfuTturr argument followed, me discussion ended by both parties par-ties drawing down their monej. ilamer ha 1 been Utim; nt the desk iu the olHcc, niakln; cut souih eleck?,il'Jrfu' this il,c"!oa,B-J paid no nUeiil'on to iu As I Walked towiiid Itie rear end of the lar my attintion was attracted by a uoie where Washburii and Griffin uere staudin,;; turning around I saiv them striking at each other. They weru separated, and Grlfllu went out of the home. Iu about fifteen cr twenty mlnut-js Griffin returned ind walhlng to the cigar case called fcr a cigar, w InHi 1 gave him. Hturtertoc lilmbi lhe ami arid a;kcd Mui to havea drink. They walked around tlie fcreen toward to-ward the bar where Wathburn was standing. Wadiburnsaid to Griffin, I understand you have a gun, but Hit ru is just thatditrerenccbetwi-eu VOU and me." Wjtjklihnrn lirt.l to pull oil his coaUaudOnflln backed towanl the rcir cf the saloon. Per: sons w ho w ere In thesaloon criol out not to Jiht. I ran from lehind the bar into tbe room vrhere M-. Mideu jvao rlayinc c famoof wiilst with snie Incnii", and told him to go and stop that fight. Uy this timo Urifiin hai lacked Into the centre or the floor at the reir end, facing the 'trect. Hauler was standing near the mirror on the south side of the room. As I looked Into the bar room again I saw Griffin with a gun In his hand, aud flourishiuK it ill the air as if he would ueeitasa club. In nuothet moment a shot was fired. I saw Hanier pull his guuoutofhisiwket. AS 1 v.enl toward tbe rsr ItltrSuce I heard 'everal hiare shots tired. I was in lino With Griffin and Hanier, and mihthave been hit if Hamer had tired. I ran out of the rear entrance, en-trance, through th girden, and around a hack nhlch was standing InthoMh-y. Grifllu hnd rulioCtd me, and after pars; around the baek I rn liaek liitntlintnlrw, n.i Iw- the porter standing with a pistol in his hand trying to cock IL I called to him not to shoot, as it was me. I took the gun from him and jut it In the drawer. I aw GrKMn lire two shots. Mr. Washburn's tUttment is substantially sub-stantially the same as Mr. Iten-sbaw-s, with the addition that Orlfljn icinted .the gun at him ashburn first, and then turned t, " Uam"r- After llio first shot Hamer threw up his hands and exclaimed, ex-claimed, "1 am shot." Hamer stnered Into the cornernnd Griffin kept shooting, locking atvaV at the same time. Mr. Will Youug, who was present at the time or the shootinp, titcS h'.at:, '',v'"-n GrlTtn returned Washluru antied him of going on. for 4 gun, and words were rodmed; when Hamer stepped Jp peaceably and tried to prevent a row Grilllu bi-gan shooting. Hamer staggered from neir the rear end,or the bar to the mirror, the rarthest one la Hi- east end of the room, nml caUSht hold of the raillmc, and said "I'm shot in lhy-?" J toW him LiVl While thero hbj pistol drop.j to the pa client; I do not know but wppo-e it dropped frou his pocket, Wulucn took him into the hack room aud the physicians came Utontbearriyalorthc. doctors at the scene cf the 'tragedy J0Uu ?haI w'Vrerm?T1 to a lounge " ' uB ot -l!Ulen's saloon. Tho Physicians made an examination of his wounds and found four bullet holes in hb body. One drreiuy over the heart, aud three scalhTr Ing about the body., Tho ,u-ferer ,u-ferer was conscious durinc lem n.aU,on and the forsi"df he d spbjed m, wonderful fccarcelyagrcan or a sigh eieSJd hk lips. His brother, Sir! Ltan litmer, wasat Winslow's, inOgdeS Canyon, and was sent forimrSedl. ately after the shootin-. OnM.. tAkento hU home on Twenty-fouTth' tdgn ofpain, althoughhls sufferio must hare been terrible. Hereof f-yelytrith them, nud,1.! ' mortem ctatcmerjt, disposed of his prfnerty all in favor of bis wife, and retained his r;es almost up to the "tlmaot his death, whrefcrrarredat S.17 p. m. He carried an insurascl of $15,000 ou his life, which will go to his widow and children. JJrllryBtil, niidsliftidert Griffin Immediately after b-lOtfebot, UI tUat th!i ball eniered a little fcj tlie left of tho estc!, ranged rero-Jndi and came out over tbs rJgfit UJ-nev. UJ-nev. The case has sinco btea turned over to Drs. Powers and Perkins. At 11 o'clock last nl,;ht Dr. Powers sail thet tho wound tnsaterlcrjsonej tliat the bnlilind pamia.1 thriiui;li the body, the di'tlnce frOia'the J3nt of entrance to the-nfclut or exit being ten Inflitf. The ere!it", 'liriser W.fce fearl-tf is from pentoni'ls. T u!"e't Is at hi own home under guarJ. John Hamer, who died jcstenlay afternoon at 5 17 from the effects ot his wound", was born in Salt Lake City, August H. ISii, and was the son of Samuel namcr, of the Slx-teehlh Slx-teehlh Ward, of that tlty. He came to Ogdeh wiieti rourteeii ytars of age. f"of fettnl. tears he wns deputy county eletk and ferorJtr; an J it was chiefly through his Instrumentality In-strumentality that the abstracting of the WfcUr aDd Bait Lake County books was done. Hewasatthetime of his death manager of the Ogden Attrict Company, and a director In several local corporations. i From his early youth hedlsplayed a remarkable faculty for figures aud accounts; aud rs a searcher of titles, and in the various intricacies of laud matters lie was one of the most expert ex-pert the country ntlorded. On an ocsiticTi it-hen tho ehtcrpriiing tlti-rens tlti-rens of Ogden were expected to show thcniselve, John Hanier was always to be seen. He was noted no less for his generosity than for hh ability oaecttaUlitB that which l.e was so willing to give. His courage w ill never bu doubled after nil the suffering he pas-ed through up to the time or hl death. Only once while lying on what he knew to be his death-bed did his fortitude forsake him so much as to allow him to give a sign of pain, although it must have liven excruci ating. The seine at his diatli-bcd was very tottctitnj;. His pannti came up froln Salt I.ake Saturday morning morn-ing and were present at the end He Ieavci a witu and.trocjilllrwj In mourn Ills untlrr.ily UcslU, Ine rldira boy of S, Uio younger a girl less than 1 year of age. |