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Show TERRIBLE TRAGEDY, Dr. Elliot of Grants.lll. Killed at That Plac. List lil,bt. I'AltTlll'l.MIS 01' llll. All Ml! lll'nl'n Majers Mere a llmbind ami llrolhtr nf a Woman, Ho Ii Said to line IllszraceJ. (Inttivlllo mm Iho iconu of a most lameutthle tragedy latt night The rlliclj ule were Dr. C. 0. Hint, n medlcnl practitioner, lljruiu Mc-lltl Mc-lltl lu and John lleuson, all of that Jlacu. As a result Ilia bedy ol the doctor lies llfeliss ami col I at Ult homo while Mcllrldo nu I Hanson are lu tbo couul) Jill chirked with murder. Dr. llll't wmt to arauUvllle In He lumber lait an enllro atratiger aud oommet ced thu ractlco of medicine. IIua peered to be Well iij,uledly naturu n d study In tbo profession pro-fession to which he belong id. Ho wss joung, dashing aud nllraclhu and noon made Irlends. Success followed hint In his ractlce and In a few months ho became popular popu-lar and found cam enough to Occupy the inoit uf bla time. Ho was aspeelsl. lit In dlteu.il picullar to women though ho did not limit Ills ractlco to that class of esses. A few wet ks ago tho breath of sill luloii was fltst directed against the doctor caused, It Is said, by the ipies-tlouatlu ipies-tlouatlu libeitlia hu took with lady Eatlents In the absencu of thilr hus-auJs. hus-auJs. Iho first acandal of the hind which was given extensive i ubllclly trails. i Ired about two weeks ago when Mrs. Wlilani Carter accused the doctor of drugging her nud making irupeaU wblcii she Indignantly resented. Hbo Informed her husbaud who gave the accused a rather eovtra drubblLg, boll-lug boll-lug him with thu bull tudof a rev I ver. Co tir waa arretted and taken befaro a Justice of Iho peuoe, but wu aoiullted. lollowlng closo after this esse was a similar charge made by a young wumiu named llensvu. Ilerhutbanu was away from home ol the tlmo, and when hu relumed sLo related Ihu story to him, saying, hoaever, tint she hil tuccestlully resitted the doctor's advances. Mr. lfcuson wai furious and threatened dlie vengeance, but friends persuaded him not lo retort lo violence, and ho romlted to harbor his feelings II potslble and let thu mat ter bo investigate! ly a couli of com I e tent liirlsdlction. Ut, l.lllot was acoirdlngly arrested on a charge of attempting to commit a crlmlual assault on the person of Mrs. Itenson, and waa taken before Juatlce llevau, at Tooele, w hero hu gave boll Js lending an blllclal lniuliy In the ahat u of a J10UU lush deosll furnlthid by his wife. Yesterday morning County l'rose outing attorney lied net took the mailer mai-ler In hand and It It said while closely close-ly questioning Mrs. Ilenaou she broku down aud amUeobs aud tears admit, ted that she had been actually outraged out-raged by thu doctor. When aakid as tu why she had not oolifessed the f jl truth boloro she said It waa be-cuusu be-cuusu the shamu arising from Ihu dlsclceuro would be more than she could endure. Ihe anger if the husband (again broke fotth with frrtli fury while thu passion ol her brother, Ilyruni Mollrldo was Just as boundleia and desperate. Hie doctor had hseu up to Tooele during the day and the hue-land hue-land an J brother aarenlly resolved toklllblm on bis return lost night-Arming night-Arming themselves Willi revolvers they patiently awaited the coming of their victim. About 0,11) he drove Into town perfectly per-fectly unawale of the danger ahead of him. rJtelng his aiproach Mollridu and Ueneou mouiitedacoupleothorsea nnd overtook hlui on one of thu main thorougbfiles. Without a word, so far as known tbey drew their revolvers aa they rode up (one ou each aldo of thu buggy.) Ihe doctor now realized that unlets he could icso from his assailants, his time had come and he lashed hta horse Into u torrlfla paoe. From that lime on It was a raco for Hie. Hint afler shot was aimed at the doctor's body. Tholeiillle lutllado attracted the attention ol the citizens who bu-canio bu-canio excited lejond measure and wondered what II all meant. At Iho firing of Ihe eleventh shot Dr. l.lllot fell from his buggy and his horsu ran home without hint. His ilsyera then repaired to the reildiucu of City Maishal Ilarrua an I gave themeelvea U. The latter telo honed to Tooele u prising Hhsril! Ullleaple of Ihu tragedy and au hiur Inter that edict r waa emiirtlng the I Hauliers lo the, county Jill charged with murder. It la exfected tiny will bo brought to Halt Luke tomorrow. Hoon after Ihe shooting Dr. lZtliot was removed to his home and Doctors Dodds and lUvls were aumuionod. It was dlacovered that only two shots had taken iltect, one ball entering the back Juit under the left shoulder blade and coining out about two Inches nbovulhohiurt. fheseeond and fatal shot took ellect lu thu legion of Ihe apluo and lodged In the abdomen. At one o'clock this morning tlio doctor doc-tor died. He was couscln is to the last and spoke without dllllculty ou all iubectsnce t the one which led lo the shooting. On that he maintained aephynx.llkosllenco. It Is iald that the d totaled Is a native cf KantN , Jln rb'ClCdimedlcne In Denver lHtir tt) lOiiilngntr Utah, alter .VwilM'VWi'o'te: can Jnfblvid In a efaAdal similar to thk dite'-Vnicli rlrdve! bis' death war! raftt'at'fJAntsTjIle. He'was twenty, eight jfirV .it ng mid" IrAVerf wlfj auatntrtlilli), ' , "'"" |
