Show Marshall Marshal Slain in hi Street Shooting Spring City M Held After Gunplay At Mt Mf Pleasant Special to The Telegram MT PLEASANT PLEASANT Hyrum BeBee BeBee Be- Be Bee about 70 Tuesday was wa held In Sanpete county Jail at Manti ManU for tor his admitted fatal shooting of Lon Theodore Larsen 40 Mt ML Pleasant city marshal after the victim had ejected the suspect from a Mt ML Pleasant tavern for disorderly conduct at p. p m. m Monday According to Sheriff Sherif Ulysses S. S Larsen who took the suspect into custody at his home in Spring City Marshal Larsen was shot after he had taken BeBee from the Colstrom and Sparks tavern Vest West Main st. st about p. p m. m The victim took the man to a awaiting awaiting waiting pickup truck occupied by two other persons As the marshal turned he was shot in inthe inthe inthe the back the thc bull bullet t entering under the left arm and passing near the he heart rt Second Shot As he fell to the sidewalk the assailant leaped from the truck and fired another shot which entered entered en en- the marshals marshal's chest below the heart According to physician physicians pl clans cian either shot could have caused death The assailant then climbed into the truck and he and his h companions drove off A posse of Mt ML Pleasant men was formed at once but by the time they had reached Spring City BeBee already had been taken Into custody without any resistance and with a 32 caliber revolver believed to have been the death weapon in his hia possession posses posses- sion Sheriff Larsen said that BeBee went to Moroni apparently after after the shooting and became unruly on the streets there When R Russell Rus Rus- ssell s- s sell seIl Bailey Moroni city marshal took ook the keys from the truck BeBee allegedly told Marshal Bailey that he would kill him like the marshal in Mt Pleas- Pleas ant After returning th the keys according according according ac ac- ac- ac cording to Marshal Bailey Baney the BeBee BeBco party left for fot Spring City Peaceful Surrender Sheriff Larsen Larcen added that as ashe ashe aste he te and State Stale Highway Patrolman Paul M. M Christensen Richfield approached the BeBee home Paul A. A Millett owner of the truck and arid Mrs Glame BeBee a n witness to the slaying came out of the house and said that BeBee was ready to surrender The two officers entered entered entered en en- and BeBee readily gave himself himself himself him him- self up Mr Millett and Mrs BeBee together together together to to- gether with Frank OBanion who whoa a also ilso io reside in the house were taken aken into custod custody and placed in jail all for Investigation John S. S McAllister Mc Mc- Allister Sanpete county attorney said aid no complaint against BeBee would be filed tiled until after the In Investigation Investigation In- In probably late Tuesday afternoon or Wednesday morning Sheriff Sherif Larsen said that after the he four tour were taken out of the house a B. search was made and he and Patrolman Christensen found a 32 caliber pistol In Mrs BeBee's handbag and another small caliber See Page 7 Column 2 x Lon Loft Theodore Larsen Sanpete Sanpete Sanpete San- San pete county officer slain by gunman NG U Continued from Page One gun under a In a bedroom Mr Mrs Millett Mrs BeBee and arc being held until In Investigation investigation in- in of the other firearm firearms Is s completed the sheriff sheri said Alonzo Theodore Larsen was wa born in Mt Pleasant July 23 1905 1005 a son of ot Andrew and Christine I Larsen He graduated from North Sanpete high school He He- married Helen Jones in September September Sep Sep- 1927 1921 in Mt Pleasant Survivors include his widow and mother both oth of ot Mt Pleasant five brothers mothers L. L Croft Larsen Provo J J. J Farrel arrel Larsen Mt Pleasant Jay R Raphael Larsen and James Berkeley Larsen both o of Shelley Ida da and two sisters Mrs Ina Ins L. L J Jon o n e a s Wendover and Mrs Blanche L. L Roylance Gunnison |