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Show fill LEADS -TO KILLING AT JlfJIHl Bingham Miner Dies In-stantly In-stantly From Shot Fired During Street Fight; Assailant As-sailant Rushed to Jail "DEPUTIES "DRAW,rH TO AVERT LYNCHING; : Threats of Mob Violence! " Heard as Officers Rush Gunman Behind Bars; Booze Blamed for Fight BINGHAM, July . Catarlno Uartino. 42 yaara of aa;a. a miner amployed at tha Utah Apex, la i dead and M. Fonaz, If, alao a tnlnar am ploy ad at tha Hlirhland Boy. la In tha city Jail here tonight . under heavy guard to protect b'm from a mob who earlier In the evening waa bent upon lynching; him. ' ' Fonet ahot and , killed Martlno a the reault of a drunken row which etarted In the Union pool hall, owned by . Torfy-Apaelio, and rulmlnated In a plntol play In the crowded etreet. Fonea fired two . ahot at hla victim, tha ft rat (olna wild and craahlnc through a win- dow tn - the confectionery atoro owned by Oeorae Btephan. The eeeond killed hla victim. Martina and Fonea etarted their row early In tha evening. They hath entered the pool and billiard hall under tha Influence of liquor, It la alleged. They became ao f holateroua that tha proprietor ejected eject-ed them and they want to the main atreet to flnlah their batle. The men went to the center of the etreet. where they Immediately clinched. Fonea had fallen to the . ground with Martina on top of r htm, and according to wttneaaea. when Fonea appeared to be getting', get-ting', the - warat oC the encounter, ha reached for hla .l-ra!lber p'.a- ' tot and ff-ed at hla aeaailnnt. The- flretnot barely mlaaed hy-tandera hy-tandera and eraahed through tha S confectionary atore window. The rrnwd then rnahed tha f Ightera, hut reached the atruggllng pair too Into to aave Martlno. who received the next hullet in tho right aye. Ha . died Inatantly. v - Tha mob then (Had to get hold of Fonea. but with the timely arrival of Deputy. Bherlf f a1 ' Oeorge . Merchant. Mer-chant. H. Kloholaon and J). A. Thomaa tha crowd waa dia-reed and the alleged layer taken to JalL In the meantime the crowd began threatening the depatlea and threata to lynch the prlaoner were heard Tha deputie with drawn platola, broke up the crowd and quickly , placed their prlaoner behind locked door a. The Jail la being guarded. . |