Salt Lake Telegram | 1925-07-20 | Page 1 | Aged Fighter is Clubbed to Death, Alleged

n f n pi rt o i i B AGED BED AGED FIGHTER IS 15 ClUBBED TO DEATH J AllEGE Personal Grievance Ends in Tragedy RELATIVES RELATIVE IS HELD St St St. George Scene of of- Fatal Fight ST ST. GEORGE July 20 Two Two aged aged men one 65 65 the other 75 armed with articles of ot furniture and clubs clubs club's ought fought a duel to death here Saturday Saturday Satur Satur- day night according to Information furnished by Sheriff Sherif Wilford Goff Gott of Washington county As a result of the the fight which Is said to have been caused by personal personal personal per per- fomenting for several sev sey- eral years William T. T Perkins of St. St George is dead and John Lawson Lawson Law Law- son son 6 65 his law brother is In Inthe Inthe inthe the county jail charged with manslaughter man man man- slaughter y The fhe following story of the affair Is given by y Sheriff Goff Goft who Investigated In In- In the fight SHERIFF TELLS STORY There had been tee feelings lings between n the men men for tor years and Lawson had been threatened by Perkins and warned to keep off oft the Perkins property Perkins returned unexpectedly unexpectedly unet Saturday from a visit Isit to Idaho and found Lawson in hIs hla house louse Perkins commanded him to ou out j n t o f of f nu the VlA Vl 11 house V repeating n S 11 Tl CT t th fo A ou out j n t o f of f nu the VlA Vl 11 house V repeating n S 11 Tl CT t th fo A get command three times and fI finally llY picked up a club In Lri the kitchen and 1 id 4 threatened Lawson Lawson in tn some way got the club lub and Perkins picked up a chair In the figh that followed Perkins was struck i over the nose breaking the bridge Th They Y clinched and wrestled around on the floor Or and Perkins died a all as he ha was held down by Lawson it is LUNGS CONGESTED It was found that the blow on the nose was the only one one visible There Thera was no concussion of the brain the tha heart was found to be In a a. weakened weakened weak weak- ene ened condition condition- the the badly co congested blo blood d. d supposedly from the broken nose A doctors doctor's report h has s not yet been made malle It is thought that the i 1 will willbe willbe be that Lawson holding Perkins on his back caused the blood from the broken nose to fill the latt s lungs and cause death v Mr Perkins is lS survived by a wife but no children John Lawson is single J