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Show ANOTHER TRAGEDY. ONE YOUNQ MAN DEAD, ANOTHER ANOTH-ER HELD FOR MURDER, Utah Comity Again Excited by tho Klllluif of n R8pctcd (5tt zen In th Heat of . asilon Murderer in Jail. Utah county has experienced another tragedy, and as a rei-ull. one promising young man is a corpe and another Is , behind tho bars awaiting trial on the (Charge of murder. The dead man U i Ed Johnson, the una oharged w(H the (killing IsAb York, bntji of "Santaquln. J Thii "cTrcuma'tnucos soetiis to I hi as follows: Johnion, York anil several young men companions wero In Payson Pay-son Monday and succeeded In ea ting considerably "under tho li.Sluence." The two pi lnclpOs had a few words In that town before st'ir lng Imme. Thu trip back to Santaquln whs begun be-gun early In the evening, Johnson. York and another in a buggy and three young men In u wng-m. The tipsy condition i f tho drivers led to a collision in which the buggy wn disabled. dis-abled. Johnson claimed It was the fault of the drivers of ihe wagon, wlulo York was Inclined to lay tiiu refpnuxb lb, III V on Johnson himself. After a I wordy war, York tonka seat In thu wagon and proceeded to 8 iiituqttlu ' while Johnson and a companion ti led to repair tho buugy and nt last hitched on to a pasalug wagon and were towed homo. It seema that York was ready to resumu the quarrel and on reaching limm; went in Ida huuso and procured a 88 calibre revolver and walled outside his gate for Johnson. The latter com Inn up and seeing York, Jumped out of the uagou and advanced plcklhg up nud throwing rocks, as he went York warned him back hut. with no effect, and York tired striking Johnson tq it a rely iiotwoeh the eyes aud killing hi in Instnut-y. One bad feature of tho caso Is that Olllcer. Kr ckcon of Santaquln Is reported re-ported to have been on hand buforu tho tltml trouble and made no effort to prevent It. Citizens fieuly criticise thu cfllecr tor this cmrso. While thu shooting took plnco be-fi-ro six o'clock, the sheriff's nftlco was not notified nill about night, when Depuiy W. K. Heniy left al onc e for Santaquln accompanied by L. A. Johnson, John-son, depuiy treiiHun r, and brother of the murdered man. - Sheriff Siorrs and County Attorney Evans followed later und York was i taken Into custody. A preliminary hearing wns held before be-fore Justice BenncU. of Santaquln yes ten'lay and York was hold for murder He was brought over to Provo last evening and lodged In tho county Jail. He claims self defense. The coroner's Inquest was completed yesterday morning resulting In verdict ver-dict lu accordance with tho above story, to the effect that Johnson came to his deaih fruui a gunshot wound inflicted in-flicted by Alolon K. Paris York, who Is charged, with murder. Sentiment seems to bo divided but the general feeling seems to Lo that the uiujdeY was uhjusildable. The Democrat man Interviewed York In his cull at tho county Jail this afternoon. Ho does not seen nt a I dopressed, In fact hardly appreciates the enormity of his crime, He talked freely, stating facts about as given aliovo. Ho says that ho cannot can-not explain and does not know how the disputo between him and Johnson atoie, but says that It started at tho time of the collUlon. York docs nut deny that ho was wailing for Johnson at Santaquln and admits firing thu shot. Ho nialntalus, however, that ho did It In self-defonso and brcanso he wns In fear o! violence. He admits thnt all or the party had been drinking heavily lu Payson during tho afternoon. |