Show BY co TIIE A prominent salt lake man murdered by footpad as lie he entered gate k won W within few feet of horne of brother broth ep ln in law lav when assassinated by highwayman with whom pollos force seem unable to cope salt lake city slain by an un known robber nepal 11 sheets was wag found in a pool of his bla own blood to la front of the homo home 0 of his brothe broths n law J D 71 mcallister McAll lster 41 east fifth south street about 9 thursday T h night death came from behind and probably without warning visible evidence Is to the effect that he was waa shot and possibly that his skull was couched by a blow from the revolver or some other heavy weapon just above the base of the skull and about an inch to the right of the meridian line kno la Is a ragged hole through which three fingers may bo be thrust the skull la is shattered in several directions ions and indications are that life left the body in an instant there la Is every evidence evl deno that mr sheets was shot from behind by a footpad and that robbery was as the motive tive salt lake has haa become infested with and robbers hold ups upa being nightly occurrences and the police force forca seems unable to cope with these outlaws mr sheets was 50 years of ago age and would have celebrated the thirty fourth anniversary of his marriage to miss bliss ellea mcallister had he lived until january I 1 lie ire was a son of the late bishop elijah P F sheets and su rannah musser sheets ft as born in salt lake and lived here all his life lie he conducted a feed stab stable in salt lake for many deais and at the time of his death was employed as a solicitor by the utah independent telephone company ile he leaves a widow and aad eight children the youngest a girl of about ten years |