| Show IN IN MEMORY OF CAPTAIN CAPT AIM BURT BURTI I 1 Tragic of Twenty Years Ago Ao Recalled b t the Erection Of a Beautiful Granite Or nite Monument the Time He Met Death 1 J III t T 1 1 I lj J I f Ti 1 I i t i i t tt t C l i r X xI I I I I tl 1 t I 1 I I I J 1 I II Ij I II I II 1 I I I f X I j f X T 1 e t LE 1 X XI I t I I e I l 1 1 i 1 HI r HH IH MONUMENT TO CAPTAIN ANDREW AMDREW BURT The Cho Ne News New s pro el to Its It readers a a photograph of at the tho monument recently elected over llo lie he grave gave of or the tho he late lute Capt Andrew Audrew Hurt Burt HurtA BurtA A few tew of his friends and associates organized themselves them elvel Into a n committee a few rt months ago and amI set et to work to raise rais funda funds for the tIm pur pun purpose pose named The committee consisted of at John Y V Smith Charles Livingston Wm WI 0 a l and nd N V Y Jones A very vr ready read response call from Irom nil all ni quarter and in a short time over Oer was WI In the ho hands of a committee The entire amount put into the of Qt tle th lot and the pur pun purchase chase ot or the monument which Is II made mado of at granite taken front from the famous quarries qU nt It Il Vermont The monument 1 on stands about eight feet reet high and alt has lias hB upon It the this following Inscription IN OF OP II 1 BURT si t Born lorn BornI I OCT SO 20 ISM ISIS I Im 1 i IN m v t t S r 1 t I FW i I While In time the discharge of ot his hla hil duty Aji an cy Marshal 1 hl I he lie hJ met death Ileth at the pf pt it a desperadO AUG J 31 IUS 18 S This Thu Til monument Is 18 erected uy by b Friends Frends I v Of nr the tJ It I will Mill 11 rU anti ami to the Captains trend friends to know that his hie resting plo pUw plo shall be as green gren as l his memory Is la In their hearts heart hen rt The tragic fate which betel hefel Capt Andrew Burt lurt In this city ell nearly nearl SO years year ago Is la still freeh Cr free h In II tho the minds of or many at of our citizens The Tile affair occurred on Saturday Aug M 35 I USI 1155 US between the hours of or 1 land and 2 p I m rn mand 1 and ant wan ices the cause of url excitement In iii the community Recording the tragedy the Deseret De eret News of ot the th date mentioned said At t 1 I K 1 V II 1 Once a colored man ln who ke kep keeps p a small email restaurant adjacent to the old Salt Sat I Lake hou house telephoned to the city olt halt hail hal for tor police of or officer to arrest a 1 ian n who wh Was wan making a disturbance flourishing a 1 pistol and threatening th to shoot Marthal Andrew Hurt and Charles H It J n Im Immediately ImmediAte immediately mediately mediAte answered the summons They TI walked talked to Main street In search March ath of ot the min who haul had been b complained of When h they got gt dote close to the drug ug store stone of or Mr Ir Smith near nar the tho old Elephant corner comer Once pointed to a colored color man who wan sync WI standing Blending on omi the edge og of ot the sidewalk and old said Mid That la Is the theman theman man him or words worda to the effect er Marshal Hurt lurl than lien whom hol a braver brye man mn probably never never lived approached Harvey Jare thin tub being his hi name lam to make time the arrest arrant when he raised a I needle nell sun lUl to 10 shoot Mr Ir upon him with the agility ability arlt of at a I tiger but buthe buthe buthe he wa WI too lat la late tt Th The of or death left the weapon wea P I t be bullet enter entering ing log the upper par hart fart ot or Marshal Hurts arm t not only through It I but Lut the entire body bod coming out on oli tIme the C other ler side Ride II le lie ra nu I the Ih drug rug tore store M MI and expired almost Mr Ir the tM murderer by the throat but before f 1 he could prevent him he lie 11 drew 11 a large Jr revolver and nd shot hot alot that ot r through the fleshy fh part art of the left lef arm aria arm between the tM shoulder and el ci 1 bow Ow I Illy fly lly this tune time an an infUriated mob moh had h d r d and despite the tite efforts of ot the th to o It It Harvey Havey ss IS s taken from them tem dra to t A shied thed he at the tha rear of ot the tho to the th city cia lull hiatt and ana strung tru up over Dr the tn beams bm that lint support the roof rot It I due that the murderers name nam I was sa aB Samuels Marshal MaNhal Hurt was burled burle on Tu Tuesday Aug It 31 I the funeral being held from the Ihl large |
