Show SHOCKING TRAGEDY A bailiff charged with murder murdering ing a young man in cold blood IT APPEARS THAT HE MISTOOK HIM FOR FOB THE NAN MAN WHO CHOKED HIM BIN A fearful homicide was committed in this city about on saturday evening by which a young man was without warning sent to his bis grave rave and an aged and widowed mother mothie deprived of her support and possibly ot of her life the tragedy took place in A C smiths drug store at the corner of second south and east temple streets the whole affair originated in a saloon brawl which of itself was of little importance A number of persons were in williams gerrans saloon next door south of the I 1 WASATCH BUILDING HALLWAY leading up to the federal court room i the ball hall connects with the saloon by folding doors among those in the saloon was charles gilman or charles stokes as he be was generally known a young man who resided with his bis widowed mother in the fifth ward gilman is his name but from the fact that fats bis mother mrs stokes iwas was a widow with two or three children when she became mrs gilman and her second husband dying soon after the name of stokes was given to all of the children alike charles stokes was about 25 years of agi age we and W his bis mother is ia close to 70 10 and qu quite e feeble at the saloon mentioned ahat 9 on saturday night eight there were besides young and amos marsden Mars deB B R M fryer W morris and about a score of others bailiff me mc manamy an of marshal Marb lial dy eriq ers office and daniel reach bench another the place james marsden for some cause or other I 1 threw the contents of a beer glass at his bis brother AMOS the beer splashed on a blind man mail and bailiff this caused dome bome hot words in which the bailiff told tod abs amos marsden he 1 would v ap 1 q TILL this quarrel was wag finally settled by the parties partie who went out into the hallway lamed james who had bad heard beard of the threat to shoot his bis brother went into the hallway to look for the man who made the threats the disturbance acme little time until comm aWs loner orrell norrell N ordered marsden and those associated with him to desist or he be would have them arrested the lull was but momentary however wever for james jamea marsden found M and seized him by the collar ia r at the same time ye referring ferring to his is th threat reat to fill his bin brother full of h holes es marsden maraden choked the be bailiff down and by parties interfering a g a general scra scramble ensued by a Us this time young stokes Stok escame caiane in and an 7 1 t beilig nearly dark and d he being ab about qu t the same size as james J marcilen Mar K A radea mr M r rench bench seized him for the cause of the disturbance stokes insisted that he wai was sctt NOT GUILTY ONE but bat mr rench bench thought differently ore and held on to aim intending to take mm him to the vity hall stokes resisted the arrest ar till rench bench told tola him he was a deputy marshal several others also made the same i claim after this stokes was quieter and started with rench bench up the street also came along and caught stokes rig hand the latter did not like th this is and aad tried to shake him off ff therall the ball bailiff iff however seemed to think that he b bad ad got th the e man who choked him and huns hung on along some odthe of the way northward across second secord south street stukes stokes was quiet but a portion of the time be was trying to tree free his arm from his namy who had it tightly gripped about the middle of the street a young man named winter met ane ae two an and knowing stokes turned to look at him As he be did so he be heard beard one of the others which he be could vlot state say it if you aint go peaceably Q G d n you ILL SHOOT YOU A lady heard beard the same remark as she afterwards stated to a number of passengers in the streetcar two police men were standing at the corner of smiths drug g store and the three mu must have passed within a few feet of them but there was so little to attract at that they did not notice them at the drug store rench turned in to have the police called at that time he be had bad hold of the left lappel of stokes coat while Me Manamy had hold bold of the other side and stokes arm parties who saw them thought they were going in to get a drink of water no wever mr rench reach asked mr smith to tole tele phone lor for an officer the druggist at first did not recognize that there was anything wrong and did not understand mr rench bench the latter repeated the request and mr smith turned to the telephone dr richards eichardt Eich ards was with in three feet of the trio at this time at this juncture stokes threw up hi his a left hand band and apparently made a stroke at to io make the latter let go of his bis right arm toe tae bailiff I 1 hoy however vever without further ado drew hi his s weapon a self acting revolver and FIRED AT STOKES the flatters lat arm dropped and from suase subsequent en bill examination it is in probable that t the zu e ball passed through gh stokes left wrist and into his bis left shoulder not content with this the shooter pushed his bis weapon to stokes breast and tired fired a second shot then a third these took effect in the left breast of tile the young man just over the heart he had stooped forward at the first shot and when the third was fired he be was falling he dropped on his bis face with his head between his hands bands and died almot almost instantly and without speaking a word policeman acalin came in and took hold bold of it inch I 1 who informed him that did the shooting the latter was then taken and me officer was searching se archin him when deputies franks and an g sprague came in and took him bim KOM FROM li THE CUSTODY of the policeman officer malin came in tor for a good deal of blame tor for permitting ns his bis prisoner to be taken by his friends and associates in office the deputies were also censured for their official courtesy in taking a man from the custody of another simply because they bad the physical power to do so officer paper who had entered the store just behind malin turned the prostrate form of young stokes over and the blood bloed spurted up from the wounds and from his bis mouth it was thought one ball had bad penetrated the face under the right eye but after the blood was washed off it was discovered that there was no wound there all three bullets had bad entered the left breast and shoulder dr richards who witnessed the shooting remarked remar remarked kea close upon the third shot THE COLDEST AFFAIR I 1 ever saw he looked a at t the prostrate man and pronounced life extinct quite a crowd had rushed in and mr smith ordered the doors shut it was an hour before the dead man was taken away hut but Meffa namy was hurried off and later was taken to the penitentiary the most intense excitement cit ement prevailed on the streets for some time after the tragedy the deceased was taken to sexton patricks office and a number nimber of friends of mr went to break the news to his bis aged mother she was asleep when the house was reached at 37 w seventh south street and no one DARED TO AWAKEN HER to a realization of what had occurred when the news was finally made known to her at 11 p in the shock was ter terrible ribe and it is not unlikely that its effect may prove fatal to her her sons funeral wol wi bake take place tomorrow on the car which leaves at 9 CO for the first ward there was a painful naul scene it was just after the sh shooting anda lady who had been near the scene entered with her husband she was in a state of great excitement she exclaimed he baid HE HB WOULD KILL MAI HIM and he has done it her husband told her she had bad better not say anything and she repeated the statement saying 1 I hoard board him aw say bay he would shoot it was with the utmost 0 difficulty I 1 that the lady could be controlled and finall finally she burst into tears anid continued crying bitterly till she left tho car at 10 a ip today to day coroner taylor held an inquest ingest kr r reach wr air winter aad one or two other wi witnesses did ud 1 I appear however rl after hearing bearing me we testimony of the other Y witnesses an adjournment was taken till 6 p V rp today to day the corone a s jury ivy were goo fleo FB mbrooks P brooks rooks A young and I 1 I 1 M X barratt the ahe evidence to is as follows and con can bafus details in addition to those before given the first witness was JAMES JAMBS MARSDEN of Taylora vUle who testified that he be was present at the wasatch building in the hallway leading to the court room in the saloon saldon McKa namy and my brother bad some words and me manamy threatened to till fill my brother full of holes afterward I 1 him because of his bis threat them several men shouted im a deputy stokes was widd usand us and became engaged in the general scuffle he was arrested and taken away and I 1 did not noi see him again jill till he was shot made ms threats because some home one bumped up against him I 1 did not see s ee stokes engaged in the as I 1 only went to protect my brother when mc DAC hamamy threatened to shoot him three or four persons claimed to be deputy marshals in the me early part of the fuss I 1 threw a glass of beer on my brother that was in fuu fun and he paid no attention to it I 1 heard two of the shots close cloie together but was over a yards vi way away saw no pistol drawn but was warned that thai had his hand in his pocket with a pistol when I 1 era 0 bed a general ensued AMOS MARSDEN te testified stifled I 1 was at williams gerrans saloon on saturday night and had some I 1 words with brother and I 1 wre were fooling and I 1 jostled against Me Manamy the first thin thing he be said when I 1 accidentally bumped against I 1 him k was look outi out young fello fellow vy or ill fill you full of holes 11 I 1 answered him back and we had bad some words we went out and my brother soon came and grabbed there was a general I 1 in chih h rench and stokes were engaged MeAla namy put his bis hand back for his pistol twice billy morris morr is a young man also heard beard c k baeny threaten to shoot me I 1 oad ad some om e beer but not so much as to affect my memory stokes had had some beer he was not in the habit of getting drunk he was never quarrelsome followed rench bench and stokes stakes out of the doorway stokes pulled back once when he was waa first arrested he was a laboring man I 1 have known him over 15 years and never knew of his having had any trouble with anybody no words passed between he and that I 1 know of ROBERT FRYER 1 testified to the trouble in the saloon his story was substantially the same as that pf af the two preceding witnesses iu in the hall he said yome of the beer thrown toy by james marsden went on McAlan amy and the row started he got the latter and amos mars marsden d en to shake hands amos told McHan camy amy he should not threaten to kill a man for nothing I 1 saw mv put his bis hand to his pistol twice but ae ie did not draw it I 1 have seen in the saloon before stokes was a quiet man never heard beard of his being in trouble I 1 was in in the saloon but did not hear the in the hallway DR JOB 8 RICHARDS testified between 93 10 and 10 p in m I 1 was in smiths drug store saw rench and aad come in with stokes the latter was in the centre renca asked smith to call for the police smith did not seem to understand and rench repeated his request stokes pulled his band free from rench and was going to strike the latter fired one shot stokes staggered and fired again I 1 was waa within three leet feet aud and started for the door when fired again stokes fell and I 1 remarked the coldest blooded thing thine I 1 ever saw in mv life not a word passed between stokes and me manamy I 1 examined stokes one ball had bad sone gone in below the right eye and two just over the heart all of the shots were tired fired by chev v were fired in rapid succession I 1 did not see the pistol drawn but saw the flashes I 1 think me he manamy drew his bis 1 pistol when stokes began to struggle to get his band boosel loose McHan amy lid did not speak before t the e shooting he fired the shot before stokes COW cou have struck him the last shot was fired at stokes as he was falling failing the first shot must have struck stokes ib ia the face the second went th roligh his left wrist and into his bis left breast and the third a little lower down just above the heart he be was instantly killed I 1 do not think he knew anything after he was ha hi the first arst time he never spoke to any one after he came in the drugstore drug store mckana in s hand was not more than twelve inne inches s from stokes when he tired fired when the second shot came I 1 said athis this is too warm and stepped back the third shot came instantly and rench caught and stopped him PR A c SMITH proprietor of the drug store testified dr richards statement is correct I 1 did not understand rench bench athirst at first and was just turning to telephone for bior the police when tired fired did not see the pistol iol I 1 had bad the door closed ep the crowd out thore there cje r eie shots in rapid succession T beard pr richards say sav the coldest blooded affair I 1 ever saw rench bench bad hold bold of scopes cost coat when asked me to telephone for the police ho bp seemed to be in in a hurry burry I 1 saw stokes raise his left arm I 1 lust ast before the abbots montgomery BIBO testified Between I 1 9 and 10 on saturday night I 1 saw rench reach have hold of ef stokes ut st the hallway came up and the three went up the street they hurried stokes considerably sider ably they were jerking him from one side to the other and I 1 thought a pretty rough way to handle a prisoner at the drus drug store I 1 saw stokes raise big left hand and slap at adamy who was holding g the formers right w a in when pt right stokes okes raised his ban hand AleM aDamy put his bis hand into his pocket quickly quick lv and then came the flashes I 1 saw two flashes and turned around when the third shot was fired and I 1 turned back saw a Dol policeman iceman go towards I 1 was working with stokes on a building on saturday I 1 did not recognize him until he be sot got in the drug store never heard of his being in trouble before I 1 had to move the body so the store door could be shut he be fell with his head towards toward 3 the doorstep saw Manamy Ale taken out of toe the bacs baca way I 1 knew he tired fired the shots stokes had no pistol in his handia hand if he touched at all it was very lightly AMOS MARSDEN was recalled and stated that after shaking hands with they started back tor for the saloon when james marsden earn cam out and asked fort for the he man who was going to tc fill his brother full of holes and the quarrel was recommenced stokes had but one scuttle with rench CYRUS 31 testified I 1 heard the noise in williams gerrans ler rans saloon as I 1 was passing passin 4 stopped to see what was waa the matter matte r saw james marsden throw the beer siw SAW it splash on a blind man and one or two others the bierwas beer was thrown in ia joke the olind man was angry and got up and wanted to light fight another man came up and wanted to fight amos marsden because of what he had said to the blind man who had picked up a chair the other man was induced to go out t into the hill hall with amos al marsden aden I 1 went out of tte saloon and saw rench trying to pull out stokes said it me and rench said it was you another man then ranch and they took stokes off I 1 thought they would let him loose so I 1 followed I 1 was at the corner by the drug store when the shots were fired and I 1 went hack back to get out of the road I 1 afterward went up with the crowd stokes was kno A a as a very quiet roan man ne did not get the worse for liquor though he drank a little beer he be went along quieter after rench bench told him he was an officer he evidently did not know thit |