| Show SHOT HER SEDUCER at h alf lf past six september at the corner of C and first streets in the eighteenth ward amanda olsen shot a spurting sporting character of this city named frank hall the shot being instantly mortal hall hail was walking down tine the street with mrs ann hart who I 1 lives ves at no C street as the two passed a tree miss olsen was observed standing behind it and she made a remark the terms of which were not distinguished As the couple reached the railway track in the centre of the street and only a few feet from where thy the girl was standing shedred she drew a revolver and fired the bullet entering halls forehead and passi passing ag entirely through his head came out bahi behind d the left ear he dropped to the ground exclaiming 1101 oh dearl and expired without a groan she immediately proceeded to the police station announcing what had taken place and stating that flat she wished to be placed in custody ous tody was taken to the county jail she was quite uncommunicative only saying hat hall had seduced her and that she did riot nob wish to talk about it until she had bad consulted with her attorney some months since hall went east shortly afterwards mrs hart widow of the late william hart formerly an employed of the utah central now U P shops sold her home in the eighteenth ward and left the city also leaving the impression behind her that she was going to california to visit relatives she bhe did not however go westward as recent developments proved she returned from the east quite recently bringing halls children with her and aad he followed a day or two afterwards mrs mra hart wis was stopping with her mother and it appears that hall must have been visiting mrs hart there immediately previous to the tra tragedy edy that ended his career it seems from all accounts that hall was a married man but was nonliving not living with his wife he was thirty eight years old and had bad two children of whom he be was taking care he had bad lived with mrs hart for over two years and she had introduced trod him into the olsen family the acquaintance thus formed grew and seemed to be mutually ut ally pleasant for a time aalfs halas conduct up to a certain point giving out no indication of any such damnable design as he is charged with but his acquaintanceship while properly restrained as related to the other members of the household was not so as to the girl and he soon began to make protestations of love the impediment in the way of a marriage with miss olsen that is his living and wife he proposed to remove as soon as possible by obtaining a legal separation the old fa familiar millar story of mans treachery and womans comans weakness in all its shades of light and darkness with all the customary details seems seeing to have never beer been more exactly repeated than in the instance of which we write she yielded in spite of her p pir tr eutsy ants opposition and promised sed to become his wife but the submission to his wishes meant one thing to her and another and vastly different thing to him A natural instinct replete with noble feeling and gentle sentiment in a womans comans innate chastity on one side on the other that disposition to destroy the virtue of the innocent pander to animalism and break away from all the restraints imposed by honor manliness naan nan liness and decency the gratification of a sensual appetite and the unholy conquest of vittina on the other this is how the cue case stood if all we have been able to gain in the way of tion shall prove to be correct that it will seems entirely inevitable miss father juhu F 1 olsen I corroborates corrol this view throughout he says the acquaint acquaintance aute between hall and his family was of about a years yearns duration he took the daughter out very often riding anti and walking the marriage question was waa presented and rejected hut but she was determined and he reluctantly bantly yielded hall went east last november and she became very low spirited in consequence and when he returned she made a confession to her parents she said that one night shortly before he left the city he paid her herbia his usual visit tha parents had gone to bed and after hall and the daughter had talked for a few minutes about marriage he threw a handkerchief over her mouth and after threatening her if she resisted or uttered a sound he brutally outraged tier her then he told her that his only reason for doing this was to make m ake sure that she would be true to him when she finished the confession she said III 1 I swore vengeance on this man and sprayed to god for strength to do it 9 mr olsen is employed in the f furniture u r establishment of J C sandberg opposite the valley Hou seand was on his way home from the shop when he was attracted by the crowd which had gathered at the place of the shooting the dead body of hall ball was wad lying upon the ground and upon his being informed by mrs hart that it was his daughter who had slain the man he was completely overcome and swooned being then conveyed to his residence A NEWS representative called at the rest resi I 1 ence of mr olsen september but he and his wife were the following additional statement by mrs olsen which is taken from the herald sheds more light upon the dark subject 1 I can add something to this said mrs olsen A few days ago I 1 went down lown town with my daughter and we found fludd this man she wanted co know what he was going to do but he refused to talk while I 1 was there and asked her to go with him alone and talk it over she consented and they went to a restaurant and went into a private room then he said he would never marry her and tried to make her submit to his desires again but she felled him to the flour floor with a chair and came out oat miss olsen is 21 2 1 years of age has a petite figure and is quite good looking bloking lo king she has been employed for some time in the knitting factory conducted by mr pearson on vest temple street between south temple and first south the gentleman bears abundant testimony to nr worth and reputation there being nothing whatever against her except tier her intimacy with hall on friday last she complained of not feeling well and went home on oil the following day she sent word to mr that she was still unable to bi at the factory and the next he heard beard of her was when informed of the homicide last night halls body was taken to the undertaking der taking establishment near the knitting factory shortly after the shooting the inquest belas began there them at 2 p m be before f ore C coroner harris miss olson olsen has bien taken from the cell to which she was assigned aud and is now quartered with police sergeant merrill at his residence she is suffering considerably from nervous n by agreement the case will be heard un on thursday oct 2nd and at 10 before justice laney county at torney attorney murphy and his assistant eichnor will prosecute and jude jud e powers will defend |
