| Show A BLOODY TRAGEDY A bloody tragedy was enacted on eighth west street between first and second south streets on r dec 12 shortly after 10 which resulted in one man killing wa another other the participants were two carpenters named edward Scot scottland tand william diamond both men mefi have been employed by george bettz a building contractor for some mouths months past and during thelast few weeks have been engaged in the erection of a number of tenement houses bouses for W WH H whitney the real estate man on the street where the kill killing ing occurred bettz the contractor has had a large force of workmen in his employ during the building season iv and Z as his contracts have been completed he has been gradually dispensing with their services and last evening at the close of tho the dayla da a work diamond one ot of tue the carpenters was informed by scott who was beliz foreman that his services vices would not be needed any more as the building on which he be had been at work was now finished diamond took offense at his bis discharge but said little la ladt evening other than lie he would retura this ahls morning and remove his tool chest on leaving his lodging place this morning diamond was attired in his best clothes and yent went to his usual place of work to demand a settlement with his employer mr betz belt and to remove his hip tools he was met at the door of the tenement house hous just ejust completed by mr scott the foreman whom he accused oi of being instrumental about his is represented as a very qu quiet let man denied that he was responsible for it here hare the matter rested for a few minutes and scott proceeded about bis work and after having given some instruction to the workmen engaged on hu another cottage walked back into the building froni from which he beha bal come when met b by diamond he wast waff followed by DiAmond 1 the quarrel just what passed between the he two men in the cattage perhaps will never be known unless dla diamond sees fit to re reveal veal it W what hat was said how however seems to have been spoken in an undertone as an the workmen on the outside head heard nothing of it at this j tincture mr bettz who had bad witnessed from a distance the first altercation between the two men meu went to the door with the intention he be says of paying diamond off when a ghastly sight met bis bin gaze scott was wao iu in the act of falling with a carpenters carpnter chisel protruding from his forehead directly over the left eye mr betz at once gave the alarm that thai scott had been slain by diamond and the workmen came rushing to where abo tb wounded man lay groaning As the chisel walk was withdrawn from the dying mans head in which it had bad been imbed ded to a depth ileith of four inches tb the blood spurted to the ceiling from the now gaping wound tie he was placed upon a carpenters bench and made as comfortable the police were at once communicated with in they the meanwhile diamond stood by and watched bis his victims life blood ebb away before the police arrived on the ike scene however hok vever the dying man mail wad taken in a lumber wagon to W be office of dr Endri endreson eon second south street in the old tribune building where he arrived at 1030 and expired at 1110 without recovering oring scott was a man about thirty th iracy fi five ve year of ie age alve v feet eight inches lu in heighton heigh tot powerful physique and dark daik complexion he leaves a young wife who lives in mount pleasant iowa where scott lived prior to his arrival lu in utah I 1 A telegram was sent to mrs scott informing her of df her husbands le tragic death an A 6 inquest was held at coroner harris office this thin afternoon whence the body was removed from axom the office of dr endris the remains will be preserved at thy the undertaking establishment of evans evane ak rosa awaiting an answer from mrs scott diamond was arrested on tho scene of the killing and taken to the city jai he came to this territory from denver deaver last spring and though not an habitual drunkard heis said to imbibe intoxicants tou too farely at times whether or not he was in IB that condition this morning could not be ascertained |
