Show TERRIBLE TRAGEDY on a D P V Q train two men killed on satur saturday y afternoon the NEWS condall contained occurred asriee r rief r account of an affray aff ray that oc occurred curre ed d during that day on the salt lake 1 D R G express in which a pass passenger eDger had been fatally stabbed and a chinaman shot and killed the full details of the affair which was undoubtedly one of the most ex exciting citino episodes that ever transpired on tha that t line of road were not given coroner georg gearge e J taylor held an iguest inquest at 7 pm at the office of jos win in taylor on first west street AW and 1 ane jurors summoned to investigate the case were duly sworn and proceeded to inspect the body of the deceased which lay in the dead housie house of the main building fuere the body of a medium sized m muscular chinaman about 30 years of age was stretched out upon its back with the head and face considerably swollen the face was also spattered red and smeared with blood and the vest shirt and waistcoat saturated with the crimson stream the marks of three bullets were one on the right side of the head bead near the base of the ear ow on in the breast and another through the biceps of the lett arm about midway between the shoulder and elbow A few mir minutes after the inspection of the body officer smith arrived from the alitt house where he had been to summon a number of and train men to give testimony in the case the witnesses having been sworn the first one called to make a statement was the brakeman of no 7 JMES JAMES GANONG who stated that he got on the train at grand junction colorado at about 7 am and soon after was told cold t thai h at there was a crazy chinaman in ia the closet Coh conductor ductor conlisk asked him it if he could not get gel him out witness then went to the door of the closet and asked the chinaman to come forth but the latter refused ganong then tried to get at ai him in by prying the glass out oat over the door when he came out with a rash made a luu lunge b at witness with a large knife cutting a long gash sh in his pants and hurling him headlong into the wood box witness then wenc back through the train and borrowed a pistol to but conductor conlisk seeing it told him to avoid killing the she man if possible witness told the chinaman to 10 put down his knife but instead he made a lunge at a lady with it and then stabbed a young man who was sitting quietly reading in the stomach observing his bis frenzied manner and deeming the lives of the passengers in da danger tiger witness began firing at the heat heathen tien with his revolver the chinaman was advancing on witness when lie he fired this was ivas about a in I 1 near crevasse e colorado Colora the chinaman died at lower lawer crossing utah about 10 1050 50 a in williama william A ferguson corroborated the testimony of tue me preceding witness and added that the young man stabbed made no movement of iny any kind witness thought the Chin chinarian arnan insane and the lives of the passengers in danger the chinaman struck at several parties after the shooting commenced he appeared all right early that morning COL S SH H ALMONDS te testified stifled aam t am from the southern part of illinois james ja meb sta statement is true I 1 was in the same bame car wita my wife and baby I 1 nad been in the smoker a few minutes minnies and on reta returning rn found the chinaman in the closet r raising 11 1 1 1 cam cain he be was exclaiming 41 in 2100 0 8 me pay 5 1 I told the conductor he 0 ought to iet get him out he 1 tried to do so as stated when the chinaman dashed out oat and aad seizing a poker with his left hand band and brandishing a large clasp knife in his right ordered evory everyone wie to 10 sit still or held hed kill then them the brakeman said put that knite down john 1 1 but he made a lunge at him cutting his pants when he told all ail toai to sit down we did so we obeyed I 1 orders my wife had the baby in her arms and once arose from her seat as ag she did so the chinaman struck at her with his duk dirk and she dropped to the floor it was then that he jumped upon the young ir man iran an near the door and stabbed him I 1 think the brakeman waa perfectly justified in shooting as he diet did and thus saving the lives ot other passengers I 1 ALBRRT H LOWES I 1 no ba i of indianapolis indiana said I 1 was in the car in the rear of th thaine one in which the chinaman was sho shota it some one awakened me saying a wild chinaman had bad taken possession of a car I 1 went out and saw the nathen flouris flourishing hinga a knife at UK brakeman s some ome one said to 10 hiaam why doaa you kill him when the brakeman replied 1 I dont but I 1 havo have got to make him give up that knife I 1 went into the other car and in a few seconds the shooting commenced I 1 saw the cut in the brak emans pants heard po no conversation between the brakeman and the chinaman do not know how many persons cirod JOHN BLICK BLACK of queen city mo said lamaj almonds statement is what I 1 have to say bay I 1 was in a seat immediately behind almonds and his wae the chinaman had a knife in one band and a poker in the other there is no doubt but that the lives of the passengers were in danger do not believe it would have been possible to secure the chinaman without sho sh cotins ting him and I 1 believe the shooting was entirely justifiable and that it saved the lives of men women and children when shot the chinaman a lell fell forward between the seats he was undoubtedly crazy DR J C POMEROY had bad never seen many and noti noticed c ed this one had bad a wild expression in nis his eye the doctor had remarked to a f friend that if he was a white man he e should be inclined to think lie he was demented he went frequently to the closet and on coming cominic out would take an opium pill and then a drink of water which he spit out oui again this was continued tor for some time before the fracas began heard the conductor toro on n t the b e division before conlisk and ganong came on say let the boys on the next division have him the young fellow stai stabbed bed was named sung bridge from bunker hill ill if there ever was a case of justifiable homicide this was certainly one JOHN CONLISK conductor of the train testified this morning on leaving grand junction the conductor who brought the train in told me there was a crazy chinaman in the water closet claset aud and they had been trying for some time to get him out I 1 went through the tram train as usual met a brakeman in the car where the chinaman was and asked him what the chances were to get him out went out and soon the brakeman came to me and said he was stabbed he wanted to borrow a gun went out and saw where the chinaman naman was standing i n with th a knife in one hand band and a p poker diw r in in the other I 1 had to get into the car I 1 showed my badge and as I 1 opened the door he stabbed at toe me and I 1 pulled the door doar shut sto stopped ped the train and lumped jumped off intending to get on at the other end before I 1 reached there e however I 1 heard beard 5 hotd 0 and when I 1 got there t toe chinaman was dying dying it ever I 1 saw a demon ademon incarnate be e was one hedded he died at 1050 the chinaman had two checks for his baggage and a ticket tor for san francisco he had a little littie box with him from which hevery he very often took a p pinch I 1 ach of something that a doctor on the train said was gum opium the jurors john F hardie george stringfellow String tellow and isaac A emery without leaving their seats brought in a verdict of justifiable homicide among the effects of chun lee was a card bearing the inscription second united presbyterian church circle G no 38 lefthand left hand side chun lee 11 also a receipt for 8 3 paid the mutual reserve fund life association of nassau st new york for a life policy of 1000 it is specified as admission fee and annual dues for the first year and da dated ted oct 1 am the following addresses were also found second U UP P church allegheny pa mr maj J F findlay no 56 66 ninth street pittsburgh 11 some of the leading of this city are telegraphing back for information in regard kolchun lee and it is expected that his baggage will be la in today to day as aa conductor conlisk promised to send it down from ogden he will not be buried before tomorrow the young man Hackle bridge who was wounded by chun lee DIED YESTERDAY at 11 am the cause of death being internal hemorrhage drs fowler and pinkerton state that the knife cut through the liver and aad penetrated the wall of the stomach he was quite a young man 21 years of age of lar large size and bore his injury bravely V his is relatives have been telegraphed at bunker hill illinois in regard to the disposition of his remains meantime the body lies at undertaker jos W taylors Taylor ls awaiting advices advises ad vices testimonial on saturday evening the following preamble and resolutions were signed by passengers of the train whereas on the twenty sixth day dav of november ve niber A D 1887 we the undersigner undersigned under signed kv passengers a mengers on the denver rio kio grande western s tern train irom from grand junction to salt lake lak e city were in great bodily danger by reason of a crazy Chin amans attempt at running amuck and whereas whet em q we are satisfied that conductor john conlisk and brakeman james ganong did everything in their power to protect tile the lives af 0 the passengers which we believe to have been endangered nid angered by said Chin amans demoniacal demonstrations resolved lie solved that we hereby express our gratitude to said conductor condne tor and especially brakeman akeman lii ganong tor for the prompt and efficient method he sought in protecting the lues lives anali and limbs abs of those under his care resolved further that while we deplore the tragedy and its sad results we nevertheless believe that brakeman ganong was fal daliy i i justified in resorting to the methods he use used J W jones J P bennett 0 E Gol gowing ving ar E 0 bailey G x A gowing william wilham A fer vison gian W 11 campbell john luse dr 1 C pomeroy A H lowes A J campbell george frey S H almond mrs 4 H almond joha black mrs d J A black wilhelm 0 L W harriman Har |