| Show SHOOTING the most moat oases of youthful homicide in the history of this territory was being inquired into by coroner taylor aday T the he investigation ti was wais drought about through the killing of clyde the five year old son aono of mr and mrs B R 8 Buber of farmers ward near eleventh dumb BI feet ou on saturday Saiu Satu ruay evening baist four toys boja harry and ana carl hammond und and heuer helier anti ana grorge gorge caylor lads lada ranging from twelve to fifteen years were taken into custody by chief paul and turned over to sheriff mcqueen and are now lu in the county jail not under arrest particularly but being held pending an inquiry as to who is responsible fur for clyden death it la is said that these bl bi ys yo are given to worrying smaller children anu causing a gaoa dual ot of trouble generally on saturday the quartette went over jordan shootings shooting harry carrying ying jais his ta tal hera therse double barrelled barrel led shot gun in the evening after the boys re turned little clyde was shot while standing anding fit on a box while looking over his bis tat lathers herJa fence no one ene so ao far as known saw the shooting budaus but suspicion pointed to harry hammond hammonds Ham monda ai neing the guilty one tie he denies emphatically however that he fie had ban anything to do with it the inquiry commenced at 11 ov elock attorney whittemore appearing for the accused boys and aid lawyers ferguson on and bree for mr Robert Buu who Is dete determined rin ined to sift tile the matter lu the bottom the bouy body lay in a back room at Skew skewers evs undertaking aking establishment I 1 in a the presence of the jury the breast and arms of the boy were perforated with shots the NEWS reporter rEer counting eighty eight distinct holee holec the aary is IB best beat told by the various W ali i as follows SEEM BEEN WITH THE GUS mrs mra whiting who resides on eleventh bouth street between state and ad east temple testified having seen been three or four foul small buys boys pats paa by her place some time iu in the afternoon b tween three and six they had but one gun the lad who carried the fawling piece wore a straw ha ba was very much shocked at seeing so a boy a gun sue was nui not sure that khe ohe could dould identify the bay but believed she ebe could iu in ease case he had not chati ged his bis clothing A DELAY OCCURRED assistant county attorney eichnor at this time telephoned from the city hall to the effect that he would like to be present during the investigation and the inquiry was interrupted penu ing hie arrival on reaching the scene of inquiry mr Eion nur announced that we the county would make the most moet searching possible poa aible MR MB NARROW ESCAPE henry E whipple a carpenter testified that he be was stooping over picking up a board at ov elock when he be heard beard a shot fired and ana also board beard the whistling of shot a few inches above his bit heau bead he dropped the board he be ha picked up and luok fog around he heard a little girl cry out they have killed oui little litile brother 02 1 I rang tol toward maids her and saw her fier dragging drag gine her little brother and I 1 picked him bim up and aid carried him to wards warde his borne within a very distance of it his bla form became rigid aud and stiff he then gashea and ia ina mediately expired I 1 laid him on the times grass and tarter started to find out who had done the shooting I 1 met mrs mra gaylor aud and said clyde robinson bobin aou had been shot I 1 taw paw an old man standing in whiting 1113 lot and inquired or him who did t the a i booting he was a foreigner and couluris pt understand THE GUS GUN BROUGHT BACK 1 I was misrepresented by the tribune bune I 1 did not see eee the koys running as aa reported saw harry hammond first aud and asked him it he be had bad a gun anti and he replied that hill hia father had sume dome old gentleman went with harry barry hammond to his bis fathers tat bere bouse less leas than a block away and alid brought back the gun and a peck ot of cartridges the gun wasti out fur on account of mrs gaylor gay lor telling me that thai ube she had baa seen four boys boye one of them ca carrying trying a gun run towards the hammond residence I 1 asked both of the boys boya anu and both ot ol the gaylor boys who did the bb hooting outing anu and they all replied they kaow that they were halt half a block away SAW CLYDE PALL FALL miss ora spence a sister in law of mr whipple lb testified that she ebe saw clyde climb half way up the fence and luk lok lu k over he bad baa been standing there but a few seconds when she ehe heard a shot and daw cl clyde clde de fall did dia not see who did the shooting SAW THE BOYS RUNNING AWAY C sum bum nichols nichola testified that he board beard the shooting he be w a lying on the bed up stairs he be immediately put ou his bia shies and rushed down and out and saw two of the gaylor baylor boys and one of the hammond boys boya running directly away from the scene or of the shooting neither of those three lade had a gun 1 I 1 interrogated terro gated george gaylor the largest boy and be disclaimed all knowledge of the shooting ag he said eaid he hail bad heard the shot fired however I 1 asked him where be was wag and who was with lim hoa he aid faid f that his brother and the two hamm hamaud nd boys and himself were down near mr about six ix hundred feet away at theotime the time took me down and showed me the shot abot and I 1 called his bla atef attention antion to the impossibility ot his statement being true due atter alter that he be was evasive in all of his hie answers an aa were all of the othera others 12 A BRIGHT LITTLE WITNESS nnnie bosom boas a little brown haired tot or of six eix years said eald she ebe saw harry aud and curl carl hammond and george and heber baylor in mr lot harry hammond haa bad a gun she heard beard the shot abot and saw clyde fall off the fence after which she ebe became frightened and ran home before that she ebe was in Bober teona yard playing with clyde and hito bid little baby iff lter why were you frightened frighten ehe was waa asked aked well clyde fell off the becce close t ame me sai aad mam A a wa away from home bome that was waa aby by promptly re the child TH BO AIDING mrs C 8 nichols echola tooti testified flod to hw hear ag the shot und and running out of her house toward we locality from which hiob the sound bound came directly in front of 0 herwede her were two of the hammond and one of the gaylor boys boye apparently hiding behind a large patch of mustard Baua tard weeds weede 1 I asked them what WAS wag the matter and one of the little fellows said eaid pai im afraid some one la is hurt 2 just J net then vinnie ross the child who has baa just juel testified oame came running up and said clyde Bube reton has haa been shot ahot I 1 ran fan to him in time to see aee him die TOOK THE GUN FROM HABBY BARRY mrs 0 E R barrett testified that she heard the shot and saw the gaylor gay lor anu ano hammond boys together harry had the gun I 1 took it from him and asked if he be had shot it oft off and he be said not since I 1 left iett the jordan Is are you sure I 1 inquired yes yea mrs mra barrett I 1 am sure of it and nd I 1 can prove lt I 1 george yes yea he can 21 promptly added george gaylor he fire the shot THEY WERE WESTERN BOYS juror Rn randolph dolph are the boys rough witness they are western boys and you can judge for yourself attorney ferguson what do you mean by western boys witness well tie boys out here are wilder and have more scope than they do CID in the east in enoth oth r words they are always ready tor for a picnic laughter THREATS OF KILLING mrs annie dassonville I 1 said the hammond and gaylor boys were very bad ones and had given her no end of trouble harry hammond bad drawn a guu gun on her little girl about a mouth month ago and had threatened to snoot shoot her at noon on saturday last she heard harry hammond say 1 I will kill the whole u d outfit chickens and 11 ll theta remarks were addressed to clyde and her own children hurry harry on one occasion had compelled one of 0 witness little boys to climb clift a tree and kept apt him up there for some time when he came down harry kickos him violently REPEATED may dassonville Daa sonville a twelve year old W sri irl testified that she heard harry ammond say fay to her little brother on saturday that he would kill him the chickens and the whole s or of a b of an outfit STONED LITTLE CLYDE virgil dassonville Oai sonville testified that the two hamlund boys the two gyler lade a mcclelland and a dyer boy were at his fathers father house aau called him a G U ds of a b that they loulu kill the whole outfit thai the dyer lad ind hit little clyde anthe on the head with rooks rocks and the McL mclelland olland boy bad stoned atoned him on the back THREATS OP OF SHOOTING AND POISONING mary robertson Bo bertson a twelve year old sister of the deceased said aid she was raking in the garden and her bar little boother kept climbing on to the fence once looking over at the boys sho she took him down several times the lant time h 0 was wae up about two minutes min then the shot hot went off and she ahe started to again take clyde oft but he be fell rull full of holes boles and died 01 0 1 she looked through the fence but saw no one at noon harry hammond said eaid he would shoot clyde and poison witness before she abe was waa there very long THE DOUS BARKED WILDLY maggie robertson Ro berteon another sister elster of the deceased said bald cl clde de was playing in the back yard when shot she saw him in the act of falling failing immediately iter after the shooting the shot came from mr whitings writings tings yard did not see gee who fired it and could nut not on account of the dividing fence being a high board one she heard the dogs doge bark wildly and savy two of them ylse ulso to where her little brother fell in the morning her mamma went up town and ad was afraid something would happen to clyde and wanted to take him along but her papa said he would be all right and a she he left him at horce home NONE OF THEM WOULD TELL mrs henry gaylor mother of two of the boys testified that she was at home borne at the time of the shooting heard the shots it was followed by horrifying scream ii saw one of the robertson Robe riBon girls holding her little brother in her arms arme near by were two of witness boys and heber and henry hammond she said excitedly to her boyt boyl for gods goda sake bake tell who has done thirl my boys boye my boys boya dont deceive me if you shot thle this little boy say bay so all of them denied the shooting and said they knew nothing of it the boys were excited another attempt was made by witness to got get at the facts in the case she said to one of her boys boya georgia fur for goudis ake boake if either of 3 ou or the ham mood mond boys shot clydie say gay no BO for he be to is as dead as ae bead can be this met with nothing but silence SHOT AT A BIRD heber gaylor testified 1 I am nine years old harry hammond Hammo td was shooting at a bird in a tree and hit the little boy on OD the fence he see bee the little boy at all and lutene t to 0 kill him mr whittemore was proceeding to ask aek a question when he was out cut short by coroner taylor saying the theat attorney must not and cannot ask a single question there must be no leading or misleading JUST LIFTED THE GUN AND SHOT carl Hammond ged sevens seven testified that be know harry had bad shot at any one ohe he just lifted up the gun and shot in of quails Qu ayls tie he shoot at anything or any abdy he bear aty any other gun fired he down at the river with the other boys he met them near dun bun fords place the report sounded bounded like harry shot it the little fellow was a most moat stubborn a d determined witness and it was with the greatest difficulty that he could be induced to say may anything george gaylor the eldest boy of the four said when we got up to whit ings ang Is lot harry said he be would shoot at the tree over towards mr 1 ls just juet to maie e if it would carry the cliot U that bat far loaded jmdej tk the geaw I 1 no 7 shot thip the coroner are you satisfied that hat harry shot little clyde witness there was wa no other shot hot there here no one else could have fired it the coroner you thinks think then that harry fired the fatal shot witness beat tati ng ly yest yea sir air the I 1 said the gun was wag loaded with a dIfo defective tive cartridge that they bad tried it several times and that it go off s HARRY HABBY BREAKS DOW AND harry hammoud hammond a dark c complex toned low brewed firm faced boy of twelve years came forward under guard of sheriff mcqueen and county jailor hill in relation to the killing he said he be was on eleventh south street when it occurred he ahot at an apple tree just juat to see eee it the gun would go off he know whether he be had bad shot little clyde or not he shot five snipes and two killdeer kill deera elf during the day he told mrs mra barrett ands and mrs writing that he know knew nothing of the shooting when questioned as to why be had not told trio the truth he broke down and sobbed out the words 1 I was afraid to this finished the taking of testimony and sheriff mcqueen was instructed to take the four boys back to jail which he did in returning a verdict in the mattes mattea of the killing of clyde robertson Bo berteon the coroner a jury last night found from the evidence that the said add clyde robertson came to his hig death by a gun shot wound or inflicted by bi the hand ot of harry hammond Hai omond whether or by accident this jury is unable to determine 1 the three other boys boye carl hammoud hammond gorge george and heber gaylor were released from the county jail last baat night today a charge of mur mar er was preferred against harry and he was waa taken before justice gee for preliminary examination hit his attorney that he be discharge dg but the court over ruled the motion and fixed his bia bonds bonde at pending the examination which is set for thursday next at 10 ov elock in default kIt of sureties young hammood hammond was re committed tj to the county jail |
