Show ROBBERY AT BEAVER DAM the following details of a most daring robbery and bold attempt at murder in broad daylight are creating considerable excitement in beaver dam and collinston collingston Col linston vicinity there can be no doubt as to the genuineness of this shocking affair as we obtained our information this morning straight from the robbed man and responsible parties who witnessed part of it from a distance E T mcghee a shoemaker Brigham who now has a branch shop in beaver dam near the school house says a man named job john n mccune came to his shop about pm yesterday thursday the man was waa sober and seemed to have had no liquor about half an hour later mr mcghee was startled by hearing excited voices he ran to the window and saw several men retreating around the bluff a few hundred yards below while a lone man wild with fear and fright was seen tearing off down through the field towards Mathia sons camp three quarters of a mile below suspicions were aroused and the matter investigated and the following which tallies an fn m every respect with the mans story was as learned it appears that soon after leaving the the said john mccune started off towards Mathia sons camp he had only reached the outskirts of beaver dam barn when he was attacked by three ruffians four other suspicious looking fellows stood by watching the affair the three men threw themselves upon mccune but he managed to free himself and dashed off towards the west with these three men close at his heels stop or I all cut your throat one big fellow yelled as he whipped out a razor the victim was soon run down when he was seized by his pursuers and flung to the ground the man with his razor placed his knee or mccune lethe other two robbed him of every farthing he possessed they then threatened his life if he be made any disturbance and frightened him off toward mathia sons camp while they hurriedly made their escape all this took place within a few hundred yards of beaver dam the men are unknown but one of them was seen at jemmetta Jem metts saloon collinsson collinston Col linston that same day lying on his back dead drunk one man wore a yellow shirt the four men who stood by know the robbers and mccune says they will testify against them your correspondent passed over the spot this morning and picked up the razor case which was lost in the scuffle about yards west of the beaver dam schoolhouse mccune said he thought his time had come when the des desperadoes threw his coat over his b head at the same time nearly choking his wind off this part of the country is now so completely filled up with thieves andrut and cut throats that a man ignot is not safe half a mile awa away Y from town unless le es he is well armed ar med the roads are lined with these low characters and the people are greatly in need ot of a force of good peace officers whenever a criminal flees now from the grim arms of justice he makes a bee line for these camps and mixing up with the army of hoodlums is lost from justice A new justice and constable have recently recent Jy been appointed but they have not net yet received their qualification and commission and therefore have not begun the dascha discharge ra e of their duties the people of beaver dam say one justice and one constable living at collinston collingston Col linston cannot offer them the protection they need ogden standard |