Show The quarrel that has been going on between the officers and members of the theS S jit lt Lake police force in the death eath of Police Captain Parker last Fri Fri- dav ay morning The captain was drunk nd tried to kill officer Albright but his hisgun hisgun gun un missed fire and l' l shot him The he following report of the affair given by y Albright seems to be the generally accepted one REPORT BY SW ALBRIGHT I was coming up First South street this his morning with a paper for George eorge Sheets heets Sheets which I forgot to leave As I approached the hall Captain Parker left it I and coming toward me met me tue on onie the ie corner I noticed that he had his hand land in his ov overcoat pocket and saw the hammer bammer of biJ pistol He said Why didn't y you yu u walk in with your shift shiM I replied I did He said aid You are a lying s- s of ofa a b b- b I said I went down and nd reported and am going goin to take a 1 paper laper to George S Sheets I tried to walk alk away but he be caught me by the overcoat swung me around and saidI said I I 1 am still captain of the God and nd drew his gun I said For God sake d dont don't nt lets let's have any bloodshed He Ie then put his gun to my belly and snapped napped it didn't go oft I grabbed the ie gun gull then but he snatched it out of ol Ill my ly hand and hit me over the head w with th It t. t I gun and he lIe commenced snapping napping his at me Every time he snapped napped I fired His lIis gun did not shoot shoot- I 1 think he lie injured it when he hit me mever over ver the head Finally he backed off offo to o a tree and said You have got me I anti and nd with that he broke his Isis gun and threw new out the cartridges I 1 stopped shooting looting then and he fell to lo the thc ground Parker arker was under the influence of liquor and when I asked him not to have blood c. c 1 I uJ JIll L L. shed he replied d dI I am gO ri okill kill you yot you s s- s of a b od J there A four o 01 ou five flye others I must kill struck me over the head he e kept O his pistol 1 at me arid and snapped snapped snap snap- ped I t ft f Af te an e of f fI llie I i of thC l the the coroners coroner's j r J. J returned the ver verdict that Captain Pul Pari came to his death by bya gu s qt ive 1 by byOm Om Officer er Albright J- J self in el dete defence e Tl TI Tle e Officer O who w was wis s a infected w arl after r th was wa set e dele del ai ty A 4 brief bf J s pr v career can caneris is i's given below r ALBRIGHT'S PR PREVIOUS R Knowing lia-d lia I beeh been i s a guard guard at he pe under ex Warders Peters a it sought that l gentleman Ht was found bund at his office in the Ho e block and asked what he knew 01 cI be e man He I came here I understated understand about three years ago from rom the home os Mr Peters who w n- n United 11 States prosecuting attorney at At time He H was was well acquainted with Utters tr- tr ers in i their old home and it was upun n I this rec tion that he wa was as a position tion on as s guard at the penitentiary He was ther her about a year and proved prayed him r be a a. a faithful and l When he left the employ of the the- Sla States Slates marshal he lie carried with f m m the best est of ref references that Hat I ever er g. g ge gave e any man and I was really realty sorry sony to I lope e him bim He then went to work at North Salt SItt Lake for a ti time e an and was as elected as s legate to the Liberal Iberal city convention tion John I M. M Young was vas nominated Tor the I position he noW holds Soon after aner the Liberal administration came came into ower w w was S 'S app appointed a patr patrolman 11 and has bas sine that time held the office During Dur Dun ing the time I have known n him him-he e has always been quiet and Inoffensive I 1 do donot not would pick a quarrel quartel but several incidents dents a at the penitentiary convinced convinced con con- on vinced me that he was a man who was able to take himself r i I Albright i is thirty seven year e of age and unmarried 11 |