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Show CAR HELD UP I BYC1DUGT0R William H. Blood Says Crew Carried Him Past His Destination Orders Hyrum Kllurn to Crawl on Flior Is Disarmed and Arrested. Salt Lake City, Feb. 7. Decauso tho ear was nol stoped at his destination, destina-tion, William II. lllood, a conductor on the Salt Lake Route, residing at 383 0 Street, becamo enraged at the crew of a Ninth nvenuo car last night and thirty minutes- later boarded the car ut M street, walked from tho front to rear platform and thrust two loaded load-ed revolvers at tho body of Conductor Hyrum Kllburn and ordered him to crawl tho length of the car on his stomach. Quick as a flash Kllburn seized the two weapons, wrenched one from lllood nnd droped in his pocket while with, tho other hand ho twlBted il ..!... . .1 . n i t It i-t ntliifiln ttl'Jta. II1U Ullll'r it'iunvi D -ii-) imu..iv j'v Bed ngainst the body of Dlood. Kllburn quickly seized the boll cord and rang three times. Motorman V. S. Ooff brought tho car to a stop In a few seconds sec-onds nnd ran back to the aid of his conductor. Detwcen tho two of them they disarmed Dlood nnd held him until tho police arrived. Ho was taken to headquarters and tho weapons turned turn-ed over to tho police, early this morning morn-ing Dlood was released on $150 cash ball. Ho Is booked on tho chargo of exhibiting n deadly weapon In a thrctenlng raancr, but a more serious charge may bo brought against him this afternoon. Dlood boarded tho car about 7 o'clock o'-clock and when tho car reached L street, according to Kllburn, Dlood abused him for not stopping at O street. "I'll make- you crawl," Dlood Is said to have remarked to Kllburn as ho left tho car. "Ah quit your kldd-In', kldd-In', you sblg boob," replied Kllburn who said he thought no more of tho matter until Dlood again boarded tho car at M street, Kllburn called at police headquarters this morning and said ho had nothing against Dlood nnd personally did not care to prose- ontit htm Kilburn's Story "if the man Indicated where ho wanted tho car to stop I did not hear It," said Kllburn. "When we reached tho end of the lino Dlood enmo to the rear platform nnd began to curso me. He said it he had u gun ho would mako both-t)f ub crawl. I called hlra n big 'boob' and told him If he had a gun we would take It away from him About half a n hour later hegot on the front end of tho car and Goff did not recognize him. Ho walked to the rear platform and as be throw open tho doors ho pointed two guns nt my stomach nnd ordered me to crdwl the length of the car. I grabbed tho left side gun with my right hand and the other with my left hand. 1 hnd no trouble in getting possession of one of tho revolvers. 1 dropped it in my pocket und then Jerked tho bell cord three times. 1 still hung onto the other gun and twisted It so tho muzzle pres- sel ngnlnst lllood. Tho motorman help- cd mo nnd wo finally got possession of the other weapon. I don't think tho man was drunk. 1 did not smell nny liquor on nun, utu no w-ns preuy an-gry." an-gry." While tho two mon wero still fighting fight-ing fo rpossesslon of tho weapon tho outcomlng ear nrrUed and Conductor D. O. Tlngloy took a hand nnd the pollco wero notified. lllood bears a goodr repututlon und his friends arc at loss to account for his foolish actions. |