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Show 00 SAW HAYDEN SHOT IN SALT LAKE Salt Lako, Dec. 6. With disclosurcu made laBt night by J. R Korner, 878 East Fourth South stieet, conductor In tho employ of the Utah Light & Railway company, who was tho only witness to the shooting of John G. Hnyden early yesterday morning, with the" exception of the principals in the affair, a now llcht is cast over the entire case. Hnydon. who Is a former omployeo of the Oregon Short Line, but who Is now out on the general strike over the Harrlman lines, was shot in the back yesterday morning at about 12:30 o'clock, a short distance north of Sti Mark's hospital by ono or Uv"i Italians who arc now under arrest. They are Raffnello Pncci and Fronk Malazln. strlko-breakors In the em ploy of the mechanical department or thc Orogon Short Line. When tho two men ore arrested Malazln said that he alone had done the shootlug and that it was done in self-defense, I after Hnyden and Andrew Gudmund- I sen, his friend, had attacked them. Accoidlng to the statement of Con- ductor Korner, on whose car the four men rode to St. Mark's hospitnl, PuccI and Malazia were not acting in self-defense self-defense when the probably fatal shot was fired, but Hayden and his partner part-ner wore fired at" as thoy fled from the two Italians. Although Malazia confessed yos-terday yos-terday morning following the shooting shoot-ing that he alone had fired at tho two Swedes and that it was he who had shot Hayden, Korner says that he saw both Italians empty their revolvers re-volvers at the two fleeing men and that Puccl, who said that he had fired no shots, returned to the car, Jumped upon tho step and as ho reloaded his rovolvor, 6ald "I'll shoot tho ." Both Conductor Korner and Motor-man Motor-man George Paulsen, 753 South Ninth East street, said last. night that they heard eight or ton shots. It appears from tho stories of tho two carmen that Hayden and Gud-mundsen Gud-mundsen were following the two Italians Ital-ians to ascertain whether they wore strike-breakers and that the Italians took offense at being followed, picked a quarrel and before tho two Swedes could got under cover opened flro upon, them. Conductor's Statement. "Tho two Swedes," said Conductor Korner, "stood on the front platform of the car and the two Italians woro Inside during the run to the Warm Springs It appeared to me that the Swodes had been drinking. There was no intercourse between the four men during the run. "When tho car arrived at tho ter-minuB, ter-minuB, in front of St, Mark's hospital, hos-pital, the two Italians loft the car by tho rear door and walked toward tho front end of tho car. The two Swedes left the car from the front platform and the four mot Just beyond be-yond the car. "I heard no high words nor was there any evidence of a quarrel. The four men walked away, seemingly together. to-gether. Up to the time that the first shot was fired I heard no angry words. "I was standing on the north end of tho car when the first shot was fired The four men seemed to De within a few feet of oaoh other, but immediately the shooting commenced Vl the two Sw-js began running west- jjH ward. The Italians followed after j IH them for a short distance, firing as . IH they r-x Both Italians were firing. jH "After thc shorter of thc two Ital- H lans (Puccl) had emptied bis revolver H he returned to the car and, jumping H on tho rear platform, reloaded his re- f J volver and said: 'I'll shoot the .' ' H "By this time the other Italian had H returned to the west sidewalk and ' cried for his companion to Join him. IH , Thc two Italians then ran south. Paul- jH sen and I ran to tho place where H the shooting had taken place. Wo Jl saw the two Swedes running westward , and as we did not believe anybody was shot, wo did not attempt to over- tako them." "I did not pay much, attention to jH the two Swodes on the front plat- r H form,'' said Motorman Paulsen. "How- I jH ever, I heard ono of the men mako a remark to the effect that two 'scabs' ,H were in the car and that thoy would I JH follow them and ascertain If this were ' H the case. H "At the time of the shooting I was J H inside the car and consequently did ll not see what happened outside. How- IH ever, I heard from eight to ten shots." . H Tho statement of Paulsen to the i h l effect that the Swedes said they , JWM would follow the two men they sus: I : H pected of being "scabs" agrees with f WW the statement made by Malazia at tuo H pollco station yesterday morning. He ' JWM said: "They were following me; I j H shot them, yes, I shot them." . jH i ibii man in ' a ' mm |