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Show OGDEN MAN IS SHOT TO DEATH BY TWO ROBBERS Bingham. April 15. Eugene Allen of Salt Lake, employed in the Highland High-land Boy store of the Miners' Mercantile Mer-cantile company, was shot and almos instantly killed at 10:10 o'clock tonight to-night by one of two holdups who wore attempting to break Into the establishment. es-tablishment. Immediately after the shooting, which seemingly was cold-blooded murder, both robbers made their escape, es-cape, climbing the steep mountain side north of the canyon and disappearing disap-pearing in the darkness. An alarm was quickly given and Officers William Wil-liam Struthcrs, Julius Sorenson ana Al Pautch took up the search, aided by a posse of angry citizens. While he was riding rapidly up Carr Fork to answer the summons to care for Allen, Dr. David Ray on horseback collided with Mrs. William Schaaf, of No. 2 Oakland avenue, Salt Lake, one of he Elks' excursionists excur-sionists to Bingham. Mrs. Schaaf, accompanied by her husband and several others, was crossing the street to take the train back to Salt Lake. Tho street was not lighted and she did not sec or hear the approaching ap-proaching horseman. The doctor was unable to see anyone in the road until un-til he had almost reached the party. He shouted and reined In his horse. Horse Strikes Woman. However , tho horse struck the woman wo-man and threw her heavily to the ground. Fortunately tho horse's hoofs did not strike the prostrate woman. wo-man. As it was she was seriously bruised nnd possibly Internally Injured. In-jured. Mrs. Schaaf was quickly taken to the Bingham & Garflold station, where she received medical attention j She was afterward taken to Salt Lake. She was suffering from a severe bruise on the head and sev eral bruises on her body. It was also feared that she might have been injured in-jured internally. The killing of Allen followed a brave and successful attempt upon his part to protect the property of his employer. Allen and John Raleigh, another employe of the store, were roommates, occupying a small building build-ing located but a short distance in the rear. This ovenlng Allen had gone to call upon a Miss Hanson, also employed in the establishment, her home being but a few rods from the store. Robbers Unmasked. During the early part of the evening eve-ning and until 10 o'clock, Edward Zwicky, manager of the Highland Boy store, was In Raleigh and Allen's Al-len's room with Raleigh. Zwicky bade Raleigh good-night at 10 o'clock and five minutes afterward the first holdup entered Raleigh's room without with-out knocking, unmasked and holding his weapon ready for action. "Throw up your .hands," was the command, and Raleigh obeyed "Give me the keys to the store," was the next order. "I cannot," said Raleigh. "Mr. Zwicky, the manager, carries the keys. He was here, but has just gone to his home." The bandit stood Tor a minute or two, apparently undecided whether or. not to believe Raleigh's statements. state-ments. While the two stood there Raleigh with his bands up and the revolver leveled at his head, a second bandit entered, also armed and unmasked, un-masked, although both men had their hats pulled down over their eyes. Second Man Enters. Without a word, the second holdup raised his gun and covered Raleigh. Then the first one quickly retired walked to the rear of the store and was heard trying to force the door. Falling iu this, he tried the windows but the catches held and when the bandit could not pry the sash up, he broke the glass. Raleigh heard the crash, although from where he stood under cover of the other robber's gun, It was impossible im-possible to see the rear of the store. Allen at this moment was leaving the homo of Miss Hanson. It would seem that he saw the robber just as he climbed through the broken window, win-dow, and started to run the short distance dis-tance that intervened between the buildings. He was within ten feet of. the broken window when the robber rob-ber standing Inside saw him, and, without speaking a word of warning or giving Allen a single chance for his life, fired three shots, two of which pierced Allen's breast, one above and one Just below the heart. Either wound would have been fatal. Immediately upon hearing the shots, the man who had Raleigh covered backed out of the door. Raleigh followed fol-lowed at onco and saw both men running run-ning up the mountain side, with the skill of thoBe accustomed to climbing climb-ing and those who know the trails. Then Raleigh saw his friend and co-worker lying in the rear of the store He bent over Allen and spoke to him, but the wounded man was unconscious and expired within five minutes after he had been carried into his room. The police station was at once notified of the shooting and the officers started in search of tho bandits, aided by a posse ot citizens. Ford DrlcKs. an employe of the Utah Copper company, who was passing pass-ing up the canyon at the time of the tragedy, heard the shots and plainly saw the two bandits climbing the mountain in their flight. Owing to the fact that Raleigh stood for several minutes under the gun of each of tho bandits he was able to furnish the officers with an excellent . description of both of the robbers. The man, who first entered en-tered his room, was tall and slender about five feet ten or eleven inches, boyish in appearance, apparently not more than 22 or 23 years of age. Raleigh Ral-eigh is positive that the man is an American, as he spoke excellent English Eng-lish without a trace of accent. He wore a broad-brimmed hat and a dark Buit and was smooth shaven. The second bandit who relieved the first and held Raleigh captivo while the American broke the store window', win-dow', was short, heavy set, dark, even swarthy, and apparently a Mexican. Ho was dressed In a dark striped suit and wore a sort black hat. But he spoke no word while he held Raleigh up, so that his nationality is to some extent a matter, of conjecture. . While no one saw the robber who murdered Allen "euter the store through the brokon window, this fact Is deduced from tracks found just inside in-side where the bandit stood as he fired the shots, then climbed out and! joined his companion in flight. Nothing Disturbed. Nothing in the store was disturbed, as the arrival of the clerk who sacrificed sac-rificed his lire to protect his employer's em-ployer's property was just as the bandit ban-dit had entered the window. The body of Allen was taken to the undertaking establishment of E. W. Hall &. Co., where it will be held pending pend-ing advices from relatives In Salt Lake City and Ogden. Mr. Allen wns a native of Ogden. He Is survived by his mother, Mrs. Martha A. Allen, living at 45S Twenty-seventh street, Ogden, and by two brothers, Vernon Allen of Ogden and J. Leland Allen, living at the Alexandria Alexan-dria apartments, 330 South Wrest Tem- pie street. Mr. Allen had been living in Bingham Bing-ham for the past three years. Previous Previ-ous to the time of his going there to accept the position that he hold at the time he was killed, he was for VI years in California, engaging in business busi-ness in San Francisco and Los Angeles, Ange-les, lie had a reputation for unswerving un-swerving attention to duty, and it won for him the respect of all who knew him, though it cost him his life in the end. Word of the tragic death of his brother bro-ther reached J. Leland Allen at his rooms in the Alexandria apartments shortly after midnight. He immediately immedi-ately began arranging to go to Ogden that he might be the one to break the news to his mother, rather than have her learn It by chance from someone who might fall to save her as far as possible from the shock. Mr. Allen said last night that arrangements arrange-ments would be immediately made to have the body of the murdered man sent to Ogden, where interment will be made. Announcement of the arrangements ar-rangements for the funeral will be made later. |