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Show BURGLAR KILLS 1 OFFICER IN If! Salt Lake, July 22 More arrests are expected within twenty-four hours in connection with the murder early yesterday morning of Special Watchman Watch-man A. C Hargrove by a gang of cracksmen, one of whom was killed by Patrolman Arthur Merrick In a running revolver duel. It was stated sta-ted that a search was being prosecuted prosecu-ted for a man who is belieed to have been the instigator of the crimes which de eloped into a tragedy. The dead bandit was Samuel Lyon. Patrolman Merrick tells the thrilling thrill-ing story of Hargrove's death, his own miraculous escape and his killing of the bandit in the following manner "I was standing near the Denver & Rio Grande station about 2 o'clock in the morning when I heard a muffled explosion I became suspicious and went over to Second South street and Rio Grande avenue, where I met Hargrove. He also heard the ex plosion Neither of us. however, could tell where it had occurred and we thought no more of it. Just before be-fore 4 o'clock, as we were standing at Fourth West and Second South streets, we heard another explosion. This time the direction of the sound was plain to us and we started to Eccles avenue to investigate. "We entered Eccles avenue from Third West street and as we approached ap-proached the Hines warehouse I saw a light -flash I was not certain for a moment until I saw it flash again the second time t This time I remarked re-marked to Hargrove, 'There is someone some-one in there.' He was behind me about five yards and as I started to ascend the warehouse steps Hargrove called to me to wait, saying that we would go up together "No sooner had Hargrove reached my side of the platform than we saw a third flash of the light inside, and Hargrove stepped to the window and flashed his light inside the office of-fice In the same instant there was a flash and the report of a revolver. "Hargrove, w.Ith a groan, sank to the platform and lay there motionless motion-less It was a moment before I re alized the meaning of It all. Then I discerned the figure of a man standing stand-ing on the platform not thirty feet ahead of me. I sought shelter behind be-hind an abutment and opened fire on him. I heard him groan and fall to the platform Then I saw the second man. I fired at him. I could see him walking backwards to the end of the building, firing at me with every step. "The bullets were striking all around me, but I paid no attention to them My only intention was to get the other man. I fired and fired at him. I had emptied my gun before I realized it and stopped to reload It took me but a moment, but in that moment the bandit had almost disappeared. I could barely see him. I advanced cautiously, and obtaining a better position, " fired again just as he disappeared. "I heard him groan as if he had been wounded I ran to where he had disappeared, but I could find no trace of him. "Realizing that the only opportunity opportu-nity to capture the second man was with assistance, I hurried to a near-by telephone and called headquarters. Then spectators began to arrive and we started out in search of the man whom I believe I wounded." no |