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Show ' appeared at the baggage room and checked hi, trunks. It was 'noticed at the tlrno that tho man had been drinking and u few minutes laler he accosted Monenson in the main section sec-tion of tho baggage room nnd claimed that the clerk had not given him his checks. Wishing to offer all the assistance possible tho baggage ngenl summoned the clerk and found fliat McSpadden had been given his checks. The colored col-ored man became abusive and insisted in-sisted that he was beln? given the worst of It because he was n colored man. Finally when the baggage mas-tor mas-tor threatened to summon an officer the colored man threw up his hand and Mortenson felt the cold barrel of a revolver strike him in the face. Without waiting for his assailant to take further action Mortenson swung on the colored man and dealt him a blow In the face. McSpadden fell to tho floor and before he could arise several of the baggage room employes came to the assistance of their chief The weapon was taken from him and it was found to be a Derringer or small single-shot revolver of large bore. The weapon was sufficiently small as to bo concealed in the hand and as the colored man was not peon to place his hand in hia pocket It is believed that he had held tho revolver In his hand from tho time bo had entered the baggage room. As proof of this Agent Mortens.. n beard McSpadden state to another colored man a few minutes previous to the trouble "that it would be necessary for him to go Into the I ba?gat'o room and start something" Officer Vance, who was summoned to tho scene, took charge of the colored col-ored man and he was conveyed In the patrol wagon to the city jail. Before leaving the dennt and while on the way to the station McSpadden fought with the officer and assailed the Patrolman Pa-trolman with a volley of abusive language lan-guage and tlirea's. Little could he learned by the P lice regarding the Identity of the colored col-ored man Ho claimed at I he deprt to lie a traveling salesman and was on his way to Reck Springs. Wyoming. He Is ?.? years of age. weighs two hundred pounds and is more than six feet in height His preliminary hear-Inc hear-Inc on 'tho charge of assault with a deadly weapon will take place within a few days. HO ATTEMPTS KJiiSl'S LIFE What is believed by the police to have been a ease of attempted murder mur-der occurred at the I'tibm depot lis: evening when George McSpadden, Colored, Col-ored, drew a gun on Georne L. Morten-:ori, Morten-:ori, chief of the bagane department, and only the quick notion of Mr. Mor-tensen Mor-tensen ami his assistants prevented a tragedy which might have resulted fatally. McSpadden was taken into custodv by Officer Vance, who arrived on the scene a few moments after the colon col-on d nun had been felled bv n blow Irom Mr. Mortenson's fist, and is now in tin- city jail awaiting preliminary j hearing on the ehaige of assault with i a deadly weapon. Tho baggage a.'jent escaped Injury other than a sliiiit binisj on the n-jse, li'lllctod by McSpadden's revolver when the burly colored man shoved the weapon into M'H tenson's face Tie tiet that McSpadden's finger slipped from the tii s per as lie p'islied the revolver re-volver forward Is believed to be u 1 1 that saved Moriensi n s lite. According to the story told b Mr-tenson, Mr-tenson, the colored man was to hae loft the city at fi:.".. o'clock and about one hour preions to that time he |
