Show SHOOTING further particulars of the tile murder in salt lake MARTINS STORY u the Corpre rs jury jary syi says the shot was w fired the examination before justice the inquest indu cat oci over the remain remains of john 11 II burton who was biot early on sunday morning bv by A 11 II martin under peculiar circum circumstances ata aces in bait salt liko lake city w was is held on sunday shirld y the body was v w examined at coroner coron er taylore taylors TO office and tho the jury then r repaired to tile city hall dr bendict v ho lio had made a superficial examination testified that the wound was two ancher above and about two t 0 inches to the right of the left nipple th the c alet bulat ranged lightly dol downward backward and to tho the right it struck tile fourth rib opened tile pericardium ind went through the right ventricle of tit ho 0 heart death math front froll such well a it wound would bo instantaneous other testified to seeing two men ili in tho the vicinity acre the first eliot was vi is fired by martin it to 0 scare burton tho the men mho vero nier a around roun 1 I tile livery stable at tile tim time 0 e testified to the tile circumstances attending the firing ot of tho the fatal shot two of tho the witnesses it nesses testified that while at the stable and after the first shot pilot had been fired burton feid martin found him I 1 looking in a window and arld had fired fithian at linn the tile te teed stimon mony y showed that during all tho tile tune time burton 3 u arton wa cool and collected is lule bile martin wag excited and trembled ver en much after the tile filial fatal shot was w as fired burton appeared to stand still for a moment and said hat in hell bell is 13 the tile matter with ou he ile then fell dead after fter hearing all the evidence the lite ills ur found that lio the deceased came to am death from ho tho effects of a gunshot bolind indicted eted by a pistol ili in tho the hands of alfred 11 martin ind and they further fin find that the hooting shooting vaa nas do done 11 0 willful vill full deli bately ana malic U ic ion ly and find with mith p premeditation odi tation and analice aftret aforethought i u lit 1 ilio lie ex examination aminat of the defendant took place before justice 1 per yesterday 5 eg morning tile evidence adduced vari unior to that given at the inquest late in tile afternoon after d defendant was placed upon the uie stand and according to tho the salt lako like verald lie told tile following story I 1 im am the tile defendant in in this caw iso ind and bi by occupation i a bartender on oil saturday Si evening list last iwas I 1 was employed at the tile saloon of mr mcl in in atlig Q odb bt fite A co buil dill bit a t urd ly cloe tho tile saloon at a y out 12 oi ocl loL jt k and it at about 12 1215 15 marked on IT mv y way vi ay home I 1 had bad been instructed 1 y my employer unpin or and it is is ilia wil 1 1 I 1 tiling i ing for all other saloon men to do doto to talo take hoine boine any nn 0 o Y that bo ill abo till over a few 1 1115 dollars 14 ja Ts ill ji langa in i order thit that th it in in c ciso of 4 fire or a burglary burgh ry wo ive would be x imich much ahead I 1 instructed instructed ted to take a pistol mith ith me ili i order to protect myself luf as wi it vas was kolble p I 1 might bo be molested it i it was ti J 0 1 glit I 1 had ann an money on me I 1 did not I take t ike any in of f the haloon money monc home with mo we that night aftel I 1 hid lind counted it un tit I 1 conel tiled to iocim lot it ro mlle iq i to tins this limi however ever I 1 had ailt put tho tile pistol in in my inv pocket I 1 I 1 bad if mo file a little dog do that I 1 bad hid trained to ll 11 lay behind the bar aa as I 1 w i ent along lie tile street and towards the corner alie lie dog was w a running bac backward i irali and gild for wards ft arde in font fjon 0 saloon I 1 met inet george lawrence I awrence and another iran mail talking ial king together I 1 do not know uli whether ether I 1 passed the thue of dav day or not but I 1 then went nent on to tile corner w N lien I 1 go coy to tho ilia corner of south I 1 marked across tho amret 11 lie tile dog log was RIM alceid ad of me v M hen lien I 1 was about ten ton or twenty tv only yards ards from the sidewalk I 1 oiw saw a man mail come out of mr mrs carruth cra front gite gate aal w ivack v rapidly aw a 1 I looked at him jilin ind noticed ia lo 10 1 had all oh on rubber boota vi when ben about ton yards irda from ino me lie ran achors tho the street low binl the blacksmith blackin nth llop shop v ft here liero it waa was dirk dark I 1 then in ineide the tile gite gate drew row my m revolver ro oler and got down baili behind rid the tile fence while I 1 was in in thia this position beveral ie cral pis i s pj one or more I 1 am not certain go how many man it wa wab apik abc and as I 1 vi as n coine I 1 waited a minute or two ichen I 1 looked ind and paw saw linn coming flonus ill lie street in in my m direction Ii andt andl thought thou glit he lie was is coming in mv my gate but he fie turned and find vent went aft li how oever lie went into aire mrs cal 1 pital td and ped in n froin fri ti of tier her vant window ow lie then pi iel down the alleyway alley aue way and I 1 loit bight sight of him behind leli ind a coil hel lie then went tent down doi it paa bubbi busbys n hauso to A where here here k i a satte left olen that leada into nn iny rd 1 after lie he p wil th wil the h gato g etc he lid cackle tino to my m bifi ife 8 I 1 ed rsm window a nd through gnit then I 1 allied yelled to ili toi to frzop or 1 could clr ire lie baart A I 1 to tf rim ni pid soon after tillit tat I 1 tirel fin I 1 at linn him ho ba stop tt poll I 1 told hill 1 up tip hiir your liandi or lUfi fix xou you ho lie vid kail 1 all kil right I 1 to told 1 t him T agun 1 to to 11 irow up till his lundi 0 or r I 1 awta would tin licot 1100 lie throw them up tip lie re ed to go to tile city hall milk I 1 irked mill ili hw busi lieK lu mind liand hia imme but lie made no n reply lie on oil lit in front N ahen lien I 1 g got 0 to the corner west I 1 thought I 1 w igo go dow doii n to the i ti tible able and nal tol lol aphone for an officer I 1 then took to 0 k hini down to lie stable I 1 had lad tho t gun on him film all al timo time when wo got to tin the pt pta ilie biome hopped told f to U tel for it 11 policeman pofi ceman and asked altroy nic oy to KU go to tho tile police stion tati oll 1 willi ith mo we i i lio lie burthal dropped ills hinds down om eral 1 timea times and I 1 told him to keel them up tip alac mccoy 0 went into in he tile stable and find then let ei ile ir me witness Wit ho lad told a trai glit story till to tills this time tinie here a little confused conan ta and to be rc to the killing and for artt tune filtered he ile went back it little repe repeated atod nomo of in his former ten testimony timon and then continued I 1 asked Koine body 0 o barcli car cli burton when lio ho dropped ill hands a and nd aid 0 no o ill if I 1 K dd d 1 l if boll do ind and lit that lit lie made a 1 couple of step 4 toward mo file I 1 had ill alic gull I 1 in n mv hind hand and alid i I 1 was bomea hat excited thought I 1 heard hear I 1 femc one coming a up tip b N liked me file and I 1 turned by h hea head slightly iv m my foot slipped oil hie tile brouna ground ae as f 1 turned and lie tile pistol it 1 runt ent 01 off I 1 account for ins 1 0 the h e fact that i elways alwa pull tho rigger trigger of a with in second finger holding I 1 g my 10 first on he the guard but in my excitement I 1 mut ime have had bad my ni first finger on the lie trigger instead mite id of on oil tho the guard alad 1 ind no i intention of killing I 1 him api i any tiny more thin han I 1 1 I hav h ic 0 ou u nt at tine this minute i 1 for 1 or a moment wo in en t 1 I did t 1 I 1 not 1 0 t know w hat I 1 had dono done I 1 re remero mem b ber e r going up to tho tile body wy and picking I 1 10 I 1 I 1 tu 1 ku 0 ull somo ke T I 1 may have taken a p pistol r to to mcco c and anti asked lum him to take it and I 1 allay ini it hao 11 I 1 fot got alio I 1 1 ken eyll an anil I 1 I 1 ta alio I 1 0 pistol con confuse fit il 11 1 may 1 hao ve I 1 la aid id to u mccoy 1 I found this revolver on 0 liim him 11 I 1 was wag excited flow however e ver and did not know but what thales the keys were veto a revolver I 1 two hayo been in utah about he five 5 3 c car am been at mclaughlins about t I 1 irce montha months a also I 1 so was nt at the eureka 8 saloon a loon about six months before wore that I 1 was a soldier I 1 served five years ears was in the barber business bu for a hile but it pay pi entered alio t 1 10 anny a n leyro in in fet saad lol I ouis i boti both my in y p parents a ren t a anro de dead I 1 N vas born in cleveland Cip veland 0 0 never know john I 1 II 11 1 burton I 1 might have h nc said that I 1 pan saw a man looking into the saloon m window saturday night but I 1 was so excia excited hit that I 1 did id not enow know wail at I 1 did say I 1 lad frank but 1 fen few gla glares of leer beer hat di day I 1 wis not nt fit all drunk I 1 asked the bitable boys bo if any one knew 1 burton and lule golightly paid id no but lie knew me I 1 did EY I 1 not ask G golightly ol 01 ig i it 1 t to 0 go w ith i i me nc be c a I 1 i 0 I 1 lia biad no i io c 0 n fi io ji ve ii in i h him i m I 1 p preferred r cf e r r ed t to D hao have mccoy mcco ho lie was a b mi noss man and if I 1 anything thing li happen appell gib cither one no wa iva y or the other it would be better I 1 vias was afraid of oi burton because I 1 thought hou glit lio lie wag WAS a it burglar ho lie wag ft calm enough until ho lie refused to to be searched war ched after all the evidence N vas as in in the tile cise case wan wak contini continued ted until lotona morning tile funeral services yero I 1 hold over the remain remains of tile unfortunate imn man burlon burton nas a ct lafr ale w 11 1 I 1 was wag not ad dutoi J atod to anuk fie ho IW ava 8 s find a good workman wor kmin and waa was architect for alio tl a idanha hotel now ili in of construction at oda soda spring |