Show 7 I 1 ar W 1 li JOHN JOH HAM it IS DEAD I 1 I 1 eie witnesses adl ille lie story or tile lie killing hung V 1 S air kaoi mie E TOSS TO BE FITAL I 1 I 1 itt the 0 rorer pel from roni jail the tt cori coroners wits tai 1 be t belli monday Eme Ous slight I 1 1 the shooting which occurred in ma badens deriLlo saloon on saturday morning has his resulted ree in the death of john I 1 hamer who passed away at yesterday yeat erday afternoon the tragedy has bag been the sole topic topie of conversation on the streets and more than usual interest is felt in the unfortunate altair as the parties are I 1 BO so well known in this city 0 various accounts ol 01 the shooting gathered from those who are acquainted quain ted with the circumstances are given below WHAT ELWOOD MADEN WADEN SAW elwood maden was interviewed by a STA STANDARD reporter and from him the following version of the affair was wag received 1 I was one of a parly party of four engaged in a social game of whist tn in one of the wine rooms when I 1 first beard the loud talking 1 I vent went into the saloon and saw a man holding griffin at the dor and another party bold hold ng I 1 washburn ash urn I 1 asked them what they meant told id them I 1 would allow no di disturbance and in a few both were apparently quieted whereupon I 1 went back and resumed the game I 1 bad been there bat but afew a fe moments w when ben mr mir bunth w the night bar barkeeper keeper rushed past it the is door calling to me to come COMO out tor for gods bake sake as ag there was going to ba be trouble I 1 rushed for the door and as I 1 reached it the flash ol 01 griffins a pi as acol tol dazzled my ray eyes and I 1 c crowded ro back into the room again the shooting then became so rapid that I 1 could not tell bo he w N many shots were fired but about the time the last shot was fired I 1 shouted to griffin as its I 1 had bed at first for gods sake stop Immediate immediately lyon on the firing ceasing I 1 went into the tile saloon and it was empty with the exception of 0 the por par ter yahn john blamer was bitting sitting on the carriage steps in front iron of childs at store ore ills pistol wi was is lying on the P sidewalk dewalk and alter after examining it I 1 discovered that it was wai calir fully loaded knowing that all that shooting could not haie have been done by one gun I 1 wondered who had fired the extra shota shots l could not tell fell exactly how many when I 1 was informed that th the e colored man who works around th the 6 I 1 houe bd been seen been with a pistol in 1 his band hand a my bly brother went behind the bar and found that a pistol which had been in the bouse house quite a while had bad r four bowly discharged empty cartridges t in it I 1 did not see who he bagan began bat bet F an the shooting or who took tank partin part in I 1 it to except that when griffin backed I 1 into nto the ball past the door ot of the wine room with a gun in bis big hand be he fired ti it a last shot an inspection of the saloon was made and there are three marks evidently made by bullets one in the lower low er panel of the mirror on the south side of the bar room ona one in the panel of 0 the partition 0 of f the wine room on the north side sile and one in the bottom of the screen door at the front CHARLIE STATEMENT A visit was made to the city jail where charlie turner the colored man Is confined lie ile stated that when be lie first noticed washburn and griffin par arly they were near the thecimar cizar stand close to the door they had I 1 some wrangle over a bet and ho file barkeeper and himself went from behind the bar to quiet them washburn banded handed griffin griffia back some mone yand griffin dropped a fao gold piece on the floor tho the barkeeper br keeper picked it up and handed it to griffin who vrho then went out of tho tile saloon lie ile returned shortly afterwards perhaps half an hour and walked to the rear reat end of the bar room washburn said you have been after a gun but I 1 am ani jin unarmed armed and began to pull bis big coat off to show that bo he was Il willamer stepped between the two and the next thing I 1 heard was the report of the pistol the shooting was general and in it all I 1 only tried trial to protect the house and the people in it I 1 au and ld am innocent of any crime THE TILE TOBY I 1 mr al renshaw Een shaw the night barkeeper gave the following particulars of the tragedy considerable betting had been done during the evening which wound u up p by washburn and griffin arguing politics washburn said that he would support uan dan flamer and would work or his election although he lie washburn was a liberal said it wa was 5 poor policy as washburn wash burn bad tried to get the nomination on the liberal ticket for the same office the argument waxed warm and griffin threw a 20 piece pece on the bar and offered ito I 1 to bet that blamer would wool 1 I not be elected Wa washburn silburn took the bet and farther further men t followed I 1 the dis discussion cunion eaird en led by both parties drawing down their money elamer had been sitting at the des desk k in the office making out some checks during this discussion and no attention to it As I 1 walked toward the rear end ol 01 the bar my attention was at by a coise raise m where here washburn and griffin were standing turning around I 1 saw them striking at each other they were separated tedo and 0 griffin riffin went out of the house in about fifteen or twenty minutes griffin returned and walking to the cigar case called for a cigar gar which I 1 gave him blamer took him bythe by the arm and asked him to have a drink they walked around the screen to ward the bar where washburn was standing washburn said paid to griffin 1 I understand you have ave a gun gan lou but t there is just that difference between you and mo me washburn started to pull off his coat and griffin backed toward the rear ol 01 of ill the as saloon aloon persons who were in the saloon cried out not to fight I 1 ran from behind the bar into the room where mr maden madan was wag claying playing a game of whist with some sam e iri I 1 enda and told him film to get out oat and stop that fight figh L by this time griffin h had backed into uto I 1 the center of the floor atthe at the rear end facing the street hamer was standing near the mirror on the south side of the room As I 1 locked looked into the barroom bar room again I 1 saw with lib a gun in bis big hand band und and flourishing it in the air as if be he would use it as its a club la in another I 1 moment a shot was ivas fired I 1 I 1 saw flamer pull bis his gun out ollile of bis pocket As an I 1 went toward the rear entrance I 1 beard heard several moro more shots shote fired I 1 was in line with griffin and hamer and might have been hit if ramer had bad fired I 1 ran out ct cl the rear entrance through the garden and around around a back aback which was standing in the alley griffin bad had fol followed lovied me and after passing around the hack I 1 ran back into the saloon and saw the porter I 1 ter standing tan ding willi with a pistol in his E hand rid t trying tying to cock it I 1 called to him not to shoot as it was me I 1 took tile gun from him and put it in the drawer I 1 taw saw griffin fire two thota shots ill A Z t g 1713 nsf F I 1 77 I 1 A I 1 w ASHBURN 8 mr aral at Wash burna statement la is substantially is I 1 ay t tho he same as se mr ken lien bawd with the bo addition that griffin pointed the gun at him washburn first and then turned it on hamer after the first shot hamer flamer threw up his big handi hands and exclaimed 1 I am shot ramer staggered into the corner and griffin kept shooting backlog backing away ay at the samo same time WILL EVIDENCE mr air will young who was present at the time of tho the shooting eho oun states that alien when griffin returned washburn accused him ot of going out for a gun and words A were resumed when w hen dramer stepped up peaceably and tried to prevent a row griffin began shooting hamer staggered from near the rear awl of the bar to the mirror the farthest onn one to tho the east oud cud ot of tho ilia room na and caught bold hold of the railing and eaid said im shot in the heart I 1 told him he ile was not and assisted him to the pavement while there his big pistol dropped to the pavement I 1 do not know but brit suppose it dropped from his big pocket W Ve e then took him into the back room and the ph physicians came 1 i it is but elating stating a R fact to declare that the concurring statement of the various and the public la Is that poor poo john rJohn hamer was only acting the part of a peace maker w when hen be lie met bia his death upon the arrival of the doctors at the scene of tue vie tragedy yesterday y morning john hjamer was removed to a lounge in in the rear of badens saloon the physicians made an examination of bia ills wounds and found four bullet holes in his body one directly oer over the heart and three scattering about the bady loody the suf frer was conscious during the examination and the torti he d splayed was wonderful scarcely a groan grow or a sigh escaped his lite lips his brother mr ir dan blamer was at Win in bogien canyon and was sent for immediately after the shooting oa on his big arrival here bore the wounded brother was taken to his home on twenty fourth street during the entire timo time wh which I 1 ch e elapsed lapsed from the shooting until ill I 1 it his to death he never uttered ona one WO word r d of complaint or expressed the lie I 1 least sst sign of pain although bis big sufferings must h have av a been terrible ha ile recognized his friends and conversed con converse versel freely vi with ith them made an ante mortem statement disposed of liia ills property proper tv all in in fiver of his wife and retained his senses almost op up to the ilia time of bis big death which occurred at 6 17 p m ile carried an insurance of 15 on his life which vi ill go to bis his wit w low and children at 7 20 10 p HIP m coroner larkin im int panel pane llod led ron don maguire samuel ifor rocks and W I 1 foulger as a a coroners jury the body of deceased was viewed by the jury and the nature of the we wounds ands explained by drs parkins perkins and powers posers the coroner instructed the physicians c lane to make an autopsy on the re mains to trace the course of the bullets and determine the number ol 01 wounds inflicted the result ot of the autopsy fa is as follows it was found that only two shots bad had taken effect in the body one bullet entered the abdomen perforating ing the stomach and wounding the liver lver the other entered about an inch above tha tb left nipple ranging downward donn nard and backward breaking four ribs ribe and cutting the tile four arteries also lacerating lacer atins the ills diaphragm and wounding the spine this wound was found to be the im mediate causa cause of death although either would bare have proved fatal over a pint of blood was found in the pleural cavity the jury then adjourned until monday manday at 10 a in at ft which time full inquiries will bo be made into the causes and circumstances of the homicide dr bryant who attended griffin immediately after being shot stated that the bill ball entered a little to tho the left of the tile navel ranged around and came out over the right kidney the cage case has since been turned over to drs powers and perkins at 11 laba night dr powers said that the wound was a serious one that the ball had passed through the body the distance from the point of en trance to the point of exit eilt being ten inches abe greatest dancer danger to bo be feared in Is from peritonitis the patient is to at bis his ow own a home under guard NOTES candidate keck of tho the lib liberal e ral ticket was one of the first men the reporter met when be he reached deac bed the scene of the shooting CA candidate a didace hollingsworth Hollingswor lh appeared later alter the physicians had arrived and the doors bad had been closed he ile tried bard to get in and probably succeeded as he was eoon soon after lost to view law three pistols were taken charge of after the shooting and are at the city jilt two are colts 15 45 caliber single action six shooters one contains four empty shells and the other live five toe the other is a 38 caliber double action smith wesson fully loaded in the interest caused by johnnie diamera II If amera amers death and major griffin Griff las s serious wounding allie allies emersons I 1 me roona injury was scarcely thought of it was probably caused by a glancing bullet and is understood to have only chipped a toe john blamer john iiames who died yesterday afternoon at 5 17 from the effect of his wound wounds was born bora in salt lake city august 14 IM and was the tile son eon of 01 samuel iame iiames of that city he a came to ogden when fourteen i ears of age for several years keare be a was deputy county clerk and recorder and it was wag chiefly through his instrumentality that the abstracting of tho ilia weber and silt salt lake county books was done he ile was at the time of bis his death manager of the ogden abstract bt rait company and a it director in several local corporations from his life early youth he displayed a remarkable remark abla faculty facility for figures pod nd accounts and as its a searcher of titles and in the ilia various angui intricacies of land matters he was one of the expert the country afforded on a any etca K c a man when the enterprising c in t ens of glisten were expected to show allow themselves me elves johnn hamer wai was always to be seen he ile was noted no laca lees for bis his generosity than for ili his a ability to accumulate that which he wag wi so willing to five ilia courage co ariit will never be doubter after all the suffering ho he passed I 1 w i I 1 1 I 1 through up to the time of 0 hia lie death only once kidie lying on what he lie know knew to be hia ilia death bed did bia big fortitude forsake him so much as to allow him to tivo fito a sign ol 01 pain although it must have leen been the scene at his big death bod bad was very touch ln ilia parents came up from rona salt L lake yesterday morning ni and at the end lie ile leaves ft it wife and two children to mourn hie his untimely melv death the eldest a boy ot of 3 the younger a girl leea than bear 1 year of I 1 age the luzieal luti funeral eal will take place this at afternoon at 4 from the pitta ward Ase assembly embly hall liall |