| Show MURDER AT IT CLEAR CLER CREEK I 1 heber fullmer shot by a dronken tie chopper deseret newt news shortly before 7 on sunday night a terrible murder was committed at clear creak creek utah by samuel D mulberry a ti tie e chopper and general prospector bis his victim being cleber fullmer an employed at the rio grande western round bouse house from the facts which have been elicited it seems that the murderer entered clear creek early on band sunday a y mornine morning on horseback having a winchester rifle in his p possession oe session daring during the forenoon be he bad had been drinking heavily and was seen sh shooting 00 t at random across the ravine lie ile played cards daring during the afternoon in a saloon and likewise continued bis his in dul diligence gence in drink when the saloon was closed and while the barkeeper and others were eating supper mulberry rr began b an shooting from the saloon PI platform at 0 rm into into the street ile heker ter fullmer pita passed sed accompanied by his wife and four on r children on bh his way home he ile took a lantern and lunch pail and started for bis his work frank jones car inspector went and tried to persuade mulberry to stop shooting scooting into the street about this time fullmer returned mulberry threatened both in a drunken way way fullmer told him to go out of of town to do his shooting where be he would do no harm he go replied with an oath that be he would stepping off the side of the platform which is ft bout about three feet high without saying a word he walked several yards and turned saying now d you I 1 am out in t the country and shot hitting fullmer also firing a second shot at jones wh who escaped by dodging around the colo corner mulberry backed several steps away and tried to recharge his gun yang he would shoot again telling a man who bad gone to raise fullmer to stand back or be he would shoot alm hi Full mers wito wife and children now now appeared p a red and mulberry was persuaded ipe d not to shoot among tham if he 0 then turned and ran down the road toward home george spencer got a winchester from the saloon and started in pursuit but finding it not loaded returned and obtained another gun ben hen a stranger armed with a rifle joined him and accompanied by two men without arms began pursuit A lady named wilson advie d them of the direction in ia which mulberry disappeared they found tho the UZI trail and soon sa saw w him bim climbing up alie bank behind some cedars moving laboriously as it if drank drunk ho he ba bad d lost bis his second bottle soon after be he started to run darkness Dark nesa prevented any further action BO so all returned to await the comlos coming of the ilia sheriff Bh oriff A man bad had been dispatched patched is to notify J B S fullmer brother of the deceased at a tie camp several miles north of town tor for whom mulberry was working sheriff fowler of provo arrived at 11 and accompanied by a 4 a la posse went to the camp cam meeting full fallmer mer an and d the man ato who went to notify him a abort distance from the ca camp mp accod accompanied idled by M mulberry wh who 0 tea reached c b dp t the h c camp p at t Bu oriee he ila claimed be he did to not t r remember e in a in b e r what be he did lie he had broken and thrown away bis his gun which the searchers found it contained five shells the deceased was found to ba be shot in the right t breast the bill ball ranging riaz upwards and id lodging in the neck his remains were ta taken ken to spring v ville ills tor for interment the murderer saya says he is a native of pennsylvania and baa has friends in michigan lie was taken to provo mulberry is to a eon son of the man ferara eon son who was convicted of murder in sal salar like thirty years ago and banged hanged for it his exe execution cation being the first judicial hinging banging in utah at an inquest held on the body 0 of f deceased yesterday sy t the he j jury ay returned a verdict to the eie effect t that at fullmer came to bis his death by a gun gunshot shot fired tired by samuel mulberry and without any provocation whatever |
