| Show THE LATTER OPENED THE AFFRAY WITH A FUSILLADE OF SHOTS trainman shoots in self defense and inflicts probably fatal wound A shooting affray occurred SI atlin utah about miles west of ogdan this morning and because of it put costello may die from two wounds received tho shooting was between tho trainmen on an cast bound southern pacific freight and a gang of hobles hoboes who had boarded the train with the intention of obtaining 1 free ride into ogdon there were about 25 hobles hoboes in the pans and when the train reached matlin utah conductor E T anderson of the freight train and hid two brakemen C A malan and al stevenson started to dear the train of tho unwelcome passengers they went to each car and ordered the ho bacs occupying it to alight when all of the hobles hoboes had been ordered off train conductor anderson returned to alio caboose and malan and stevenson started about customary work they did noc notice that they were being followed by some of the ho boca and were therefore disagreeably surprised when they received a sharp or der to hold up their hands turning they beheld costello with a heavy revolver pointed at them and he emphasized his order with abusive language malan immediately raised hi fiands but nion seemed too frightened to costello began to gursc and in hopes of quieting him malan said oh of youre going to make trouble there is no use of hurting any one go bade and get into the car but instead of becoming pacified costello became more angry and ho fired the revolver the bullet whistling close by galans malans face costollo rapidly fired three other shots none of them however taking effect malan seeing danger wai imminent drew his revolver and fired but whether he fired two or three shots he docs not remember two bullets at least took effect on costello who dropped to the ground his revolver which he claims was a 38 calibre harrington richardson make being flung down the where it still remains As eoon as it wn discovered eliat costello was seriously wounded lie was placed on the train and brought to ogden the police were telephoned for and aitho wounded man was taken to the station where he was attended by dr dickson later lie was taken to the hospital by order of the railroad company the wounds are both on aitho lower right side of the abdomen and will probably prove fatal malan tho brakhman who did the shooting himself into custody of officer chambers and the latter and officer II also arrested two of the hobles hoboes as witnesses one of these gave the name of charles alexander of elwood ind and the other answered to the nama of J J they witnessed the shooting sheriff of brigham city had been notified of the shooting and caino down this morning and took man and the two witnesses to brigham city As the shooting occurred in county the legal proceedings will be held there costello made a to officer chambers 1 I shot first he said 1 shot once and then I 1 shot three times when I 1 was shot I 1 fell down and my revolver fell down tho embankment I 1 had been drinking heavily and was mad C A malan who shot costello Oo stello is one of the most popular trainmen on the ijac ditc itc is a ogden and very favorably known here |
