Show MURDER R shot down in a cold hooded vanner by peter clarl the only provocation was a heavy loss at faro cant hi the lattur iloff alie affair occurred ancl are I ull r ir As the result of an all night sitting at a faro tible and a continuous run of bid luck on tie part of peter dark a miner rt shooting sampe occurred thursday mornia g at the gambling gim bling hall of williams igent in the rear of I 1 iley saloon in which nugent the dealer was billed and dark was badly wounded in the forearm HOW IT A reporter of THE was birly on the ground and after the wounded had been taken care of rath ered the following information con corning the facts in the tragedy patk who was employed as top carman at the daly 10 2 shaft came into the gambling h all about 11 0 clock ed and at once started into to alty bank lie played steadily all buying cl ecks with endorsed indorsed Indor sed certificates of deposit he played in bad luck but appeared to take it in coolly before 7 0 clock in the I 1 e left the room and was gone for about an hour when he re tun ed and began playing aann his tuck had not changed however and at ter losing a few bets got up from the table walked to the door between the gambling hall and the saloon stepped 11 and let it close behind him lie cagne back in a few seconds walk ert behind arthur who was and covered with a new 38 calibre colts revolver and demanded the amount which he claimed t e had lost against tl e bank SHOT bueing that dark wis ugly nugent promised to give him the money and asked for time to count it ait oit t the game time moving his hand toward tie drafter r hargroves daml lierly called butch w s in the look out a chier and striding 0 it hla right arm said all right partner he 11 give it to you give him time to count it but dark would not wa it and the first shot waa fired it struck nu gent in the center 0 the budy just below the breast bone ranged down d ard deline de line out just above his left hip a d as 8 events proved pass ed tt rough his stomach nugent caught up his own gun and started to get upon his feet when dark tired his sl ot the bullet cut through eugenia neck tie entered his left shoulder aud made a simple flesh wound tl e bullet 01 ly penetrating the skin nugent began to shoot at this time his first bullet striking dark in it e left forearm cutting the main artery and Im bedding itself between the two bones As nugent spring from behind the faro table dark alred his thirl missed tie taillet im bedding itself in the wall near nugent a left side 1 be latter then fired his sec ond shot but apparently had no con arol over ahli gun as the ball entered the boor near dark s fiet who was retreating from the room ills third shot also missed its mark went through tie swinging doors just before dirk read ed tt ero and hurried itself in the wall of the saloon A TRAIL OF ith tl e main artery of his left arm cut dark backed out of the room walked through the saloon and ap main street as far as bros leaving him a broad trail of blood for the life fluid wis pouring from his wound like water from a hose john chields saw the man a con took him in the store tied a cord about his arm and ban caged up the wound after which clark was removed to police headquarters where t is li juries were properly dress ed by drs viko A kjos the ball a 44 calibre colts being c it out DEATH OF after the shooting w as over N s friends began to examine into his con and fit first thought he was not badly hurt for the slight wound on bis shoulder was tt e only one visible even though he was kirtly stripped in the ir wilson soon arrived however and located the injury as above described and pronounced it ser ious and insisted on going to his home at once V buggy was pro burred aid with light assistance the stricken mau walked to it aad was driven to 1 is room wl ere i second ex was made and the bullet winch had tl 1 im found protruding from the skin just above 1 is left lip the wo n d fatal and told N th it 1 e had only a few hours to live his ante state mei t of the affray was taken judge chomas cupit and alton ey D 0 1 the s winch lie nil were taken in short hn d by G kidder aud for future use nugent 11 en m ide his will after which be sank rapidly until 0 clock when death jamr A reporter dark yesterday morning and found him walking the floor of t is cell suffering from his would from 1 l ich he 1 id torn the bandages in 1 is recoils to get relief the reporter lolu him ala mission and asked I 1 im what be biad to say about the bho biting ills rei ly was that he dian didn t remember any it ing about it that he had drank I 1 vivily tl e night before abil luat 00 or all in af deposit except t few cullars in silver he in slated tt kt 1 B knew nothing of buying tt e gun or of the lottig loti ig and when told that w i di id 1 nellt M s 1 or regret atter a deal 0 g tl ri learn td roni dark it pvn i u and tas i wife an 1 family residing thereon that 1 e is sa ears of age id until hecei aly lias been a fireman on the C P rill roid that be worked in laik city la the baly mine some ive years ago and only returned here last month when I 1 e work ed two shifts THE as purchased from andres who diya dark showed neither excitement nor liquor when in his store tl at he made no threats nor even hinted at doing harm to any person he simply examined the gun tried its action and bought it and then asked to hive it loaded after which he paid for it put it in his pocket and went out the pistol about thirty minutes before the shooting A ACTION the whole cise up the murder was a most strange freak dark went into the gime of his own accord played steadily and quietly all night and made no complaint other than to curse bis bad luck after los ing a large sum of money and without any or giving his vie urn even a lighting show tor his life and no chance at all to give him his money shot him down thus without iny gain whatever he ended one life and wrecked his own hiie coroner V ilson held an inq icat on the rem lna yesterday afternoon and the jury composed of J II 11 rogers tames ivers and john chields return ed a verdict to the tl at the deceased came to his death from gun shot wound fired from a pistol in the hands of leter dark with felonious intent S AND VILL henry K nugent though a gambler was a quiet peaceable man and never was known to hunt trouble he was well known in kansas color ido utah and the sound country having fol lowed gambling in all those places for years he bacce cacce to utah tl e decoi d tame in 1890 coming to park city about two months ago and entering into partnership with his brother in 1 ti J G williams he was married two years ago to a miss Vorley lf bill b ill lake where he made his home own ing a handsome residence at t e time of the shooting I 1 is wife wis in the idak on i visit to I 1 im a id s present at his bedside alen death came lie left caeli nd property valued at and by his will it all to Ms wife except which goes to ills little nephew and i lec children of a brother residing in den ver col alie sum being divided in equal parts ills remains were taken to alt I 1 ake yesterday afternoon and will lie burl d in mount olivet this w i IlE AriNO the prisoner v as t iken befi re united instates commissioner 1 W hayt this morning at 10 0 clock and his hearing begun and as THE goes to press is still in progress county at torney townsend is prosecuting vl lie dark s interests are being looked after by attorney judge henry |