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Show . rfthe most i m MAJOR H. P. MYTON KILLS lil mi th- necei ROY HORTON IN SALT LAKE ::,;i ' lin and 1 tatt He n li Major Howell P. My ton, former deputy sheriff, mining man i7i o? and well known throughout Utah, shot and killed Roy J. Horton. ,ulnK lim h traveling salesman of a Buffnlo (N. Y.) firm, shortly before 12:30 " ' o'clock Sundny morning in front of the Bismnrk bar and cafe on m l West Second South street in Salt Lake City. Major My ton at the jTihinK ' city jail gave this story of the shooting, snys Sunday's Tribune: ! ,ltl " "I was preparing to go to my room in the D. F. Walker build- &n7wi ing about midnight when I saw Horton coming toward me. I kne witute. no i him well, ns he hnd served a tcim In tho county jnil while I wa deputy sheriff. Horton looked nt mo nnd then declared in a loud voice that nny mnn who would wear a star was no good. Then he begnn to apply vile epithets to officera of the law. He came tc- FarmC ward me and said, 'You are the man I mean. ' ai ,,1C "I knew Horton to be n bad man, so I went upstairs to my room pii.... and got my gun, n .38-Luger automatic, which was loaded with 0 OCKOT nine bullets. As I came out of the entrance Horton rushed up to mo- '.f..'.1.011 for mv Run nnd ho flhouted, 'Don't pull nny gun on l K,c me. 1 11 kill you.' I didn't pull my gun then nnd Horton continued to swear at me. He swung on me nnd struck me on the forehead. HI"" He struck me with his right hnnd nnd then stepped back and reached for his hip pocket. . "I wns Buro he wns reaching for n gun, so I drew mine nnd fired JR three times. As he fell, I put my gun nwny nnd immediately gave myself up to an officer. I was just atnrting to wnlk to the station Nf) OTL when the officer enme up nnd took me to tho station In an auto-mobile." auto-mobile." i, lVs,l,.e.Cr.e the 8oting several boys and others in and nboi'J tho D. I . Walker building, in which the Bismnrk is located, noticed Myton and Horton talking shnrply to each other. Suddenly the) CZ !T , saw Horton strike Myton, nearly knocking him down. Recovering m' himself, Myton pulled his gun nnd shot Horton three times. One e.me iar of the shots struck Horton In the right shoulder nnd penetrated u. the right lung, cnuslng almost Instnnt death. Another shot passed feme i,fro through the left arm, nnd still another went through the left shoulder and out of the back. The end of Horton's middle finger c"n' "i ' on the left hnnd was aho shot off. c"n" ," ro u Major Myton was placed under arrest immediately after the f-01" '" i shooting by Sergeant Keddington nnd Officers McKennn nnd J. C 7. Anderson, nnd taken to the city jnil. r?B ,,ero ,r Others picked up the body of Horton. nlaced it In an automobile "! T '" and rushed It to tho emergency hospital, but Horton was dead ,m " " when taken from tho pavement. No pistol was found on Horton T'ie body wns later sent to the morgue - The tragedy appears to have grown out of nn old grudge. It was ori February 16, 1914, that Horton was nrrcstcd on n statu- D R tory chnrge. On Mny 1G. 1014, ho wns tried nnd sentenced to sis -? months In tho county jnil. While ho wnB in jnil serving his term, The R. Major Myton was ncting for n time ns jniler. Myton snjs that . Horton grow antagonistic to him for some fancied wrong. The jij met nnd Horton knew him, nccording to Myton. Horton walked Tt-m-n EL i? . . ' acc,",inK to the Mnjor's statement, declaring he Ij... n could whip any officer, nnd heaping abuse upon Myton nnd upon UUI nUU of ficors jii general. Horton wns drinking, it Is said. Suddenl). u r fin . ..nn?' iIIort,.n 8t,r,uck him n torr,flc Wow on tho right fore- Mjjhnrj f hew nearly knocking him down. Myton then says ho saw Horton ff,a"'ll& I ,u! m. townrd, l 8 r,enr ncket 3 if to draw a gun. Then he b thow his weapon nnd fired. "th di a. ?.l?r yton i3 0.!10 of tho H,8t known chnrncters in the West- t,m. r oi As n j oung mnn he lived In Dodgo City, Knn., nnd wns prominent ura , ,n JonT11!? Ie serve(l "deputy flher ff when Bat Master- , ; i. hnriff BTh0ff 0f ,thnt,conty, and later succeeded Masterson a; ju,V ? nm ii ose (,nyti ho Wfts known ns n quick shot nnd n good iiucm fn, ?n w J,? rcnrf 8nted his county In tho Knnsna legislature and ' i.i- ti A fwy8 H01 Pro'ninent part in tho hLtory of the state. C ",; InflftnW:WoniX"fly.0, ycnrs ng0 Mair Myton camo to Utah f Jun mi,, f or SloSi I " then P ah ervation nnd served in that capneitv llIy Ho una ni,year8' JhQ, town of Myton is named for Major Myton. uti. rani SSlnni lct,ivi in politica nnd t00k n Prominent part In the Uty 1000 1S J lkf , Q ,w,fts e,ecte(J Presidential elector for Utah In ulKm lopu leSt McKinley. Wash,n8ton to t the yoto of Utah for Presi- Bia, MaWMvtnn' Up hi8 rc8!(lencc in Salt Uko City n few years ago rn . M ! He en mi v m? 8ervei! nt vriouB times as deputy sheriff for Sal rKANK HI n , nfnl occasIonnlly ho has acted na jailer at tho county nloverHn K .,P.Ift3t w?8,on of o state legislature ho was em- T, maifOrt;nniBlat08eimt?- Recently the major hns been a sales- Pmc imanioracoalcompanyatZlon. 1H. |