Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-06-19

Jared Dalton Confesses that he and
George jennings Arc the Per
petrators of the Parker Ira
gedy.
From the Silver Reef Miner.
The particulars Of the Parker murder,
which was committed near Rockville, Kane
county, a few miles northeast Of Silver Reef,
in the latter part of April, will still be fresh
in the minds of many Of our readers. II
will be remembered that Mary Parker, an
old lady 60 years Of age, was found in the
foothills, between springdale and Rock
vile, with her throat cut and her person
outraged, and that a young man by the
name Of Jared Dalton was arrested on sus-
picion Of being the perpetrstor Of the deed.
he having been seen with her last, after
having brought her the news that her son
had returned from Nevada, and was in the
mountains near by and DESTROYS Of seeing
her. The evidence at the inquest was
deemed strong enough to hold Dalton, and
he was bound over to await the action OF
the Grand Jury, since which time be has
been incarcerated in the county jail at To-
querville. Shortly after his arrest q Miner
reporter interviewed him in jail, and al
though Dalton protested strongly that he
was innocent, he admitted that circum-
stances we're against him. In the inter-
view the accused stated that he had been
out on the range the morning Of the muir
der, and had there run across Sam Parker,
who desired him to take q message to his
mother, he being afraid to go into Spring
dale on account Of having stolen a saddle
and gotten into trouble with a girl before
he left. Dalton further stated that he per-
formed the errand, and that the old lady
Immediately set out in quest OF her son,
passing him on the road while he was talk
ing to a companion, and that was the last
time he ever saw her alive.
Diligent search was Immediately insti-
tuted for young Parker, and on the 28th OF
last month he was found at Deseret, Juab
county, being then on his way home to
Springdale, having heard Of the death of
his mother but four days before. He de-
nounces the representations made by Dali
ton to the Miner, as to his whereabouts at
the time of the murder, as being base fab
relations, and says that at that time he was
herding sheep in Nevada.
On Saturday last Parker reached Toquer-
vile, and when the accused was informed
OF his arrival ne betrayed considerable I'M
easiness, and asked not to be left alone, as
he was afraid that Parker would endeavor
to shoot him through the bars. Fear and
a guilty conscience subsequently obtained
the mastery over him, and when his next
meal was brought he told the jailer to
bring a sheet of paper, and that he would
soon make everything right. In the pres
ence of witnesses Dalton then confessed
that ne and an accomplice by the name Of
George Jennings had followed the old lady
from home, had seized her in the foothills,
and after violating her person, in order to
conceal their crime, one of them held her
while the other cut her throat. They then
doubled up the body and partially covered
it with rubbish, where it lay until found
by the searchers. After making this o n
fession Dalton stated that he was tired Of
living, and would like to be shot.
George Jennings, the accomplish in crime
Of Dalton, has already been captured by
Sheriff Spillsbury, but we have not yet
learned the result of his examination. The
reason that Dalton gave Jennings away is
said to be because Jennings promised to
bring him tobacco to the Jail and failed to
fulfill his promise.