The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-08-31
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS
The Murder OF HessIDg.

Tuscon, A. j. 29.-The Stars Mazda
lena special says that a. G. Hessing was
killed on the road from Hermsillo to
ElOloms, IN Sonora by his body servant.
HessinR had gone to HermsidO TO draw
$4,000 to pay the hands IN his mine on
the rancho Gabilan, and Wa. proceeding
without an escort. The servant prob
ABLY shot him from behind as one bullet
wound was found Ia his bod =, and his
head was terribly msngled as if beaten
with 8 club. A reporter of the Star
was dispatched from Hermosillo, yes.er-
day, to the scene of the tragedy, and
/ definite news will be received from him
within the next twenty hours. The place
where He.sing was killed is q long DIS
lance from the nearest telegraph and
particulars are difficult to OBJ ain, as thew
can only be brought by messenger The
news of the homicide first found its way
I o the public through Governor Ortez. of
Sonora, who considers MS information
relis BILE. The friends of Hessiug here,
however, distrust the intelligence and
hope that it may prove untounded There
Is, nevertheless. little room for such hope
Chicago, 80 Nothing later has been
received oy a. q. HessiLg's family re-
gsrding his alleged death. The IStdats-
Zeltung, this morning, accepts as con-
elusive the statement of vice-consul
BArtning that the story is q canard, and
Mr.. Washington Hessing concurs 10 this
opinion, s'guing that the consul would
not telegraph contradiction except on
positive information, Mrs. A. q. Hes
sing, whose life would be endangered by
the sudden shock, was kept ia ignorance
Of the report as she has been aware of
the danger to which Mr.. HessinQ has
constantly been exposed since his sojourn
In that section. He himself has in one
letter TO- eshadoWed a tragic end To his
strangely adventurous career:
At 1880 this morning no later news
was received ct the Stats Zeitltng office.
Following is the dispatch received at
2:3O O'Clock this morning: d
Washington Messing, Los Angeles, Cali.
foTTiG, August 20:
The report in the Tucson Star about
the killing Of your father is untrue. |
Await letters from Sonora.
(Signed) H. KARTNING.
American vice consul.
Washington HessinR has the theory !
that the report of the murder of his father |
arose from the confusion of the relation |
ship, and that the real victim was his |
nephew, August Arck, who had already |
made the trip to Hermosillo to get funds |
and who greatly resem bled the elder
Hessin 1t was not likely that in dan
gerous times, when his ranch was threat
ene1 by Indians, as Hessing had written |
that it was, that he would leave it ard |
expose himself TO the further danger OF !
travelling with q large sum of money /
over a distance of $50 miles. He had |
never carried the money before, and |
there was no apparent reason for doing
so then. Hessjng lad an understanding /
with Consul Wi lard and Vice-Consul |
Bartning, to forward promptly any news,
coed or bad, from the ranch, which is |
practically 800 miles from telegraph
communication.
San Francisco, 3O.-A Los Angeles
dispatch: H.Bartning, Of Guaymss, min
ing partner Of "Boss" Hessing, who Ar.
rived in the city to-day, says the reported
killing of Hessing is g csnard. He left |
Hessing but few days ago miles away |
from the scene of the murder. He says
the report grew out of the killing by
Apaches of two men named Hord and |
Noble, " hom Hessiug had sent TO Quay
mas to procure money to pay of his
hands. Bsrtning further denies the stories
IN circulation in reference to the reVolu-
ton in Sonora. He says the government
has merely called out troops to suppress
the Apaches.
Chicago, 80 Washington Hessing,
this afternoon, received a letter from mis-
father, dated 18th, which, from the ma
ture Of its contents, decides conclusively
10 his mind that it wss NOT his FATHER, but
The two employees, who we're murdered
while making their passage from the
mine to the ranch. The vice-consul is
not the partner of the elder Hessing, but
simply personal friend.