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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-03-19
Didn't Let Him Get Away.

About midnight the other night a patrol
man on Champlain street was halted by a
woman living around the corner, who in
formed him that burglar was trying to effect
an entrance by the back door. The officer
summoned help and Proceeded to the spot.
Sure enough, Q man was ct work at the rear
OF Une mousse, anu wniie ne was prying up a
window the officers made dash and collared
him.
81 amt no burglar" he vigorously pro-
tested as he was dragged along.
Don't let him get away" shouted the
woman from the chamber window, and the
officers took good care that he didn't.
Next morning the woman appeared at po-
lice headquarters and said:
81 guess Danny has been punished enough,
and you may let him 60"
''Who's Danny?" asked the sergeant.
''My husband. I warned him to be home
by 10 o'clock. He didn't come till midnight.
Then I had the doors locked, and while he
was trying to get in had the officers nab
him.
Danny was allowed to go, but the wife was
told that the next time she cut such caper
she would be locked up.-Detroit Free Press.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-03-19

quilted in mystery. It Is the case this time,
as so often before.
Charles Frederick Clark young druggist
of Chicago, and man whose habits seemed
so exemplary as to command admiration
from all who knew him, was shot and killed
late in the night of Feb. 81, as he was about
to close his store. His body was discovered
by man named LIE Vim, who lived with his
family above the drug store. The body was
that Of a handsome young man with brown
hair, blue eyes and a remarkably fair COM
pSsxion. Though slender, he was broad
cSested and powerful.
There were no evidences of a struggle in the
place where the body was found. If there
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-03-19
ANOTHER PHASE OF THE CASE.

Although it is generally believed that Mrs.
Smith committed the crime, another story
which conflicts with this theory is told
by young man named William Mapes Mr..
Mapes, who is a clerk in the offices of the
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy railroad, was
at the theatre on the night of the murder,
and shortly before 1880 o'clock started for
his home. He was walking rapidly along
the north side of Harrison street ION which
was Clark's pharmacy, when he noticed four
men standing on the sidewalk opposite Clark's
store, conversing earnestly and now and then
CHANGING toward the store. Mapes paid no
attention to the men, thinking that they were
waiting for a street car, and proceeded
on his way home He had scarcely gone
100 yards when he heard the report
of q pistol The sound seemed muff1ed,
and the young man supposed it came from
some distance, but was startled a moment
later by seeing three men running rapidly to-
ward him, one of whom carried revolver
in his hand. Mapes at the time was standing
in the shadow of the house and was not seen
by the men who were running in the road.
Hastily concealing himself as best he could,
he saw the trio dart down the street and run
west as rapidly as possible. As the last of
the men turned the corner he stopped for an
instant and thrust a revolver which he had
been carrying in his left hand into his hip
pocket. When passing the four men at Har-
rison street and Hermitage avenue Mapes had
noticed that one of them wore a silk hat,
while another wore shabby brown overcoat
and seemed slightly round shouldered. One
of the men who ran away was wearing q silk
hat, while the one who carried the revolver
resembled the man whom Mapes had noticed
to be round shouldered.
This story adds another phase to a remark
able case.
Who killed Clarke
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-03-19

II hate kids, he said, with tinge of bit
terness in his voice and q look of regret in his
eyes
''Whyg'
81 think they ought to be locked up in nur-
series or asylums until they are old enough
to take care of themselves. If it hadn't been
for kid-well it might have been"--
"Whatr
81 loved this kids mother She was q rich
and beautiful widow and was madly in love
with her. was actually contemplating
fact, had just arrived at the point of putting
the delicate question. We were in the draw
ing room. IN never forget it. The kid was
playing in corner. Forgetting all about that
l put my arms fervently around the widow
waist and implanted a warm kiss upon her
lips, when the kid started up and rushed at
me. Don't you kill my mamma he shouted,
and ran screaming into the kitchen calling
for the servants"
''T'hat needn't have
''What9 Marry widow with child like
that! But the worst came a few nights after
called at the house There were several
ladies there, and the kid was being petted all
around. OF course the widow was all right,
but that COMPOUNDED boy deliberately turned
his back 1 didn't mind that, but the mother,
to be nice, said:
"'You darling child, don't you know Mr..
Smith,
"'Oh, yesF said the imp, with devilish i'm
pertinence, oh, yes, 1 know you; you are the
man that bited my mamma the other night
1 need mott could not describe the effect
That's the reason hate kids.
Commercial
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Why don't you come to see met feel awful
Troubled about it. can't go OF the street. You
Ehsow why. Come at once, sure. LETTIE
In the same handwriting, but undated, was
the following:
SwEETHEART-Come over by p. m. or get
killed will see you this afternoon, rain orshine.
LETTIE.
Another from the same source read:
The governor Mrs. Smiths husbandl is gone to
Danvile. Will not be home till IL P. IN. tonight.
Can't you get away this evening for while to go
with me for walk? Come over for minute now
or at noon, or run In at Browns by l. Send an
sWer. LETTIE
Again she wrote:
Come over after you close the store. win
promise to let you sleep; if you can't stay al
night come over for a few minutes. LETTTE
Don't stay away on account Of anything. Do
you understand
A more lengthy epistle is as follows:
SwEErHEARr-Am sorry I could not get you
something better, but have no money The cake
is Mrs. websters. If you had gave me what l
wanted II would have got ring, but that
wouldn't be present. since you would pay Tor II
yourself Can you get away this evening! II SO
come over to Mrs. W., as she is going to give a
priSe party. When you go out TO supper bring
atocsAe Of Florida water. 1 want to give it TO
AHs- Webster, and you can send anything you
sgen 70 her by me. will meet you at supper at
FhlilDs' restaurant. LETTIE
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-03-19

handsome face and extraordinarily brilliant
eyes She was living in a well furnished fiat
with her husband, who had been travelling
auditor for the Chicago and Eastern Illinois
railroad but had lost his position. Mrs
Smith was suspected because in Clarks trunk
were found many letters, some desperate,
others despairing, from numerous inamo-
ratas.I9
The bulk of these missives were in the one
handwritng-a feminine one of the school
girl type-with numerous blunders in spell
ing and with a rather pronounced contempt
for punctuation. These were addressed
Sweetheart" as rule, and they bore the
signature "Lettie," or mere IL. never
the full name, generally no date, and gave
few indications of the writer's personality or
whereabouts. All the letters were what are
commonly termed, right or wrong, love let
ters Some of them were signed Mrs. F."
II some "Mrs. Gordon" but the most i'm
portant ones, which told plain story of sin
and suffering and secret meetings, were the
"Lettien letters. Mrs. Smith was obliged to
confess that she had written these letters.
One dated back to July s, 1885. 1t was short.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-03-19
LEGAL NOTICE.
In the ProbGtS Court, in and for Salt Lake County,
Territory Of Utah.

In the Pro6GtS Court, in and for Salt Lake County,
Territory Of Utah.
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF
i Jane Savage, deceased. Notice is hereby
given that William Fuller administrator OF the
estate of Jane Savage, deceased, has rendered
for settlement and filed in said court his account
for distribution and that the sixteenth
day of April, A. D. 1889, at 10 O'Clock
a. M, at the court room of said court, in
the County Court House, Salt Lake city and
by the Judge OF said court for the settlement OF
said account and hearing petition fer distribu-
ton at which time and place any person inter-
ested in said estate may appear and show cause,
if any there be- why said account should not be
settled and approved and distribution made as
prayed for.
JOHN @. CUTLER,
Clerk Probate Court.
S. W. Darke, attorney for administrator.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-03-19

had been any strug-
gle the broken bot
ties and glasses in
the phi arm acy
would have told the
tale. But none of
these ere dis
turbed. Clark was
lying fiat on his
back, shot through
the heart, when his
body was found
The object of the
assassin was not
robbery. None of
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-03-19
LEGAL NOTICE.
In the Probate Court in and for Salt Lake Count,
Territory Of Utah.

i Eliza Baddley, deceased Notice is hereby
given that William Fuller, executor of the last
will of Eliza Baddley, deceased, has rendered
tor settlement, and filed in said court his &C
count. of his administration of said estate and
petition for distribution, and that the sixteenth
day Of April, A. D. 1889, at 10 O'Clock a. m, at
the court room Of said court, in the County
Court House. Salt Lake city and county, Utah
Territory, has been duly appointed by the Judge
OF SAID court for the settlement OF said ac-
count, and hearing petition for distribution, at
Whlcn time and place any persons interested
in said estate may appear and show cause. ii
any there be, why said account should not be
settled and approved and distribution made as
prayed for.
Dated March 16, 1882
JOHN G. CUTLER.
Clerk Probate Court.
5. w. DARKE, attorney for executor.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-03-19

a new remedy for skin diseases, says The
Hospital, isa continual bath, the patient eat
ing, drinking and sleeping there until cured.
One patient has been kept in such bath SS5
days. He is tied up always at night to pre-
vent him from slipping so as to be drowned.
The palms and soles become much shriveled,
but the skin is unchanged. The water is
kept at 9S degrees
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-03-19
Another letter, bearing no date, is the fol-

Another letter, bearing no date, is the fol-
lowing:
Mr. CIARk-Are you going away sure, or are
you fooling? / want to know, for may take it
into my head TO send you present next week,
and if l should die. don't you think youwould like
to know of it? am feeling better, but far from
well "Ts impossible for me to get out, and so you
see I won't have q chance to say good-by unless
can get you over here. don't think it will be long
now, for am in pain nearly all the time. STis all
can do to keep up. IT'S best for me that do. I
came home for the reason that could not get any
good place to be sick in. 1t makes me feel as if
was doomed to die, and all for whats will tell
you: Because made fool of myself for man
that has no heart or feeling. You know what
am going through every day, and you laugh at it
and think it's fun. Be careful, my sweet lover,
that it don't come home to you as you said one
time to me. My heart is dead. 1t makes little
difference to me if 1 live or not Goodby.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-03-19
WHO KILLED CLARK?
And Was the Murderer a Man or
a Woman?
CHICAGO'S MYSTERIOUS CASE.
and Was Shot Through the Heart
''Lett;e's" Letters.

R Al K the wo-
mani" was the
sharp direction the
French chief Of de
tectives gave to his
bloodhounds when
q great crime had
b @ e n committed.
It was trenchant.
1.-THE woman in the
casen is q feature of
innumerable MUIR
'ers. "The woman"
is perennial, potent
and usually e n
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-03-19

II hate kids" he said, with tinge of bit
terness in his voice and look of regret in his
eyes.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-03-19
Too Many Acquantances.

BE lat an evening party)-I am afraid,
Miss Firstseason, that you scarcely recall me,
although we have met before.
She-Quite likely; meet so many people,
you Knoxville Epoch.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-03-19
THE SMITH wOMA,

kept his own coun-
sci in regard to his
liaisons, of which, it
is now made clear,
he had many.
Two Q4ys after
Clarke's murder q
woman named Let
tie Smith and her
husband, Wilbert
Smith, were arrest
ed on suspicion of
being implicated in
the crime. Mrs.
Smith is a tall,
finely formed wo-
m an, nearly so,
with a determined,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-03-19
WAS LETTIE THE assassin?

1t is quite evident that "Lettie" had be-
come angry with Clark. The strongest link,
however, that has been forged around Mrs.
Smith is that several persons saw her lurking
about Clark's pharmacy on the night of the
murder. When she was arrested the detec-
tives found in her trunk Smith & Wesson
revolver of 30 caliber, similar weapon to
the one with which Clark was shot
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-03-19

1t is a story full Of conflicting emotions
and plainly full of intrigue, falsehood and
receptions which this package of letters
told
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-03-19

the money i'll the cash drawer or in the
pockets of the dead man had been touched.
He, had apparently been killed for revenge.
TRNt he had some warning of his fate was
evident by his nervous manner on the day
and evening of the murder. He was so dis
turbed in mind that, as he remarked to
friend, he could not trust himself to put up
several important prescriptions, and post
poned the work until the next day. But he
evidently had no idea that his fate was so
soon to overtale him. This was plain from
the position of the body
The murderer had given him no warning,
but had simply advanced upon him and shot
him. Clark only uttered suppressed cry,
which was heard by the above mentioned lie
Vim, and died
THE SMITH WOMAN
Who killed him.
Cherchez la femme,
But Clark was never known as man of in
trigues. True, he was very popular with his
women customers, and occasionally visited
swo or three whose acquaintance he had
Made at the store
But, as has been since revealed, Clark
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-09-26
THE WIDOWS TITLE.
Can Mrs. Josephine Wiggers Lay Claim
to This Mortgage?

Can Mrs. Josephine Wiggers Lay Claim
to This Mortgage?
Vice Chancellor Pitney was occupied
this morning, in taking testimony in the
case of Josephine Wiggers against Mi
chael Topft and Catherine Topft, his wife.
John Wiggers was prosperous shoe
maker of New York, who accumulated a
small competency and retired from busi-
ness. He built house at Gutenberg
which he sold to his son-in-law Topft and
took mortgage upon the property.
He lost his wife and after that he was q
changed man. 1t is alleged that he en-
tered upon a career of dissipation, which
unsettled his mind to such an extent that
he was considered incapable of transact
ing business.
While on spree, the Topfts allege, he
married the complainant in the suit, and
survived his second marriage little less
than year. His widow, Josephine,
through her counsel, Mr.. Christie, filed u
bill to foreclose the mortgage on the
Topft property, claiming to be the owner
of the mortgage under an assignment to
her from her husband.
Mr.. M. t. Newbold for the Topfts, filed
an answer in which they set up that
John Wiggers was of unsound mind at
the time the assignment was made and
wholly incapable thereby from transact
ing business and that the widow has no
title to the mortgage.
The entire time of the Court was taken
up in examining witnesses as to the con-
duct and actions of John Wiggers about
the time the assignment was executed.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-09-26
NOTHING CROOKEp ABOUT II.
The City Has Merely Failed to Collect Its
| Rent from Its Bell Tower Tenant.

The City Has Merely Failed to Collect Its
Rent from Its Bell Tower Tenant.
The Journal of Tuesday evening con
tanned an article implying that 1923 paid
into the hands of some city official for the
rental for some years back of the tri-
angular piece of city land adjoining the
bell tower at the junction of Newark and
Railroad avenues had been misappropri
ated. An investigation made by JERSEY
CITY NEWS reporters shows that there has
been no nlisappropriation of city moneys,
but merely that the lessee of the ground
had not paid his rent to the city.
The gore was leased to a well-known
citizen, and he, as he had right to do,
sublet it to the tenant in occupation. He
collected his rents from the tenant, but
the city did not bother to collect it's rents
from him. The result is that he owes the
city some underlined amount.
The city cannot probably lose anything
even if ne should be unable to pay, for its
lessee erected on the gore building
which the city has seized, and which is
said to be worth nearly, if not quite all,
he owes for rent arrearages.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-09-26
is IT CONSTITUTIONAL? ?
ADVERSE DECISION PREDICTED
ON THE FREEHOLDER BILL.

Ex-Assemblyman DonneI1y Refuses to
Run for Freeholder Because He Says
He Has an Inside Tip.
Ex-Assemblyman Peter j. DonneIly,
who has been making an active canvass
for the Democratic nomination for Free
holder in the Third district, has with
drawn. He says he has assurances from
some one in position to know, whose
name he refuses to divulge, that the act
passed last winter for the reorganization
or the Board of Freeholders is unconsti-
tutional, and that when the decision of
the Court is rendered next month it will
be SO declared
The bill authorized the election of u
Freeholder in each Assembly district and
| also of Director-at-Large. 1t is under
stood that Hoboken's share of the county
offices at the approaching Democratic
County Convention will be the Director
ship-at-Large. Mr.. Donnelly's informa-
tion is that the provision for the election
of the Director at-Large is special and
makes the bill unconstitutional, and it
comes to him from such a reliable source
that he ne is y unwilling to incur the expense
and loss of time to elect himself to an
| office that he will not after all be per-
mitted to occupy
AS fortifying these opinions 1t is also
said that John A. McGrath, who is coun-
sci of the Board of Freeholders, has de-
| clared that the new law cannot be up
held.
1t is said that a number of well known
Democratic lawyers have expressed the
conviction that the bill cannot be upheld.
Some of the Hoboken aspirants tor the
Dictatorship have become exercised over
the prevailing rumors, and are said to
have submitted the act to Mr.. Charles L..
Corbin for his opinion as to its validity.
Freeholders were elected in the several
districts last spring, under the old act,
but the County Board of Canvassers did
not meet to canvass the vote. If the act
should be declared unconstitutional, the
present Board of Freeholders would hold
over Till the elections next spring.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-09-26
KAYIOR WAS DEFIANT.

And MIR. Edelstein Charged Him with
Neglect of Duty and Removed Him.
The displacement of John T. NJ Kaylor
of Finance, after fifteen years of service
there, has created deal of speculation in
official and political circles where Kaylor
is well known. 1t was said that Mr. Kay
lor had failed to receive an authorized
vacation during the summer; that he
took month away without permission.
1t was on that circumstance, it was al
legged, that the charge of neglect of his
duties was based.
Mr.. Kaylor, when questioned about it
last Tuesday evening, said this was not
so. He had a vacation, but it was given
to him, and during the time it lasted he
put in an appearance at the Boards Of
ice the day succeeding O meeting to
write up the minutes, which was not q
usual thing to be done by clerk on his
vacation.
"A week or more ago." he added, s'Mr
Allen, the President of the Board of Al
dermen and, eXofficio, q member of the
Board of Finance, came to me and told
me that my resignation would be ex-
pected of me at the next meeting. 1
called upon President Edelstein and he
told me that he could do nothing for me-
I saw / had no chance of keeping my
position, and applied to no other mem
ber
''Mr. Edelstein told me that had not
attended to my duties; and l suppose
there is some ground for the charge of
neglect. had been away four or five
days at time when / should have been
on hand, but it was on occasions when /
could be well spared from the Office"
1t was said also that Mr.. Edelstein had
told Kaylor that he intended to remove
him, and that Kaylor's defiant remark to
him that he couldn't do it determined
him to achieve it.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-09-26
A THIRD STORY LEAP.
HRS. GILLIGAN,s SUDDEN DIsAP-
PEARAECE THROUGH Il WINDOW.
An Insane Woman Makes Spring to the
Sidewalk to Elude Imaginary Pur-
suers-Her Injuries Are Probably

An Insane Woman Makes Spring to the
Sidewalk to E1ude Imaginary Pur-
suers-Her Injuries Are Probably
Fatal.
Mrs. Mary Gilligan, young married
woman, jumped from the window of her
home on the third floor of No. 2s6 Hen
derson street at an early hour this morn
ing and sustained serious injuries.
Mrs. Gilligan lived pleasantly with her
which fronts on Henderson street and
runs back along Gregory street for some
distance. A window looks out from the
room used bv the family as kitchen
upon Gregory street.
A store is on the ground floor and q
wooden awning runs around the store
both on Henderson and Gregory streets.
SURPRISE FOR MIR. GILLIGAN.
Mrs. Gilligan is stout, hearty woman,
and up to Monday evening has enjoyed
excellent health. On that evening her
husband was coming up the stairs from
his work when he heard peculiar noise
eral persons were drumming upon the
! floor.
He hurried up stairs, and, upon enter
ing the room, was Mortified to discover his
wife laying on the floor upon her back,
beating q TATTOO upon the floor with her
hands and feet.
Froth, mixed with blood, was coming
from her mouth, and she was gazing with
q fixed stare at the ceiling
Mr.. Gilligan helped her to bed and
hastily summoned DR.. Dougherty. The
physician said that she was suffering
from nervous disorder and prescribed
for her.
AIro H;lIioov,r raetod o,;a&1x, oF+or tI ~
until about one o'clock this morning,
when she suddenly climbed out of bed
and ran down stairs. Her husband fol
| lowed and found her trembling with fear
| and declaring that woman was follow
| ing her with a revolver.
MIDNIGHT LEAP.
| Mr.. Gilligan succeeded in quieting her
| and induced her to go upstairs, where she
seated herself near the window which
| looks out upon Gregory street. She fire.
! quently looked down upon the floor and
| about with scared looks, as though she
| imagined she saw someone.
! While she was thus occupied her hus-
| band, who was watching her. fell into a
| doze, from which he was aroused by his
wife's screaming
"Oh. save me from her, save nee from
| her."
Before Mr.. Gilligan could do anything
she threw up the window and leaning
| forward threw herself out.
| Mr.. Gilligan caught her by wrap
which she had thrown over her shoulder,
but it slipped from her and remained in
his grasp.
She struck the awning under the win
dow upon her stomach. Mr.. Gilligan ran
down stairs and when he reached the
street his wife was lying in the middle of
Gregory street with her head upon the
horse car track.
She was picked up and taken to the
Gregory street station, where she was at
tended by Dr.. Gray and then removed to
the City Hospital.
AT the hospital only slight hope of her
recovery is entertained