Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-06-23
NILES FAWCETF
BE Has Re,stires Residing in This
lily.

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! This information was IS to ia,
whereabouts Of Miles Faw
cett, who was last in Utsl
in 1855, having previously been {.
California, where he had purchased
some property. Mr.. FswreT We.
the man murdere' h. Alr. and Mrs.
! Potts on the 70. OF January, IsSS, AT
Ca-'ir,. Nevada. He was the uncle
Of Robert and Miles Aveson, Of thi.
city, being their mothers brother.
The dispatch regarding ihr pseyu.
ton Of 'the Ps''1es merely gave
the Same of the victim. LIZ,
the California papers give his axe.
! occupation AMI sufficient uf his pre-
viOus history to place the matter
beyond all doubt. He lived for
some time In Wisconsin, where the
Potts family ALEC resided. but sold
| out his farm the.e and came west en-
EaSins in hi trade a. carpenter.
/ Regarding his uncle, Mr.. r. : We
son says: "He first visited salt
Lake City from Wisconsin in 1873.
stayed IN months, thcn vent 10
Los Angeles, in lS'5 his son was
urV&nea - Wisconsin while cross
Ing vI some ice. 4 few weeks
aiterward, Mr.. Eawcett's wife die!
through the shock Of her sons death.
For several weeks / tried 10 obtain
Information Of the whereabouts Of
my uncle, bat Jailed, until tn,
spring u thai year. when he
wrote to me from Los Angeles. He
then went Ia Wisconsin. sold his
farm ami married again. went
west and then returned L.
Wisconsin, got . divorce from
his wife. started west again. aul
bought several cCsss Of land some
where 81 California. He came L.
Salt Lake City, Nov. ., lSs3, and
stayed two days. Here he saw bis
sister Ann, whom he had not seen
since he was = boy. He wen. a.
Connecticut 20 his brother. VIM. T..
stayed there until the spring o.
1883, and then came west again.
We last heart Hcn him ia Ncx
Mckee.
Following is an account Of tine cir
cnmstinces connected with tine mar
der.
Josiah Potts. his wife Elizhyth
and two children resided In CaTlin,
ElkO County. Nr~r.ia. .wO years
Potts ws- employed. - a machiui,;
IN tie Central Pacific Railroad
shops ct that place. Miles Fawccit.
carpenter, boarded with the family
flr Srver'l months. and I'm lssT hr
purchased r. ranch seven miles from
~Irnu, known rs the Hot SPRING
ranch. After he removed "a hi
ranch MR.. Potts baked his Jreau
Ind did his washing for him
which made il necessary for Faw- /
rett q visit CaTiiu frequently. Ca
January I, ISIS. Fswcett iuf0gme
friend thai Potts AMI his Wi, |
owed him some money and he w. /
th0ut 10 visit their residence 10 col /
lect it. Fawcett further stated that
ne knew enough % the past lie f 1
Mrs. Potts % compel her TO settle
with him thr0uEh dead of h9viB-
the unpleasant details o. her former
career revealed. At the time Flw-
ceit went 10 collect the Jvit Gut
aim from the Potts family lac ia.
above 500 in coin un his person.
Fswcett and his friend L.nrrsr.
ger, an EikO business m-u. visItel
he Potts residence. and Mr,. io,t-
invited Fawcett IN spend tine night
n her residence. FaWceltacuuEtsI
nut Linei'arEer departed after sgciu.
FIwUett's horses pat IN the stable a, {
the Potts residence.
This was the lJsr time FaWccti I
Eas seen alive. lis sudden AM
disappearance Wa s.
subject o! comment, and an attempt /
% iltdpn the mystery r--yiieI D. I
Josiah Potts showing q bill IL sal. I
from FaWcett % all Of his effects
Potts and his wife stating tlai !
FawCrtt had been suddenly clllsu /
.ast on business. The flll8wiu- !
summer the Potts family removed
10 Rock Springs. Wyoming, and q
amiiy named Brewer rented the
Potts residence in Ca.lia. o.
January IL, lsSf, George Brewer. |
he head OF the family. discovered /
in the cellar % Tie PREMISE q mali
atci body which wac identified 8>
Fawcett-s.
Sheriff Barnard. OF Ei5a. trIe-
yraphei 10 Rock Springs, Wyoming. !
ID have Josiah ami Elizabeth Hgti- !
placed under arrest, and they wer,
brought 10 ElSo and Indicted for I
mIrier in the first degree iy the
grand jury. They were tried lg- |
lore Judge Bigeiow anu convicted
on that charge, and sentenced /
to suffer the death penalty June -. |
1899. An appeal was taken to the
Supreme Court. which affirmed the
decision Of the lower tribunal. sub !
the STATE EIlgi uf Par
ions was petitiOued to commute The
sentence 10 life imprisonment With
out avail.
Elizab,th Potts was a native o.
Il years Of aye. She wa,
complexion, light blue cyls, anu
weighed probably POO pounds. He's
name was AthertOn. From
the time OF her arrest IT Rock I
Springs, Wyoming. ami during tn.
trial for murder she maintained
st0lid indifference.
At the trial she testified that sine
discovered FawCett in an a.t-mpi /
to assault her little daughter 4 long
time before his disappearance. ant
that Fawcett had threatened 10 Hi!
her if she exposed hi, attemut. soon I
lfterward she said she wrote q letter
10 the constable n Carlin informing I
him Of FawCett's attempt anl de-
his arrest. This letter
she claims was discovered 10y her
husband, and when Fawcett visited
her residence a violent scene og.-
CURED between Fawce.t and her
husband. aud O. settle the matter
FaW ceit Offered ! = husband a bin |
II sale Of his team and ranch. This
her husband refused and threatened
o have Fawcett lynCnei, but as her
husband was leaving the house Q.
AIRY out his threat she said that
Tawcett, in q III Of deportation.
rev 4 pistol anu shot himself dead.
md. feariu! Of being accused of his |
MURDER, she and her husband hid
Fawcett's dead body in the cellar Of
he premises.
The Slddest feature Of the affair i
hat children are let u bear their
arents' shame. Charley. the 81
lest, Is l. years old, and lives I'm the
State Of Washington. The sgc8nd
,hild, a girl % Is, lives in Utah. !
while the yOun. 81, Filth. only u
rears old, mas been adopted by an
Islko county resident.
Charles Frank PardOncd.
Charles Frank of I,o,-ou Cache