Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-07-29
MURDER WILL OUT.
4 Mystery Thirty Wears Old Solved
At Last BY a Deathbod
Confession.
THE GROWTH OF THE WESTERN
CITIES.
Republican Caucus at Washington
Surreit Of Relief Funds At
JOhnStOWn.
a CASE OF LEPRosY IN NEW
YORK.
Collision At Sea.-Prote>t Against
The Worlds Fair Site.
Other News.
THE GROWTH OF THE WESTERN
CITIES.
a CASE OF LEPRosY IN NEW
YORK.
By Telegraph to the SEwsl
DEtTHBEO CONFESsIoS.
OF Murder. Solving n Mystery Of
thirty Years Standing.

| EhtriN hfhE~ rA4Ahuin--
Boston, July ga murder mys
terry Of thirty years Standing has
been solved by the deatn-bed con.
fessiyn Of the murderer, and the
mysterious disappearance Of rich
Boston liquor dealer is thus account.
ed for.
On the night Of December L.,
1853, James Martin started from his
place Of business with the intention
Of walking across the bridge TO his
home in CharlestOwn. That was
the last that was seen or heard Of
him until the story OF his mupier
was brought 70 light 4 few days ago.
His dog appeared on the doorstep
wet and with blood on his cOllsr
and head, hut thai was the only clue
10 the cause of the disappearance.
As he was known to have n large
sum Of money with him ON the
night he disappeared, ii was be-
Level that he had been murdered,
hutas his body was not found, his
case was included in the long list Of
uu-olveu mysteries.
Edward Callahan returned from
California a few days ago, bringing
a solution OF TIL mystery and con
firuing the theory that Martin had
been murdered for his money. In
lSS5 Mr.. Callahan was in the South
ern part of New Mexico, in the en-
plOy Of the Southern Pacific Rail-
road Company. One evening when
walking along the track, lie came
upon very dilapidatei tramp who
was Owing. He said mis- name was
Tip Mclaughlin al, knowing that
death was al hand, he gave Gala
han a history Of his life which was
continual story Of crime.
HIS lIURDEROUs CAREER
in the West created quite n sensa-
ton and he escaped from death
through influential Masonic friends.
In some way he got into the Mason
ic or or and ne had made his boast
that he had got the tip and grip
anu uDT he was all right. After
wards he killed a manin Sacrament
b, was tried and convicted. and
sentenced to he hanged. When he
was taken out Of court the officer in
charge Of him said: "Well. Nc
Laughlin, | guess Well take a
drink before | lock you up 50 they
Went into "a saloon and Mclaughlin
sat down 10 play horse poker for
the drinks. while the officer looked
on. Pretty soon Mclaughlin said
he was going out at the hack door
for a minute. He did 50 aud the Of
firer did not catch him.
He got down TO san Francisco
anu there he shipped on a trading
schooner going down the coast and
then went of into Southern Cali-
f0ruia. Callahan, in one oil
his talks with Mclaughlin,
spoke If returning to his
home III Boston and that
brought out the confession OF the
murler in 1853. The story is told
ia Call8han's words:
lie asked if I remembered any
thing about the disappearance Of a
man namei Martin. | did not re-
member much about it, although |
had heard my cousin, who was
friend Of Martin, speak II it. Then
he told me that he was one Of the
men who helped kill Martin anu
throw him over theOld ChlT!cstOwn
wharf. lie said that Martin had a
dog with him, ana that the animal
fought - hard in defense OF his
master Ilat they had 10 throw him
overheard, too, to defend themselves
ami % stop the noise"