Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-12-26
HAY Be FOUL PLAY.
What Has Become Of Hattl0 D. era.
hams Honey and Jewels?
AND WHERE IS HER LITTLE GIRL


lhlH morning at the undertaking estAb.
lithment Of skcwU, g. Sons nj the in.
stance Of Coroner Taylor over the
romains Of Matte ID. Graham, tho
abandoned aud proflga,o woman who
committed suicide by shooting horsolf
In The head with "a revolver In a Wes.
] temple street lagni1 shortly altar ot.s
O'Clock yesterday tMuHday) msrning.
! lho evidence shove q thnl rbe had a
mother aud siauf iiying in Npntara
aud u Boz claimed that they were both
| ilu0mnt NJ the kind Of a No Tho d,.
ccussi had been leading since sns
| came 10 this city. Each pf tbe
/ relatives named have been notified by
/ Wifu VI the suicide. Coroner Tayi8r
'1rtcis 10 hear from them sometime
| tonight or tomorrow. In the mean.
Time ne viii retain possession OF tho
Woman's cllocn Aud will mold the body
tutilct 10 their order.
Oihcor Dan Dillon, Of ,he city police
| force, testified that he went on duty AZ
VI o'clock on Saturday night. At2 a.
iu' SUNDAY, while standing at the
| corner oi Richards ami Fifat South
.tturii ho heard u whistle blown by an
Italian ssloUukerpor on West Toinple
street, near tho Tribune office. Ho
hastIy repaired 10 ths spot and rushed
upHlAlrs over snluOn. lie fny a yo.
man lyingon the door In pool Of blood.
"a" leaned over nor form anu asked.
"Afs yen deadf sphaka up and tell
phwAt yea knows about this case, -
lhit DIT VI native Irish wit ctusod IA
good deal ot leyity on the patt OF
coroner jury, witnesses and othprs.
"Ihcru was no Onon gravely con.
unuud the witness after order had
been restored, en- lhofojm at the tlmc.D
On luoNlug nr1uuu no found "a.
vol or Ia trunk. 10 contained
an o.sply shell. Officer Brown
picked TIE weapon up and piacoi tho
muzzle 10 rs n0strils and tniflinr IL
declared that To could smell ireah row.
der aud that tina, was the weapon VITA
which the lhoOtiag had boon done.
V. Luntkl,au Italian Mefcur miner,
h1mittuI that no had yaesed tbs niRnt
over tho saloon ia company with tho
suicide. She hal acted strangely for
several hours, he said, and laughed
aud ofled alternately iora couple Of
hours or more, She also frequently
sobhri, "Aiy poor child" Then she
mumutrd, "Only sixty.hve,n aud
went 10 her trunk ov5f which sho
bowed and shot horsclt. HB was under
the Impression that alter tho shot was
hfed tue pistol fell into the trunk
which was open.
Mabel Williams, n ffAil Toomor In
me same building, testified that she
hhu only known the deceased since
4 Hihy She knew nothing Of
tbs autecodenta OF the suicide.
She heard the fatal shot fired
ana rushed Into the room from which
the sound came. A. sne opened tbs
door she Jaw the body fall towards her,
The night before she deceased cried Tor
Two hours aud often spoke ola spanish
lover whom she had not seen Tor four
yeafe. sho also showed witness "a pair
VI slippers which she had bought asa
christmas prcaeut fora little daughter
II years old, who WIS living some.
where IN this city, but whose address
she failed to give.
Tho woman also talked about having
10 ray $1,000 within a short time,
} 1000 Of the amount being due la
ninety days, aud grloved greatly over
not having money enough with which
10 liquldato the debt.
Ffua S0utham, lab0ruf living on
social Hall alley, toitlnel that he was
hs4ing along thu street ut the time OF
no shooting and followed tbs officers
ipslairs. Nobody was In tho room
sin tho body when they arrived. Ono
u the policemen lifted tue lid OF the top
III IN the trunk aud took pistol there
rom, Witness was ~ the opinion thar
no woman could not have put the re-.
gOlveT there after having shot herIeli
sons other person, he certainly
bought had done 80.
Lunzkl, the wOman's Italian
iAfAmOuf, WAS recalled and close
CfOss'quvs;ioubd. He Admit.
cd having her pOCketn0Ok but
lOgitiVply declared that he
lid not SEQ tho shooting although he
aw the body fall. lie was ''scaFed 10
cath" and "ahOok all 10 piecesD and
Tiod out for someone 10 open the door,
The witness was one Of the most
eccentric characters with which
oronef'h jury ever had 10 deal, and
lized things ~ badly by insiating on
nieTrlng to the deceased ~ chez IN
lmost every sentence VI his test.
iOny.
Mattel Williams on being recalled
aid she didn't take any stock la tue
tory about the lid Uf the trunk I'll
cling closed. Whom asked " a certain
TAU In the TOOm-Norton by name
.as not her lover she replied indlg-
antly Nc, sif; my lover IL a soldier.O
JuEyman Hammond, who Ia an OK
'llior added prUmplly-"And SOL
Tors are the best mon on earth"
"fhnt "a right" responded the wit.
sss. "But neither my lover nor the
her soldier Ont. Hammond) was NJ
y room whom Che shooting oCCuTrei.O
RughteT.
Ihsouded tho testimony this morn.
TX and tue Jury held brief consulta-
on and then adjourned until t5mur.
~ a. 10 am, at which time new
Illnesses viii DO put on the stand auI
! attempt be male TO bring out Ger.
In additional valuable information.
LunZN was taken 10 the city
u and Chief Paul will Bs
sponslDle for his keeping tlll the
'uring h over. Az the case now
auIs there Rre several things that
ied explaining u entirely exOnerate
@ dead woman's associates against
nom the charge Is laid that thag they
low more about some OF her money,
Ia watch aud chain sud otter yAlu-
les than they caro- 20 tell.
Toe suiclde's relatives arc spoken OF
highly respectable people aud arc
III TO have Considerable worldly
snus, The whereabouts Of the little
'yeu'yeRT-old gil arc stlll snshToud.
in mystery.