The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-06-22
Her Husband Is the Man Who
Never Came Back.
SHE WANTS THE PROPERTY.
How Hanks Disappeared and How He
Betrayed Himself.
The Sensational Case That Agitated Cache
Valley Two Years Ago-Ogden News
GIeanings-Election of Officers
by the Pythian G-and Lodge.

quel to the disappearance OF Ephraim M.
Hanks, of Logan, the mysteries Of which
were fully exploded by THE HERALD last
fall, suit for divorce has been COM
1nenced in the district court by Mary E.
Hanks, the ground for the request for
decree being desertion and failure to pro-
vide. The lady also asks for the custody
OF the five minor children, and deeds to
all of the property now standing in
Hanks name. This property is very val
liable, and is situated in Cache Valley.
THE HANKS DISAPPEARANCE.
The story of the disappearance and the
subsequent finding of the man by an
Ogden citizen created a great deal OF IN
terest throughout the west. Late in Oc-
tober of 1890, Hanks left home with $3.50
in his pocket, presumably for the pur-
pose of purchasing hay at a farm across
the Logan river. Ee drove mule at
tached to road cart, and when near the
river was seen to stop and tighten the burr
of one of the wheels of the cart.
This was the last seen of the men I'M
til last fall. As he did not return that
night a search was instituted and the
cart was found upside down in the river,
while the mule was grazing in field on
the opposite side OF the stream. Hanks
hat and coat were also found floating far
down the river. Several searching par
ties were in the field for number of
days, but no trace was ever found OF the
missing man in that vicinity.
HANKS 8ETRAYs HIMSELF.
Last fall Richard Taylor of Ogden was
in California and one day on the train he
overheard two men in conversation roast
ing the A. o. U. w. for not promptly
paying up the insurance on the life of its
members, and cited the Hanks case of
Utah. In tins case the lodge refused to
believe that Hanks was dead, and the
widow had been unable to collect not only
the insurance due from the order, but
that in number of regular insurance
companies. Looking over the shoulders
of the men Taylor saw that the man who
was so loud in his denunciation of the
order and companies was Hanks himself,
with whom he was personally acquainted.
SuDsequ ntly Hanks was located more
definitely, but he refused TO return home
to his wife and children and this suit Tor
divorce is the result.
THE PYTHIAN GRAND LODGE.
The next session of the Grand Lodge of
the territory, Knights of Pythias, will be
held at Salt Lake on the third Tuesday in
June, 1894. This session of the lodge has
been an uneventful one, there being no
legislation or appeals.
This afternoon the following officers
were elected and installed by Grand Chan
cellor Osborne for the year 1881.
grand vice-chancellor, J. S. Corlew:
grand prelate, W. j. McBurney; G..
X. Of R. and s., H. c. Ward
leigh; G. NJ. of Exchequer, A. J.
Lowe; G. NJ. at A., A. D. Tobin: G. l.
g., II. Liyermore; G. o. g., Edward
Pike.
Grand trustees. William 81. Turner,
three years; q. E. Stewart, two years.
Committees were appointed for the
coming year and the following grand
chancellora were appointed: William
Husbands, William baltimore, William
Phillips, William O'Connell, W. B.
Moreton, L. Reaehart. George Schramm,
D. McMurphy, t. d. Johnson, F. F.
Reed and U. E. Stewart.
OGDEN NEWS eLEANINGs.
Twenty-Five cars of tea from the cargo
OF the steamer City of Picking were this
evening transferred by the Southern Pa
cific to the Union Pacific for transit east.
The California Christian Endeavorers
on their way to the Worlds fair, will
reach Ogden on the mornings Southern
Pacific train. They will go east over the
Rio Grande Western, and stop one day in
Salt Lake.
The pipe at the gas well has reached a
depth of 100 fest and is in a stratum of
blue black clay. An eight-inch pipe has
been put down inside of the twelve-inch,
and hereafter only this kind of pipe will
be used.
J. G. Wurtele left Philadelphia this
afternoon for Cheyenne, having in charge
the remains of c. e. Wurtele, who died
at the University hospital on Monday,
The funeral will probably take place on
Sunday next at Cheyenne.
NOT on THE RECORDS.
The secretary of the Ogden Bar associa-
ton has been notified, in the following
letter, that the name of Ricy ii. Jones
recently recommended by the association
for disbarment, on account of alleged dis
honorable and unprofessional conduct,
does not appear upon the records of the
supreme court of the territory:
SUPREME COURT OF UTAH TERRIToRy. !
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH.
b. c. Mosby, Esq, Ogden Utah:
SIR-From a search OF the records fail 10
find the name of Ricy 81. Jones as member
OF the bar OF this court. Yours truly,
JOSEPH P. BACHE, Clerk.
1t is very probable no action will be
taken by the association at this term of
the supreme court, but as soon as the
district court of this district is again in
regular session complaint against the
gentleman will be made.
On Saturday next the bar will meet and
sdoptresolutions of respect for the men,
DRY of Judge Oscar F. Hunsaker and w.
n. Smelling, members of this bar who
have recently Joined the great majority
THE SALT LAKERs VICTORIOUS.
The shooting contest between the Og-
gen and Salt Lake teams resulted in vic
tory for the latter on score OF 3i4 to 299.
Great interest was manifested in the
event. The individual scores are as fol-
lows: