Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-09-22
WHERE Is Dir. rYNANp
II Is Asserted that lie Il In one Of
Uiah's Mining Camps.

a California Jury Is now struggling
with the question a. 10 whether Dr..
lyman, the missing Modctto, Cal,
millionaire, 10 atill In the land Of the
living. The cisc has been mentioned
lefafU Ia the NEWS. Il snow eleven
months since lyman drew $4,000 from
the Changers Bank of San Francisco
and disappeared. A reward of $1,000
has failed to Cause his return or the
discovery Of his whereabouts, though
detective agencies have put forth their
bot efforts 10 gain the reward.
In the trial now Ia progress at
Modsst0, aud which VIII probably
close this week, the story OF tie ole.
appearance of lyman, hls two mar.
nagtH aud the contracts with HE
SECOND vie were nll brought out.
Away back In the sixties lyman
married ~ rich widow biv.srd with two
daughters. She died, aud while visit.
ing the New Oilpane f.Xp0ailion Or.
lyman met Mis-. NiniUra, n lady
% ycar he JUNIOR. Three months
later Alrs. Winters came 90 California
anu one day went 10 Martinez ami
procured r. divorce from her uu.hauI
on thC ground OF extreme cru 8.
Winters was n resident Of New Orleans
aud had never been Ia California, u
act that, coupled with the ground
upon which the divorce WIS Obtained,
IL now assorted 60 have made The
divOico illegal aud her subsequent
marriage 20 lyman null and void. This
lsa late development Hnd promises 90
lurther comI lrato an already much
complicated ease.
Not long after the divorce was Oh.
taiuei Mrs. Winters became Mr..
lyman. About the time Of their
marriage there was filed Tor record
"a contract H.gnId by her aud By DR..
lyman. ltstipu'atod that the union
was not 10 effect the respective pt1-
perry rghu of the lrluCiplla Whatever.
She was POSSESSED OF property valued
40 about $4,000, nnd hit plssesslUpa
were worm Sl5O,uOO. To- tho event
thnt rhu oulilyeu him $4,000 was 10 be-
received by her from me estate.
Three or four years later new con.
trac. tulwuen DR.. ynHn and his vile
was nlte, Tue new contract pro.
viled that In the event VI the
death u Mr.. lyman trioto the dc.
cease Of her husband $4,000 nom his
estate was 10 DO distributed among
her four children, and that should
she Outlivcu him she was 10 receive
one'ihird OF his property. Suisse
quently, In San Francisco, lyman
executed n viii, bequoathing 5000 10
charities aud friends Aud the remain.
AZ az a
$500, 1000, TO his wife, 20 have aud mold
the same 10 her aud her helm forever.
The day before he disappeared he
decided 10 his wife "A tract Of land iu
Texas aud certain lots In San FfAu.
oitcu, the only portion If bis property
not covered by n II. ponueuf.
When the Old gentleman diBnp.
pcat,a no formation Us TO whether
hu had gone could be- obtained. Inst.
August uuv g.. II. Hslg.i, OF West
water Grand county, UAh, wrote 90.
Falib,ugI yunu particularly and giving
other Information that seemed % iuIl.
c,iu very strongly that lac mUbt have
gIuu 900 contact with hlm,
Ina the latter part 10 August Mira.
lyman set Out f0r WvsiwgtUE lhossmU |
tain ulTe $, l.. Hnuio0m, of III dtst0, !
representing thuttUl daughters. MH. Iy.
unu stopped over at i. Lake C.y - |
secure the services OF detective. |
HausOom kept ON. lie found Hallptt, !
but could mo. Induce him TO rUyeg. the |
Whereabouts OF the nllogOi lyman, !
As hanscom luft WOstwatpr Miro. |
lyman returned, and 10 her Hallo.t |
told the same story. Mrs lyman tee |
tiicd tlGt HalleIt Informed her that |
Auuhuom made advances % him 20 |
pus lyman nut OF the way, saying that |
"deau men tell no tales"
The mirsiug man was Heyer seen |
again, no Tor as the relatives anu heirs |
know, aud no the contention for his |
wealth began. The viii was offered Tor |
PROBATE by Mrs. lyman aud Is being t.. |
sisted by his daughters. The latter |
claim that ho Is now IN seClusiUn IN !
little iniug camp in the mountains a !
southern Utah. Mus. lyman claims
that her husband was murdered iu San
Francisco Tor the 5000 Vhu Jury Will
have "a hard uut 90 crack % decide
which theory ia right, as there Is NO
positive proof Of either.
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