Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-06-05
WILLIE IS NOT DEAD.
Young Taylor The Story I.laF is
Alive Near Soda Springs.
his "DnowSlSee ONLY FAKE.
lie Calmly Reads the story Of His
Strange Disappearance In the
"Newsv aud Then Wults

10 row irAusnlre', ~ wa suspected,
thst Wn TayloF,tho eashirg anu reok.
itss Dung Teuth warrior, WHO either
wrote or caused 70 10 written, directly
or iudirccily, a Sensation "a letter 10
Miso rhomle, his sweetheart in this
city, about ten duysi ago puuouing 70
give an account OF bis strange dislp.
ycaauco ifom the daeA Oh d fteamer
and bis probable drownins iu the
WATERS OF the Columbia river ab3u,
100 miles below Portland, BE- NOT dead
and Il ia doubtful whether a solitary
qui.u inch u his acrp0aAe anatomy
vas oven muistened by TIA, turbulent
stream. Ga the contrary it BE- believed
that be has been Il party " not the
principal to most serious ilac-luo
tia, tore the cart t,lings OF o. loving
sweetheart and an aflectiountu mother,
auu panied aui puzzled an iudul-
seat father. II als, clusei many
expressions Of sorrow aud confidence
by facnGs and colleagues in behalf Of
those whom Il seemed had suddenly
been bereit Of a son aud lover.
MI Taylor the young mau's igthor,
tslegraph0d to the chief Of police OF
Portland and san Francisco Tor tli-
ings concerning hts send supposed
death, but cluld lnarn nothing what
over VI thu affair, A few days ngo
John Simmons, "a friend Of tho Tayllts,
who formerly resided IN tho Tcuth
ward and who made periodical visits
TO Salt Lake, bat who now lives on
a ranch la ldhhO, wrote letter 10 hir
ladyiOve, WIN also enjoys thu distluu.
ton o. uviug in the Tenth wuri, "a
which hu tympath With tue be-
fcavel parents. lie had lsgfItu the
sad intelligence OF his frienu'o cup.
posed death through the NLWa, a COPY
% which was before hlm uH uC wrote.
lie went on 10 ray that hp
must hasten 10 finish hia letter; that 10
would uo br.eier than no Wished be-
cause q hOT6vmau was waitlng at tue
door b. take II TO the nearest post
oiict, some seven or oight miles dis.
,uni.
This letter was written aud figned,
heoJrding % a pOs,9cap. ready
Tor sea ng, when 10 gu-i htbcld, wuu
should appear on the scene but young
Taylor, accompanied by bis iriunl
kifAmnn. Simmons VS. sIrlrisrd,
shocked and almost frightened, anu
wondered whuthor or not his eyes
really deceived him. RecOvnfin
anu convincing himself that II wa.
not an appafitiOn thAt stood before
him tut the embodied spirit of his Old
colleague and schOOlmate, presenting
a picture Of robust health aud activity,
lac grasged his hand anu asked Tor 40,
explanation. Taylor co0lly 70.
piled that le had aothIur
10 explain, whtteupOn slmmors
Invited him TO read the story OF mystcri.
GUS Iisnppcarauoo IA the NEwa. Hp
did 90, but it IL said lnditlpfently IA.
piled that he tneWf nothing Of iis
origin. Finally ho said be "fell iuV
with "A friend 1T san Ffauciico, who
accompanied him TO Portland. THIS
friend he believed must have written
the letter 10 Miss Thomas simply 10
Tighten her. That was tue only sOlu.
hANh NN NNhlh khNNh NNs
Young Taylor wrote to his paront-
the next mail after the posting Of
simmons letter, and Ii arrived here on
Saturday night. Taylor ssnior WIS
seen by a Nkws reporter today, If
course no was glad " know tnal his
sou WAS still In the land Of the living.
but he IL somewhat mystifled re-.
gardlng the origin anu purpose
Of the yarn. WA, he said, was
about forty miles from Soda springs
when ho came across simmons, VINO
IL somewhere In that section at pres.
eni. He does not know, however.
when he Will return or that he will
return atall. But should the prodipal
elect 10 come back his parents viii for.
give him, XIII tho traditional fatted calf
and give him q hearty welcome to tho
home circle.
Many Of WilPs acquaintance
doubted the story from the fiut,a a. they
ray he 10 accustomed 10 relating the
most extraordinary instances OF per.
tonEl adventure aud pTOwess, with
himself always M tho central figure
and hero; that he would amuse the
boys for hours by ridiculous and i'm.
probable tales with a. much sang Jrotd
as though they were actual occurrences,
In fact he 10 regarded Nh the hing DIN
~ tho BatJu Munuhnuson asplrAnta an
d a. a. g. A. a. 4.