Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-09-14

/ UOu as " tutuwn huffledly In the hole.
The nllhi robe AMI the bed clothes
were founJ hldien IN = barrel. Davis
/ on cf0ss.examin nation admitted that he
hal killed his wife, mad washed tue
blood stains from the floor, had thrown
the body ~ the hole, hal hidden the
! bloody clothes, had used the yhri IN
be fakui ani had told the cOutradic.
tory stOtles.n
Davis when arrested was among biz
ffieuds, the indians. On being taken
/ back 10 Ntr6ul Tue INDIGNATION " the
/ people knew no bounds. Lyuchiug
vas freely talked Of and II wbsonly ny
the utmost vigilance aud prsCaution
that the uillctrs prevented hin from
bsiug hanged. lie was hastily brought
TO Utah county, where an outraged
community found IL Impossible TO
wteak Vengeance upon him. His trial
soon after look place, beginuiug In
Provo, Oct3bcr 2suu, 1897. He was
ably deieu1ej by Attorneys Warner
ana kenwatd. The prosecution was
conducted by Attorney Johu NJ. Zane,
who was at that M Assistant UniiuI
States prosecuting attorney. Tue
rial lasted iUur days, ut tue * nlrati0n
OF which time the jury returned a
verdict Of guilty. The seutoBce Of
death followed soon after. Az appeal
was takcn 10 the SupfcmO court oi
tile Territory ami the ju Igmcnt OF ths
lower c0ufl was sustained. Deter
mined not 10 leave stone uniufned
his attorneys upxt carried the case ~
the tribunal VI lait rcsort-the supreme
Court OF the Uuilci 5iates. In that
instance alsu the ruling was against
him, aud recently Judge Smith 1xoI
To-Day ~ the uaiu Oi vKucuCutiOn.
Attorney Zaue thinks the line OF de.
Tense was ol0vofly conceived ani Ia.
genioutly fought. Com nentlug upon
II ho saiu! "a DR.. Butler, who mai
lived there had died winnie alter the
dlhng. Some eald his death was
from accident. O,hofs tnat 1. Wa. snl.
eide. Davis's defense WINS lbiG lie
had for some time been suspicious OF
Butler, aud this evening was watching
him. lilo saw Butler come 10 his
house, saw light struck, saw the
light then 10 OUT lie rushed 10 the
house, found the door locked, burst II
In, grasped his revolver, saw man,
struck NJ him, the blow mt his wife,
but the man escaped. He laid there
was much noise. This story wa. shown
10 DO ialsu by three facts. ~ Tue
woman had been struck twice, ~ IT,.
two holes IN her skull showed. ~
None Of the children had heard y
sound or were awakened. (3l The
prosecution happn iuJ ~ be RBle to
show that DR.. Butler on this evening
was not NJ Nrfnll, but had gone 10
Salt Lake Guy, auJ had lcu his pfac-
tict IN charge u another physician"
The general verdict Of public opinion
among the Inhabitants OF Uintah
county IL that DAVE fully deserved MS
tragic fats. While there arc stlties
that bis wife was uniaithiul 10 him anu
l. her OwnhOaoT aud vows, yet bad A.
she may har- rseG, his crime IL not Ia
any way eouuoned. A well known
SAT- Lake business man who has ire.
qurntIy visited Nstnal and talked
ilrely with the people Of that place
regarding tho murder stated 10 the
writer last evening that II was n matter
Of common report that Davis
placed temptation In his wiio's way,
anu that he even lived upon the earn
ingH OF her shame.
The home liio OF the family, he says,
was shocking and filtby Ia tho "a.
tfeme. Tbs huvel In which
they dwelt was wretehed, revolving
aud Stunned by tho people Of the
neighborhood. Seven children, rang.
ing from babe Ia arms 10 a young
man Of seventeen, lived with their
parents ia one room, all hordiug TO-
gothcr like animate, apparently never
Realizing the awiuiuess Of their con
ditiun.
Much has been said rs to DlyIs's
knowledge concerning tue location OF
gold mine OF fabulous richness Ia
Uintah county; also the motives that
prompted certain persons TO secure au
annulmont OF the death ssutoho
which had been pronounced upuu
him. That there arc individuals
whose motives were mercuusTy the
United states 0iiiosrs are certain. but
that they were very few IL also well
known. The majority OF those who
Interested themselves In his behalf DID
30 either through seutimenlalisnl or
from \ miaappfrhenBion OF facts.
No one familiar with Enoch Davis
doubts, says tho Salt LSks gentleman
above referred 20, but that there Eru
valuable gold deposits Ia Uintah
county, tho location OF which were
FULLY known 10 tbs murderer. Davis |
was n frequent visitor 10 the Teserva.
tion and an associate Of the Indians
who live upon Il. They have been !
SHOWN many times 10 eK ibit large |
nuggets VI virgin gold obtained from |
a spot the location Oi which they com.
municatod 10 DaviF, who also SECURED |
valuable pieces OF ths yellow metal. |
IL IL believed by some that ~ soon a.
the reservation shall have been de- |
clAred open for settlement the |
mine will DO discovered without much |
trouble or delay.
Columns have been written and |
great excitement has prevailed over |
the dead name mine. In Nornal the |
knowing opes say that II IL not the |
"salted fake" that has bee n reported |
and that II will yet prove itself 4
wealth pfoduoer--the Enoch Davis |
OF mysterious location. Others
shake their heads aud ray the secret Oi |
iis whereabouts will be buried with |
Davis. But CasS Hits has been In |
eastern Utah tor n considerable time |
past aud ~ he became fast friend OF |
Davis while he was himself gur.t NJ
the penitentiary, II IL not unliKNly |
that he has learned more than he cares
20 make public. lie 10 known 10 be |
a cautious ami thtowd man, aud the
fact that no has been keeping very |
Quiet OF late has led his friends 10 be-
iieve that II 10 All omen OF unusual
TnAI unN.n uINE