Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-09-27
The OFFER TO BRIDE
, yall statement From Ono Of Tho
Parties.
ua,r cRocKrn's ATTORNEY DE-

Rrp CAsYos, Uin,a Co,
wyoming. sept. 20, 1890

~ Inc Third dlsiric. court, Evans
80 wyoming, at 7 O'Clock a. m''
ZIG ward notified Judge HAyiofu
,n,, the Jury had arrived at a vsrd.o',
- sn. m. the jury md into tho
an,, room, aud on being asked by the
ntifthcy had agreed upon ave'die',
,ns toreman, MIR. II. NJ. Lewis, stated
ma, they had, and tbefeupon handel
,o,be Judge the verdict, which reads
estate Of wyoming, county OF
u,n,,. in the district court, I state Of
w,omlne vs. Edwin 3. Crooker. Wo'
the Jury smpaneled in tho above cause
a. And the above named defendant,
Taslp 4. Crocker, guilty Of murder In
Inc arsl degree. Signed, IL. N. Lewis,
iofemau."
The defendant retained his usually
oool demeanor during the reading Of
an. verdict. Mu. Harvey Booth was
n,..snt iu court to hsar the verdict,
vbleh, when read, affected her deeply,
and .be left the court room IN tests.
Asa circular headed "Atlemptef
p,lbery case" had been circulste1 In
vhlch reference had been made 10
b,Ib,s having been offered by MI.
A,,huf Butlcr TO Mr.. l.. N. Hugginf,
'afl hv purpose OF suppressing evidsncc
which newas In possession OF, Judge
Gam. for the defense, demanded tile
nsht 10 question each juror us 10
whether lnty had aoon OF heard Of
tho circular IN question. Some OF
thsm acknowledged having heard OF
,omv circulars being Issued, but not
briofe they had arrived Mt their vef-
dlc'. whefeupon the Judge made n
motion that the Jury be discharged.
but his motion was ovsrruled. Here IL
Huggins's le,tei'I
$1,000 BRIDE FOR SILENCE.
About February 1. 1896, | suggested
the idea TO sheriff Ward OF n plan by
winch We could get II. \. Crocker to
commit himself My suggestion was
A. lollow,i That write Mr.. Crocker q
note and invite him 10 meet me at my
Louise tor the purplte OF conference,
on tie ground that had somothing 10
communicate that would be of import
Aucr to him. In the event that he
accepted my Invitation l would, by tho
evidence that was In Possession Of,
force MI. CfOckef 10 commit himself,
sheriff Ward approved this pro position
aud advised me TO carry " Out, prom
i,iug his &C. ip-fatlon. IL was then
managed that | should write Mt.
Cfocktt n letter inyitiug him to my
house at $3.50 on the evening OF tho
tn Of FsUfusfy. In accordance with
our plans Sheriff Wsrdlcame 10 my
house ncout $50 9. M, anu / located
Tim IN bedroom Immediately oil the
tefiuf, with the room door slightly
alaf aad In a position where he could
tr- anu hHar sud he lot De seen.
Pfomptly at $3.50 =. m. the boil Tung.
opened the door and admitted Arthur
W. Butler, the son-in-law Oi l.. b.
Checker. | assigned him TO n chair
that hal been previously placed In n
position near the bedroom door within
about fve feet OF Sheriff Ward and
where he (Ward) coald sec and hear
the e0uvefsstion. Mr.. Butler said he
received my note TO Mr.. Crocker aud
ML Crooker thought II was better that
hs CINE for he Faid "Cfocksr Ia being
Swallowed every move no makef.v l
then told Mr.. Butler that vas sorry
MI Croker did not come himself for
my business with him was OF such n
nature that could only transact 10
with Cfocker himself. Ar.Butler said
tlAt he was Mr.. CrockePs legal reprt-
sentative aud lawyer, aud that any
business did with him would be the
ZANE as though l did II with Mfr.
Croker.
Finally | consented to 40 ahead
with Mt. Butler. told him that my
bu,lnesa with Ctocker was Ia relation
to tho killing OF Mr. Booth. He said
he thought 90. told him 1 was
fortunately or unfortu nately In posses.
sion OF enough evidence, In my opinion,
70 cineh Crocker. Butler saiu"Lyme IL
mat so" aud l said Eyes, Arthur, 1
have tho whole business In u nutshell. "
We then had some talk about the de-
plofable affair Of the killing OF Booth.
told Butler l appreciated his anu
hoss' position. 1 referred to Mrs.
Ciookef teaching my children Ia the
sunday school. Al this point MIR.
Butler was 30 overcome that he shed
tears freely.
When Mr.. Butler asked me VIVA,
evidence | had against Croker, / told
MIN that did not care TO state II at all
unul l knew the position they were
going TO take, but would state that
could prove that Cfooker aud Booth
were both Ia the barn at or about the
same time, say about fifteen minutes
hllef .. M, and could further prove
inAt Crooker went TO the barn about