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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-08-03
An AIibi For Durrant.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 1T is said
that the counsel for Theodore Durrant.
charged with the Emanuel church
murder, will attempt to prove an alibf
for Durrant by the testimony of men,
bers of his family and his friends, but
it has not been determined as yet
whether to put the defendant on the
stand or not.
Attorneys Deuprey and Dickinson
will be guided in the defense greatly
by the showing made by the prOsecu-
ton. If the people present a. strong
case of circumstantial evidence and
the witnesses for the state remain
firm under the fire of cross iexamina-
ton, a strenuous effort will be made to
create a doubt in the minds of the
jurymen by throwing an unknown
party into the case. who will resemble
Durrant to such an extent as to per-
NIT mistake in identification. That
such a course is being considered is
evident by the story told by Clark be-
fore he was tripped up by his wife and
mother
1t is thought that the best the de-
Tense expects is a. diSa greemeEt of the
jury, which in the end it is thought
will be equivalent to d dismissal. as it
is seldom if ever a man is convicted on
a second trial after a disagreement in
the first.
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AN EDITOR ASSASSINATED
SUSPECTED fOF PUBLISHING THE
"yOICE OF PUEBLA.,
Literally Hacked to Pieces-One
Dagger Remained in the Body
His Sister Says the Assassins BE-
Ionged to the Secret Police.

CITY OF ME%ICO, AUG 1.-The as
SasSlnatlon of Editor OllnoS in the CITY of
HueDla has excited intense interest both
mere and at this capital. 1t is now said
mat OlmoS was suspected of being the
publisher as well as the editor of he
mysterious weekly Paper called Voice of
Puebla, which appeared July IA and in
Wplch the administration of Governor
M MI 1l.; was Violently attacked and his
reelection holly opposed. The police
made search for the publishing office
but could not find any trace of it and
although several arrests were made, no
lgnt was thrown on the editorShip of the
paper or the publication office. Gene
We've Olmos, a sister Of the murdered ed
1tor, publishes Il remarkable letter in a
journal IN this city today in which she
says she found her brother almost liter
ally hacked TO pieces, with many wounds
sizes. The blade of one dagger remained
in the body, with the handle gone The
brothers front teeth We're knocked out
probably by the tremendous blows given
to silence him. She aids: Although up
to this moment have not endeaVored to
inquire into the murder, neither would l
do so with so immense a grief Weighln =
on me. the rumor is circulated that the
asSaSSinS OF my unfortunate brother be-
lOnged to the secret police of this CITY, -
foundation, but the newSpa perS here are
calling on the state government of Puebla
to enter at once on q minute inVeStiga-
ton of this horrible crime which has
aroused public indignati ton.
The bishop of SInola has gone to the
Holy Land on a pilgrimage
Twelve persons have died in Guanajuato
in consequences of eating baked blood in
which the woman who cooked it placed
by mistake a poisonous herb.
Federal troops have occupied Bechan-
zen, state of Yucatan. Roads are being
opened to neighborinS points,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-08-03
SCOUTING PARTIES.
They Report to General COppinger,
Finding No Indians.


Especial to The Eerald.J
MARKET LAKE, Idaho, Aug. .
Indian Agent letters, of the Fort Hall
reservation, arrived in Market Lake
late this afternoon on his way to the
agency. To your correspondent he
said: The scouting parties sent out
by the troops reported to General Cop
pinger yesterday that they couldn't
locate any Indians in the HOback
canyon country and that they did not
believe there We're any Indians within
fifty or sixty miles of Marysville 1t
is evident to me that the Indians
who have been soaring the settlers in
the Sevan Greek and Salt River val
leys are those who were camped in
Hoback canyon when 1 made the first
investigation there two weeks ago.
They are returning to their reserva-
tions through the southern entrance
to the Jackson's Hole country and the
alarm the settlers feel [ believe is
entirely groundless. If 1 had the CO.
operation of General Sitter and other
state authorities who were in Jackson s
Hole when l was there the first time
L believe this whole trouble might have
been avoided. The settlers said to me
that they had the assurance of Cover
nor Richards that they would be
backed by him in their efforts to drive
the Indians out and to take such steps
as were necessary to drive them out.
If the government Will take steps to
prosecute the settlers implicated in the
murder of these Indians and the In
dams are shown that their treaty
rights will be respected and assured
to them, further trouble from the red
men may be avoided
"On the other hand, Major letters.
will not these lawless settlers make
trouble if some of them are prose
cuted?'
Yes, they undoubtedly will. They
have sworn among themselves never
to let the Indians hunt in Jackson's
Hole again
When asked today by your cores
pondent what he could say of the
situation as he had found it, General
Coppinger said he could say nothing
further than that so far not one yet
tier has been molested by the Indians.
but that the settlers had massacred
several Indians.
Indian Agent Teters and his clerk.
Mr. McBeth, went to the settlers fort
yesterday and demanded of Justice
Rhodes the names of the men who
were implicated in the killing of the
Indians with view of bringing
criminal proceedings against them as
predicted by your correspondent ex-
clusively last Monday.
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Especial to The Herald

BUTTE, Mont. Aug. 2.-Charlie Blaine,
an educated Indian and sub-chief of the
Bannocks, arrived in Butte today from
Jacksons Hole and is on his way to the
camp of the Canadian Crees. near White
hall, Montana. He claims that the Crees
had been signalling for a week or more
and were gathering in large numbers
near Whitehall with the intention of join
ing the Bannocks and the latter sent
Blaine up here to warn the Crees not to
leave Montana if they wished to avoid
trouble. Blaine says the Bannocks had
no desire to fight and will not do so I'M
less they are driven into it like the In
dams at Pine Ridge were some years ago.
All the trouble at Jackson's Hole. he
says, was caused by white outlaws who
killed several Indians and were afraid
the Indians would retaliate.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-08-03

! CARROILTON, Mo, Aug. 2.-''Wes
the jury, find the defendants William
p. and George Taylor. guilty of
murder in the first degree"
Such was the verdict rendered at
2:2O o'clock this afternoon in the
notorious Meeks murder trial
1t took but one ballot to decide that
the Taylor brothers were guilty OF
the heinous crime charged against
them and that the penalty for the
butchery of Meeks, his wife and two
children on Jenkins Hill. on the night
of May 10 last, should be set at the
limit.
The jury went out sharply at noon
and when it returned two hours and
twenty minutes later, and returned it's
verdict, there was no doubt as to the
spectators approval of it. In an
instant nearly one thousand people
who crowded the court room broke
forth in vOlley of cheers that were
only silenced by threats of arrest
made by Judge Bucker. Sentence will
be deferred for the present
Colonel John b. Hale made the
closing argument for the defense. and
pleaded for mercy for his clients on
behalf of their families.
Prosecutor r. NJ. Bresnehen. who
closed for the state, made a terrible
arraignment of the prisoners.
4 viii show you" he said, be
yond a reasonable doubt by chain of
circumstantial evidence in which there
is not d link missing. that the Taylor
brothers murdered Gus Meeks and
his family on Jenkins Hill. 1t was u
butchery-it were fiattery to call it
these men. William and George
Taylor, are the butchers of the MeekS
family and l demand their punish
mem"
Sharp at noon the jury was locked
in the court room to deliberate. At
2:20 o'clock word was sent to Judge
Bucker that the members had agreed
upon a verdict.
At 2:35 o'clock the Taylors were
brought into court. George had not
lost his color. but Will was as pale
as death. The clerk called the jury
and read the verdict. The crowd be-
gan to applaud vigorously and Bill
Taylor half rose in his seat with a
look of terror in his eyes that was
pitiful. The judge and sheriff raped
for order. but still the crowd ap-
plauded like a mob at a Roman circus
and the judge rising in the bench
shouted: Sheriff, arrest any man
that applauds."
The defense will file q motion for a.
new trial. but it is not believed that
it will be granted.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-08-03
GOVERNOR RICHARDS, REPLY.
He Thinks That Secretary Rider
Don't Know Very lIuch.

DENVER, Aug. "A special to the
News from Cheyenne, Wyo, says:
The Indian Rights association having
made an attack upon the settlers of Jack
sons Hole and the Wyoming state Off
Gals regarding the Indian troubles. Gov
ernor Richards today sent the following
reply:
The statements made by Secretary
Rider. of the Indian department of tie
american Missionary association. CON
corning the Indian troubles in Wvorninar
are erroneous. | have information OF the
killing of only one Indian, who, together
with nfteen others, was resisting la " Of
ncerS and attempting to escape after
having been arrested for killing elk i'm
open violation of tho laws of Wvolning
Mr.. Rider can scarcely have any reliabIe
information that L have not The insin
uatlon that these arrests were planned
in order to kill Indians is entirely UNI
warranted One Of the Indians arrested
upon July il had a pass signed Tkonlf ;
Is. letters, dated at Fort Hall agenc.
May o. giving MIN permission to be a o.
sent thirty CD days for the purpose of
visiting friends at Shoshone agency. W-yo.
When arrested mis- pass had expired nine
teen days He was more than 100 miles
from the Shoshone agency, on no reser-
walton. and had 40 fresh elk hides in his
possession. The other cases were similar
Secretary Riders statement beginning:
Those of us who know of the brutal
character of many of the white men that
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-08-03
COLUMBIA's PERFORMANCE
Causes General Rejoicing at the
Navy Department.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2.-There was
general rejoicing in the navy depart
ment today when the Associated Press
bulletin was read announcing the ar
rival OF the Columbia off Sandy Hook.
Assistant Secretary McAdoo expressed
the greatest pleasure over the fast
time made by the cruiser. He went to
the West Indies aboard the Columbia
and was confident from the start that
she would acquit herself handsomely
on this trial across the Atlantic. The
Columbia beat the time of the New
York by two days and previous to this
trip the New York had the best record
of any warship crossing the Atlantic.
Mr.. McAdoo said today that There was
no longer any doubt about the speed
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-08-03
TWO EDITORS QUARREL.
The Wife of One HOrsewhips the
Other and is indicated.

ST. JOSEPH, Aug. 2.-V T. Williams,
editor of the Stanberry Herald, and r.
A. Weimer. editor of the Stanberry Sen
tinel. have been indulging in "a newspaper
quarrel Williams stated in his paper
yesterday that he had accumulated all
his property himself and while his taxes
were not as much as those of the editor
come in the way of a hymenial contract
made al the altar.
Mrs Weimer considered that the para
graph reflected on her. She is the daugh-
ter of j. W. Hampton, a Denver million
aire who lived for many years at Mount
Pleasant. Iowa. On the day of her mar
riage to Wemer, her father presented
him with check for $4,000. and it was
to this present that reference was made
by Williams
In the afternoon Mrs. Weimer, accom-
panied by her husband, went to the Her.
aid office and horsewhipped Williams,
while Weimer struck his rival over the
head with a revolver.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-08-03
UNUSUALLY EXCITED.
Unprecedented Interest in the Case
shown BY Citizens.

salt Lake has probably never been
So excited over any criminal case as
it has over the horsethieves. The fact
that both are well known in this city
would be sufficient to awaken an
eager interest in their movements.
Added to this, however, has been
their unprecedented daring. They
jnave executed a movement ,lmost
Unprecedented in the history of crime
in this territory, rushing down into
the very midst of the officers who
were hunting them, through the most
populous parts OF the territory and
escaping 50 far Jnhurt.
Even the mos staid citizens dis
cussed the subject over their break
fasts, in their stores and on the street
corners. The ever present question,
on everybody's lips, was What is the
latest about the murderersE" Men
who are used to planning campaigns
after they are over and thoroughly
discussing the mistakes of others,
told how they would have gone into
the fight and brought the men in dead
or alive Old timers in the criminal
business, spoke of days gone by when
tttwas the habit to catch horsethieves.
{The police department was severely
~friticized on all sides and many con-
f1icting stories were set aflOat 1t was
g hid that with the number of officers
4 / their command and the oppor-
tunities they had the boys should
have been brought in. Most of
the criticisms, however, were based
on imperfect knowledge of the
situation 1t was not remem-
bered that the officers went to
the Hot Springs with an imper-
feet idea as to whether they were after
the right men. Until they actually
came in contact with them their
ficient saddle horses were sent after
the identity was ascertained. Sup
port was not given from the City Creek
canyon side, on account Of the tleces-
sary scattering Of forces in order to
cover the whole country. The brush
where the men disappeared in the
canyon was so thick that many more
could have hidden themselves in it
without being discovered and could
have left it without any chance of be-
ing seen. The very suddenness of the
boys descent on the city, their riding
alongside a team as an uncOncerned
pair of sheepherders might, their start.
the inability of the officers to secure
sufficient saddle horses and the unfor-
tunate scattering of officers away from
the position they took, as well as their
daring desperation against the neces-
sary care of the officers. were all ele-
ments Inc their favor. Their star was
in the ascendant There can be no
doubt that the police officers did their
LIST to intercept and capture them.
many taking heavy risks in doing So
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live in this western territory would i'm
ply that ne spoke from personal knowl-
the people of Jacksons Hole valley, who
are peaceful, Industrious, lawabiding citi-
zens, who have not cost the state Il dol
lar on any criminal account for three
years
THE people resident in Jackson's Hole
Wyo., were not aware that an Indian
living on a reservation in Idaho could
have a right to come into their midst and
slaughter elk for their hides alone. leav-
ing the carcasseS to rot while they could
their families without viola ting the law.
1t does not seem reasonable. and ii is
doubtful if they would believe it ii 1t
were explained to them. that a technical
seven years ago gave them that right. l
freely confess that do not.
(Signed.) WILLIAM a. RICHARDS,
Governor Of Wyoming.
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In the matter of the search for the
two boy honsethieves the officers are
still at sea. as they were all day yes
terday, last night and the night be-
fore. There is only one possibility
that shows any signs of being re-
allied. 1t is said that the two boys,
or, at least one of them, are hidden
in the brush about half a mile from
the mouth of Mill Creek canyon. The
place is surrounded by deputy sheriffs
and citizens and it is hoped to drive
the boys out tomorrow
The police have completely given up
the hunt, although every officer is on
the lookout and detail will be sent
10 help any party which may come up
with the officers. The search is en-
tirely in the hands of Sheriff Hardy,
who must pay all the expense out Of
his personal account. All day yester-
day he conducted the search person
ally and the county was secured by
a competent posse, many of the old
time officers being pressed into ser
vice.
The Herald yesterday continued to
receNe praise for the manner in which
it had given notice of the approach
Ct THE desp eradoes and the account of
tn operations of Thursday. Cap
tain DonoYsn, who conducted the en-
tire outdoor expedition, said yester-
day that taken all in all The Herald
had the most accurate report of the
proceedings, and that its errors were
few and far between. Other officers
in the field agreed with this. Citizens,
who had obtained a lucid idea of all
the movements from The Herald's re
ssorts. also were warm in praise of
hem.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-08-03
MOVEMENTS OF THE SHERIFF
If the Outlaws Are in the Valley
They Will Hang.

The sheriff and his deputies waged
an active and tireCess search for the
criminals all day yesterday and dur
ing the night. All the canyons are
guarded and every avenue of egress
seems to be shut so that if the mis-
creants are still in the valley there is
little doubt but they will be captured
sooner or later.
The greatest hopes are built on
MIL Creek where man closely
answering the description of Coughlin
was seen during the afternoon by
several people entering and hiding
among the brushwood. 1T is sup
posed from this that the men have
separated. The neighborhood where
CoughIin is supposed to be is sur
rounded by deputy sheriffs and
Sheriff Hardy himself returned from
that quarter soon after midnight He
says if COughlin is in that quarter
ne IS sure TO be nabbed within "a short
space of time. That is where the
sheriff has his strongest force of men.
Sheriff's officers are also stationed in
Parley's, Dry and Cottonwood can
yons and at SnyderVille
Park City people have turned out
a large force, over fifty, and the
passes and mountains all along the
line are well manned.
Sheriff Wright, of Weber county.
and Deputy Sheriff Smith. of Salt
Lake, came down from Ogden at 2.30
this morning and went to Mill Creek.
The mouth Of Bingham canyon is
also guarded and the other canvons
in that neighborhool are also being
watched, so that the hunt is being
Kept up with all possible vigor SO
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-08-03


NEW YORK, Aug. 2.-Lieutenant Cen
eral Schofield, commander of the United
States army, arrived in this city last
night and is stopping at the Windsor
General Schofield is on an official tour
OF inspection in connection with army
matters and will leave today for Thomp-
son, Conn. where he intends to spend a
few days resting. In an interview, he
said: Il know very little about these
troubles in Jackson's Hole"
Have any special orders been issued
by the war department regarding the
movement of United States troops?'
Nothing special said General Scho-
held Ine department commander was
authorized TO take whatever troops he
thought necessary. General 'roppinger's
first duty is TO prevent, if possible, a con
nIct between the whites and Indians
There Is another thing / would like TO
talk about. and that is the condition Of
the United States army. l am proud to
say that | find il in very fine condition -
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-08-03
THE MORA CLAIM

NEW YORK, Aug. 2.-Application
was begun today for the granting OF
letters of administration upon the
estate of Jose Maria Mora, one of the
famous Mora claimants. The petition
is made in the name of Jose Manuel
Mora, a son who resides at Delmonicos.
The application is made for the pur-
pose of eventually bringing proceed
ings in the nature of suit to recover
a half interest IL the famous Mora.
claims aggregating 81 500. 900. which the
Spanish government has just decided
to pay in three installments of $500, 900
each
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TO JOIN THE BANNOCKS.
Scouting Parties Return to Gen.
eral Coppinger.

in HoIbacI< CanyOn-Names of
Those Implicated in killing the
the Red Men Demanded-Ban-
nocks Do Not Want to Fight I'm
less Forced To-GOVcrnOr Rich
ards Replies to Sec'y Riders
Statements PrOspectOrs From
Jackson's Hole Country Report
Many Camp Fires.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-08-03
Is THE GEM OF
THE ocean
Columbia Demonstrates She
Is the Fastest Cruiser
AflOat.
HER REMARKABLE RUN.
Six Days, Twenty-Three Hours
and Forty-Nine rlinuteS.

That Was the Time From the
Needles to Sandy HoOk-COaI Con-
sumption Over Two Hundred
Tons u Day-Leaky Tubes Cause
TrOubIe-GeneraI Rejoicing at the
fOrmance-There is Nothing to
Compare With Her Anywhere.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-08-03
WILD STORIES AFLoAT.
Men Located IN "a Dozen Different
Places During the Day.

After weary vigil all night long
the many officers sent out from the
police department and sheriff's Office,
returned in the morning, ranging from
about o'clock to II, with reports Of
no success. The mouth of City Creek
canyon, the mouth of Dry canyon, the
house where Gaorge has been living,
on Ninth East, the house of his step
mother, south of the city, and several
ofbfr places where it was thought pos
sefbte the boys might be hidden, We're
carefully. Nothing however,
Z - ,sssn. although various stories
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Uintah Indians.

WASHINGTON, d. c., Aug. 1.-The In
dian bureau has received dispatch from
the two agencies in the neighborhood of
,Iackson's Hole country. stating that there
was no cause for alarm among the set
tiers. Major RauiletT. of the Uintah and
Ouray agency, Fort Duchesne, wired
THE Indians reported to Governor Rich
ards are not from this agency Agent
Wilson. in charge of the Shoshones at
Fort Washable. Wyoming, sent this dis
patch: mo Indians are absent without
leave; there is no fear of trouble"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-08-03
EUSTES Is INSTRUCTED.
He is to Press the Request For the
Waller Case Records.

WASHINGTON, Aug. Failing to re-
ceive any assurance of progress from
Ambassador Eustis in the Waller case,
Acting Secretary of State Adee has again
cabled him to press the request for the
record of Walters trial at Madagascar
and has instructed him at some length
as to the position which he should take in
presenting it. 1t is understood Mr. Eus-
lis has been instructed to say to the
french authorities that nothing less than
the inspection of the complete papers
in the case will be sufficient to satisfy
the United States whether justice has
been done, and that a final refusal to
furnish complete transcript will be ac-
cepted by this government as denial of
justice.