The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-04

moving a part OIL the DIOGd locks lIldI
IN his younger days enhanced his
beauty and who will never complain
IN future that he is getting bald, Cor
that fact saved d. T. Ahranberg the
unpleasantness of trip from st.
Anthony, Idaho, to Salt Lake in the
custody of the minions of the law, and
worse still. being suspected of being
the murderer OF two innocent women
to say nothing of the many more foul
deeds that are laid at the door of the
suspected preacher Francis HernlanS.
IL was he whom Drummer Nolan be-
ieved to be the suspected parson and
for whom he. accompanied by Captain
Donovan and Detective Janney,
journeyed TO Idaho to bring back, and
it was that one thing which saved the
gentleman the inconvenience he would
have suffered in all probability, had his
head been covered with a thatch that
resembled Eermans as much as did his
other features.
1T is simply inexplicable,' said Cap
tain Donovan yesterday when he and
Detective Jauney returned to Salt
Lake. Il have never seen such
striking resemblance between two men.
They are the same height and build,
the same age, the same dress and
every feature identically alike Had
1 not known Hermans as we'll as l did
/ should have either brought the man
back any way or have examined his
head very closely to have determined
whether his head was shaved or if he
had used some chemical to remove his
hair for that was the only difference it
was possible to find in the two men"
Telling of his trip, Captain Donovan
said that on reaching Market Lake
he and his n he
autograph of the man they were after
which had been left on the hotel regis
ter and comparison was made with a
signature of Hermans with which they
were provided. The hand writing was
remarkably similar" said he, and we
Of course felt very much encouraged
but l can see now that the similarity
i'll the writing is only that which char
acterizeS the writing of the generality
OF Europeans. However, at that time
we felt that the penmanship was
enough to give US good ground to hope
and we pushed ahead with all speed
If we were encouraged at sight OF
the writing though, we were simply
positive we were after the right man,
and as good as had the handouts on
him, when we met the down-cofning
stage about half way between Market
Lake and St. Anthony. Nolan recog-
nized in one Of the passengers a lady
who had been a passenger on the stage
which had taken himself and the sup
posed Hernans Ia St. Anthony. He
got down and, showing the lady a
photograph of Hermans. asked her if
she had ever seen that man before
He said not another word, mind you,
and the lacy replied: Yes that is the
man who rode to st. Anthony in the
stage with rs You may believe we
felt jubil2nt and once more pushed
ahead.
About half mile from ST. Anthony
Nj Sheets and myself got down, I'M
der the preteNt of examining some
ground. telling the driver we would
walk in, for we were supposed to be
miners and Were dressed in overalls
and blouses to carry out the fiction.
You see, Hermans knew US very we'll
and we feared if he saw US drive up
TO the hotel he would know the Jig was
up and would commit suicide, and we
felt so sure of our game that we didn't
want to take any chances. Well, we
walked into town. Nolan went on
with the stage, for with his grips Her
mans would not have occasion to be
suspicious, knowing him to be a travel
ing man. and arriving at the hotel we
were told that our man had gone for a
drive. We sat down and awaited his
return. In a little while he came driv-
ing UP and alighIed from the carriage
Nolan said. There's your man. | took
a good look at him and told him he
was mistaken. but the likeness was
something startling. When / saw his
head / knew beyond all question he
was not Hermans but if | had not
been so we'll acquainted with the
preacher l should, as l said, have
looked very closely to that mans head
1 don't think there can be two other
ix~ir IF o1o+
ship, who are so absolutely alike 1
don't blame Nolan a bit for his enthu-
Siasm, for anyone not knowing Her
mans would have done as he did.
Nuremberg is a retired druggist from
Gottenburg, Sweden, and is on his way
into the Jacksons Hole country to
spend the summer fishing and hunting
Ii is doubtful if there was ever an
incident in the tracking of a criminal
in which circumstances so conceded
with one another TO form in the end
a wrong conclusion. Nuremberg left
Ogden the night of May T. Hermans
being supposed to have left Salt Lake
the 9Th. Both were dressed almost
identicallY alike, both are Swedes and
educated. the features of both are so
strikingiy alike as to be almost I'M
distinguishabie one from the ether
both wear :he same kind of glasses
and both have a knowledge of meCii-
cine. Little wonder the retired drug
gist was taken for the preacher.
NOTHING NEW DEVELOPED.
With the blasting OF the hope that
Fermans would be captured in Idaho,
the police are "up a stump" and are
at a complete standsrill. Tt is I'M
determined as Vet what the next step
win be. Chief Pratt received no en-
couraging news yesterday although a
great number of letters and kilograms
came to him from officers in cities in
every direction. They We're all in the
nature of inquiry, asking for photo
graphs and circulars but not a line
suggesting the Whereabouts of the
much wanted parSon.
Chief Pratt is DESTROYS that an Of
ficer be sent to Kansas City TO take
UP fhe trail there and follow it till
Hermans is found or till il is demon
strated beyond question that he is not
IN the country. Hermans being such
a marked man, he believes q capable
officer could succeed in tracking him
and that consequently such a course
would BE better calculated to capture
the accused murderer than any that
could be adopted, since all feel assured
now that he really went east Chief
Pratt will consult Prosecuting At
torney Whi-temore and endeavor to
have an officer sent at the expense of
the county.
MAY SHIP AS A SAILOR.
1t Is known that Hernaans was once
a sailor and it is a theory Of some of
the officers that he has either made his
way 10 Gle coast or the other and
shipped before rlae mast, or that if he
mas not already done SO. that such is
his intention, as that would afford him