Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-03-28
IT SEEMS PARTLY SOLVED.
The Victim Said 10 B. PrOspi Chalal,
a Freedman.
MS STRANGE DISAPPEARANCE.
Case once fnssstiss'sd Hy salt Lake
grRud Iuty- rH-DeButS shsrin
Leon says the aurdersr IL New Ia
Venezuela.

Tho Salt Latc.Clicago murder
trunk mystery, the first mention Of
which was made In last 1voniugt
NEWS, promises 10 be one o. tifiicuii
solution. The publication OF the gtue'
some story created profound sensation
hero ~ II also evidently did In Chi.
cago.
Il has been quite clearly established
that the mau whore moulderiug 70.
mains were brought 10 light through
the unclaimed freight sale In the
Wor'I'a Fair city, are those Of Prosper
ChaE,l-uut "Chazrl" Ne the A-sooi.
atrd Pfrss gives 10 nor "CnnEz,l" ~
given by % local payer - was a French
man Di considerable wealth aud high
uvinE Ifuciivitles who made this city
bis home iu the latter part Of 1892 aud
the early part " lsgA 10 10 also quite
clear that he VIA murdered for money
about tue time the box containing tho
body was shipped to Chicago. His
disappearance D. TACT wull fUmem.
brtcI by the police and newspaper.
men. There Was In this city oil that
time French colony Of people VI
shady social reputation. ChAIal
was star among them, Ho
came here from California bfiag.
Ing with him handsome Aud
dnshlng young woman who answered
90 the name Of Mile. kJlandr. They
were, afvr the fashion Of their kind,
very much devoted TO each other; not
Witnftauuiug this they occasIOnAlly
quAffollsd, but quickly made up again.
Prot, AZURE VI this oiiy know the
couple, Ina NEWS man he said to-
| DAY! ~ met the woman merely In =
business way NJ representative Of the
| French consulate. She always held
10 the story thst Chszal was murdered
ana game 10 me frequently about
the c,se. She lived with him
M hls wife and says that on
the morning Of the day hs disappeared
| he went cut about 10 O'clock 10 buy
| something Tor dinner. lie mover 10.
turned aud all trace Of him was lost.
She went 10 the police susproIlng ioul
rlsy. Then sue went before the grand
Jury anu t0lI her story there, and 10.
gelhut We Induced that BODY 10 permit
Nv 10 look into n safety deposit box In
the Utah National bAuE, which was
SUPPOSED TO contain collection
OF very valuable diamonds. Tho
box, We found, had previously been
ptuod nnd its contents taken. All
that Wn- LETT whon tue grand Jury
visited the hank Was gold nugget pin
aud few French coins. These were
apparently overlooked by the murderer
or some ucC0mplice In desire 10 get
away Ia short order The woman here
gave up the search for a time and loit
this city the following spring. Where
shr went 10 / DO not know"
Hon. q. =, NaTian, was United
States Prosecuting attorney, NJ tho
time anl said TO-DAY that he remem.
befed In part the wOman's story
Of tho Ftononmau's disNpprarRnco.
sho went before the grand jury A.
narrated by Prot. Andre aud with
himself aud the gentleman composing
n visited ths bank aud forced open the
deposit box which contained little or
nothing OF value.
Inquiries NJ the Utah National bank
today brought out the Information that
the deposit OK once contained good
~ number Of diamonds and gold coin.
The coin, however, Il seems TO be dis
Iincily remembered, was taken away
by CntEu himself. 10 10 also thought
there that he removed the diamonds,
but there II nothing conclusive on
this poiut. Chazal frequently came 10
the bank Aud sometimes the de-
post box hAd 10 be- opened for
him several times a day. One day no
was heard to quarrel with some
follow counirymon In the bank and
then leave thu place hurriedly mutlsr-
ing oil the while 10 himself, in his
mother tongue.