Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-12-26

said, 'Poor mother, 1t Is too uau!
II was not Albert they wanted To-
Kill, hut Haye..' The frat ]
learned that tue boys were
mi2sing was by letter from Olei Cedar.
siTom date about tho eth Of March
after the murder, and first heard that
they were dead about the IAN of
April after that, by telegram from
Lahi." And then he went on to give
SOME names anu Gdjtessts as nearly
as he could OF those by whom these
statements could be proved, ns follows:
Mrs. Keeney, Salt Lake; John Morley,
Salt Lake; Robert G. Wlls1n, h Ireka
hotel, Eureka; Judge Pierce, city
clerk, Eureka.
Rseumiug the details his said: 81
worked for Jnmes Tucker, Of the
Hatfield house now, but who
was owner Of store kept by
Joseph Simon, a. the time
spoken OF. Was engaged in
wording around generally. On
the evening OF The l3lh or
l4ih Of February Just before
thu killing some two or three loads Of
hay came or the house, which 1 uu.
loaded, AMI day or two nttor that
about the time OF the killingl was pct
10 work regularly. Tue pans l now
have ON were bought from BernHrG
Rich at Eureka on the 10th OF Fobtu.
AIRY tine date VI tue billing, The
Witnesses to this are John Heuneiin,
who Ia probably now in kureka, ana
his brother. My attorney made no
effort, SO far as know or was HhOwn,
to get this evidence. He went to
Eureka, believe, but came bsck with.
out 1t, and would be very glad II you
would go there and see my wife. She
knows more OF the details than
do, because slnce my arrest
she has had batter opportunities OF
course. She Will assist In getting tbs
other evidence. The night OF the XIII.
ing 1 was 10 Morlel's place at Eureka
playing cards; anu Charles Hyde, Of
Spring City, Sanpets county, saw me
that night paying u hill in BimOu's
store, Eureka. Perhaps Mrs. Hayes
would have been more tacllve in get
ting this evidence, but she said she
hau no idea l would be convicted
because she knew / was not guilty"
And there you are, this not being
all that can be or has been CbtaingI in
the case by any means. There is
enough in 1t, however, 30 for as 1t goes,
TO cause the more iudici0us anu
thoughtful in the community to take
deep interest In tue subject.
am very well aware that efforts
Of this kind are not very popular
in place., partly for the reason that our
civilization is at best but ekin deep,and
beneath 1t is the same old barbarian
that used to execute fantastic dances
around the impaled heads OF his cap
lives, that later burned men nnd
women at the stake Us a religious rite,
and still later strung men up by the
neck ana strangled them to death,
withoul form of law snd frequently
without hearing, becauee they were
charged with horse stealing. Already
have observed In one or two county
papers the old familiar "maudlin
sympsthyD used In connection with
mention OF the efforts in behalf Of
Hayes; like sour esteemed cotem por.
ary," that baokueyed phrase has been
laid OH the shelf by the metropolitan
press, but still does duty in
the rural districts. When no sfgu.
ment can be advanced 1t Is
doubtless handy thing 10 have
In tine house; hut what II 1t Is maudlin
aympRthy2 II 1t tends to arouse
inquiry and cause Investigation when
what seems to be a great wrong is
threatened, 10 1t not ~ eneetuRl and
bene fetal az though 1t were the most
genuine OF all the Impulses which
cause men 30 do proper things for their
own sake? Let me observe at this
point that for what the anarchist club
has done In this matter and for wha.
little | have been ablo to do, no reward
OF any kind has been paid, promised,
or IL expected, unless the thought OF
the alumboring consciousness that logsl
murder is worse than any other being
aroused is reward; nor is there any
bid for notoTiety or purpose TO be
medddlesome Just for the annoyance
1t may cause, In the proceeding. We
object to the hanging OF Hayes, at
least for seme time TO cnne, when
more than has been IL developed
against him, because We arc built that
way, probably.
The sovereign SIato Of Utah, noble
In its inception. grand in Its progress
and magnificent in ita partially un.
folded destiny cannot afford to take
The life OF one Of It's citizens because a
certain quantity OF lawyers were
"smatleI" than others, or for any
other reason short OF complete, un.
mistnkable proof OF guilt which shall
htNe uteh iAuJB iAill1 ana kllAteig
brought out, Ii is bad enough 10 do
II then but this Ia not the point. Ia
addition to the circumstances shown
and to be shown, which properly sup
ported would constitule as nerieCt an
alibl Rs any court or jury ever took into
confederation, | would respectfully asl.
u the questions oimOtlve, malice, incen.
1.-Two sHd opportunity have been given
snti ci6frt c0nsiueratiOn2 II docs not
so appean The mans nniecedeuts are
not known to be tad; Biuoe living in
Ulab he has been q prospeo.or most OF
the time, aud nearly Rlwsys busy Of
some lawful pursuit., taking small com.
pensatlOn when larger could not be
got. de doea not impress one as being
at all rsihande1, vinlic.ve or des
peraIe. know that an untiat,ering