The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-06
The Eastern Officers Thoroughly
Aroused at Last.
THAT VISIT TO ST. LOUIS
1T GIVES THE sHREWD DETEC-
TIvEs THERE A TRAIL.
Begins to Look as Though the Man
Located Through Sheriff Hardy's
Letters Was the PastoP-Confi-
dence of the st. Louis officials is
Very significant-Chief Pratt is
Not Overlooking Anything.

The Associated Press dispatches yes
terday afternoon announcing that the
St Louis police had located Francis
HermaRS was taken seriously in police
circles here. Still there are many reas-
ons for assuming that the st. Louis
they claim to know where the fugitive
is hiding.
II has now been pretty well estab-
llshed that Herfians was in st. Louis
on the 18th of last month. His supply
OF funds would prevent him from tray
cling very far
1t appears from the dispatches that
Chief Harrigan has wired Chief Pratt
concerning the matter, but last even
ing our chief gave out the word that
no new clues had been discovered. 1t
is learned from reliable source, how
ever, that the authorities are consid-
erlng the advisability of sending an
officer to the east. With the assistance
OF detectives in some of the larger
cities. it is reasoned that the chances
Tor ms capture would be much better
than to communicate by letter or
WIRE with eastern police. Some man
from here that knows Hermans we'll
and can speak the Scandinavian Ian
guage will probaly be selected to ac-
company the officer, and both may
leave during the early part of next
week
Outside of the press dispatches there
was nothing new in the case at this
end of the line. Sheriff Hardy has
not yet heard from the Tennessee sher-
III who thought he had the pastor To-
Gated. If no word from that source
is received today, it is pretty certain
that the man held there is not the
fugitive preacher.
Rev. c. Larson, presiding elder of
the California district. spent Thursday
in the city. He was on his way home
from the Cleveland conference. The
exposure of the church tragedy, he
said, created a tremendous stir among
the conference delegates, and unani-
nous hopes were expressed that Her.
mans might be caught and brought to
justice
Rev. DR.. Morke returned from Rich
field yesterday. He had no news in
the Hermans case.
Chief Pratt was in receipt of letter
yesterday from Butte's chief of DO
lice relative to Annie Samuelson's eff
fects sold by Hermans in that city
The letter is self-explanatory, and
reads:
Dear Sir-In regard to the trunk and
contents, of Annie Samuelson, which was
sold in this city by Rev. Hermans, L am
glad to inform you that / will be able to
recover the following articles, viz: One
trunk. two pair of shoes, one black trim
med hat, one beaver cloth jacket, one
plush silk Crimmed with mink jacket,
one brown shawl with black stripe one
black dress trimmed with water silk and
one trimmed with black silk, one green
ladies cloth Odd; one ladies' skirt, plaid,
heavy goods: one red satin waist: one
outing fannelswrapper; one white dotted
skirt; one white waist, not made up; one
knit sleeveless waist, old gold two suits
of old underwear: aprons in bingham,
lawn and cloth, and one, small cape.
The shoes were bought from Spencer,
Lynch & Co. of Salt Lake: the numbers
in the inside of the shoes are 1885, 6042
The above named articles can be re-
covered for 49, which is the price they
have been sold for. and the secondhand
man wants nothing for his trouble. Hop
ing this information may be of some
value to you, remain, yours respect
fully E. j. TEBO,
Chief of Police.