, 1896-03-18
A STRANGE STORY.
Crawford. Booth and Crocker's
Partner, Alive.
IN BRITISH COLUMz IA.
Seen by Two Wen Recently, Who Say
He Is Located 1T FairyIev.
British Columbia. and
Is Doing Well.


That "there il nothing new under
the sun is a saving hard TO contro-
vert. hut that the truth often gets I'M
der Il claud and keeps oSlt Of sight Is
also true.
William Crawford. the cattleman
IN have been murdered on
the 2crb dgy of 1894. is alive
and Il Is the same DIR
suits rs he did when in this section of
country. This is. at least. the story
that is told nv tw,o men who both as
sert that they have seen the man and
sDoken with him within the last six
ouths
Ii will he remembered that at one
time Crawford was in partnership
with William THOMPSON of Salt Lake
and Harvey Booth and e. s. Croker
og Evanston in the cattle business
saws the OGDEN Standard. Later the
partnership was dissolved and Craw-
ford and Th5mpsou went into bust
nezs together. whlie Booth and Crock
rr did likewise.
When William crawford disappear-
ed in the winter Of & Q il was the gen.
araI impression that he had been foul
" dealt with and that imnression is
the prevalent one today So convinced
were the courts that the man had been
murdered after A most diIigent search
| failed To discover any trace of the
Doinied for the legal estate which he
he'd left heavily encountered. and final
" the entire propertv liouidated and
| tbe creditors of the dead man paid
| that is mart of tbem-and there the
matter rested.
But Yesterday there arrived from a
small town in the state of Washington.
not more than ten or twelve miles
from the British Columbia line, a man
nv the name of Arthur L.avcock. and
last night he left again for his little
northern home, Mr.. Lavcock resides
at I.oomis. Wash.
While in Ogden Mr.. Lavcock admit
ted TO a Standard rerorter that he had
seen William Crawford frequently in
the last wear. described the man per-
| fectlv as old friends of Crawford re-
member him and smoke of one time in
particular when he met MIN at a horse
race last fall at the little settlement of
| Oroville. not more thai two miles
south of the Canadian or British Col
umhia line. He saws that Crawford Is
located at Fairview. British Columbia,
n settlement about twelve miles north
of The line. and he saws he is in the cat
tie business and also dabbles in min
ing and seems to be in prosperous cir
| cumgtances,
Mr.. Laycock's mission to Ogden
Yesterday is mysterious and he de-
clines to state why he maue such a
brief trim and from such a far-distant
point, but the reporter cannot but sur
mise that it had something to DO with
the Crawford mystery: whether the
surmise be true remains TO be proved.
But the end is not vet. There is an
other man here who lives in Ogden,
has for more than six months. This
mans name is r. n. Willard. and last
summer he farmed on leas, a fye-acre
tract of land. He worked years g
| for William Crawford on one of his
several ranches: this n in particular.
in Rich county. He too has seen the
living William Craw ford or his double
and yeriGes the story of Mr.. Laycock.
Milliard saw Crawford las. summer at
Fairview and smoke to him. He said:
Hello, Mr. Crawford, How did Won
leave hings down on Bea, riyer?"
Crawford started. recognized him
and replied. IAN right. Willard. when
| left there"
Crawford was walking along. loudly
whistling, with his hands in his
pockets when accosted by Willard. a