Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-07-21
HE'S A BAD BINKLEY
Son Of Tho woman WlO PisuTd 10
the doc" K.sslI Shooting,
MAKES A CONFESSION IN ARIZONA
Where He ~ W Up RESTRAIN. WIN
Clan Pow u 900 no 10
hlIus ST.,

w. II. B.nkloy, we'll known IN 81
Lake AZ tough character and the BON
II the notorious Nit. biusluy at wbose
home otshnme in tle eastern part % s1ls
city Private NuaOrsal, q sixteenth
Infantry tolJisr a0s hilloI y "Doo"
kosslef two pr three yClra 90 aud Tor
which ohouse no is serving ton y"'ra
Ia sts,o's pris1n, is 10 serious trouble
In Prescott, Arizona, as set forth 10
the following dispatch from that place
to the san Francisco Chronicle:
on June 2stn last tho rear q the
cabinet saloon AMI fctiautaut 10 t.iI
Town was blown ~, Touring Two wo'
men Of tho town. Cniei Of Police
Prince Immediately arrested w. H..
Binklcy, tho husband Of one Of tho
womSr, tut nothing sufficiently In.
ctiminntug could DO discovered. CHIEF
Prince has followed numerous ClcWs,
and today succeeded IN getting the
prisoner TO talk.
Binkley said that he was Jealous Of
the felatlons between biz brother and
his wife, and COnolud 20 90 fix them.
Several days before the OKTlGti0n hl
went 20 a cauin i've mills rom town
aud stole elk sticks OF giant powder,
together with fuse aud caps. These hC
brought TO town ami tuflUd In the
alley In the rour Of thu saloon.
rne night Of the explosion he had n
talk with his wife aud accused her Of
proieTfing bis brother. Sue stated fhu
did, and left tho houte 10 20 10 the
restaurant. H. saw her enter, thou ran
Tor the powder and crcpt under tho
room whore biz wife was. He hunted
Tor something cold upon which 10
place the powder, explaining ~ he did
not fnd such place u would simply
blow n hole w amt not tcttteT. lie
placed the powder upon one Of the a'llf.
Binklsy then sinricd tu enter the room
to die with his wife, but saw thttU
others IN tue room, no changed his
mind aud ran away. He stated that
10 one was implicated VITA him.
Al tho time OF his arrest u vial oi
lsudanum was found on him, also n
farewell letter ~ his mother, who re-
sides In Salt Lake. The lauiRnum,
he said, was for tho purpose Of fright
ening his vile. 10 the letter he bit.
t,tiy complained that his brother hau
mistreAled him, aud requested 10 DO
buried with his vile.
The officers have not made public
Is nkley's confession f1F feat OF VIC.
.enoe TO him. ThTesls Of lynching
were made ~ the time, bui, owing 10
tue lack OF proof, II ended In talk.
When asked about the occurrence,
Blnklsy objected on tho ground thai
he would 20 to Yuma and his wife and
brother would 10 out. Chief Prince
persuaded him that his vile Ia marry
ing him had committed biggmy aud
that steps would be- taken 10 prosecute
her. This fact alone induced the con.
fefaion.
Chief Prince deserves the greatest
praise for bis conduct OF the case.
Binkiey IL 20 years old and Is nAliv,
OF Ban BernatdinO county. lie came
here about u year ago from Flagstaff
where he was engaged In business. /
WINS then he married his wife, who's
former husband wsH a hali-bteed NO
gro who was convicted OF enib, zEl,
ment here.
Had the explosion occurred bal
minute sooner four people would have
teen blown through the roof VI tue
hou,o. binkloy docs not appear Il