Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-04-16
PIKE HEARD FROM.
The Supposed YICllm The Salt Lake
Trunk Mystery.
HE CLAIMS TO he ALIVE YET,
Although His Friends Had Ideniil d
a Dead Po'y, Now In-
TERED, MS His.

CHICAGO ApriI Ig.-OIiver Pike.
Tho s,,,os.,, n,,,,, ., ,,n,,
~ s
otah' uunh mystery, mas tutneu up ~.
He has written TO his mother and
friends at Fsyette, o.. where his body
was ammonia, IN ba ,.,o.,n, ,ay.
a.,
.ne r"ye.'e ceniesery'
10 the Fayette Recorder be has
written a letter in which he saye;
w,sb In ,nform nv fr,snds thro,,b
ua,,. -.
Soui newspaper 'na' "in iNins' nut
withstanuing the contrary reports.
When wrote home "a short time aimee
found some trouble In moving that
o.,
,, ~. anso .9nu'na
, vn " Us. a', seeiheu W p'o'e
it,, w.. c.,,,
r..r. 40 usra Sanoin,s wv
lat .aar in Tas 1900 80 an
81. use,es anu nsu
n . souuu l
au aesuheu hanie,
,n.. ','as,
n .e.rs u'nI,ounso'e Wy wiz,
lns W .no piaoes nnve ment'oneu
snu AeA,"s Io' Ly fniee' Wy "hlen
na.ne 1 an hnown, ne CAUSE
wniva ieu Ihe W 'aHe 'pe couiso uIu,
VIII say notning, iot 10 NOT 'nlhk
4 eouia w ~ eh,sIso.oLhy' sm
taunury man Wy ocSupatioh, wniCh
nusiness hh'e io'ioweu Ior nearly
I'VE years. OLIVER IKE
ing ieNeis W .ne Onic newspaper
hno ms mothe. anu irehus are taken
as au.nen,Ic,auu 'hey no longer uoupt
ms iuehti'y.
AS explained IN fike,s ielter, ne
haa some dlthculty In establishing the
iaos VI MS IL silence 70 us RELATIVES, as
tney hau 'uenllneu MS pouy, they
thought, beyond the shadow OF u
ooup''
Fike's temperance opens up the
entite case again ana mhkss IL
greater mystery thsn ever.
oh msion 70, loeo' fhiiip cries ana
Chhries haas oi Austin purchased
large po1 al suction from auctioneers
VINO were selling large quantity Of
uncisimeu ueignt ior the Chicigo q
northwestern railroad. Two Jays
aite' the Do1f was opened al Austin
anu iouhu u c0utain medium-slz'o
green uunk, bound with iron strips.
Ihe space between the trunk anu the
sues Q! 'hs ooA were packed with
shwuus'' ssveIa layers OF white
oicioh were wiappeu AROUND tue
uhs; wnnIh 'ue llunk was INC
SoA' .ne ooseI soiuereu uRnty. rms
90 W. W. ns,,n wis a,,s "a oi'cio.p. ~
iuu ooon pounu WIN Ish' l'pe 20 as
nsSoupse' IN 'ne ooA, SUI SONS
onen,oa.e nau Use" p'aceu a'ounu ~
W nssuoy 'ne hsso.
~. mo IVA was sn'ppeu iIou ohi' i-ahe'
Otuhs ou hhe LhOhuiuk VI rtDtuhrN o.
ioos. ~ ~nI n,t ~ ,he 'leight I'm co
.. .ne y n.y. snu ~ .nu. piaee we
uay 'eo'e ma svIns nls naIhe
~ VI. M. Moissn anu was piiieu 10 u.
W. hoIs"p, ~ 100 1eneIson s,ree',
ohiesso' my Ie'sn. was PIepaIu Anu
. ~ sn,pts, aooA s,a'u os'ehsiu'y ~.
su'a o,s ,"1 wa, auipp gan
as nouse"o o soous anu "eispeu oio
pounue, "a va a. ',eu 10 lineage
y u e'nou ~ tue
ShiuaSo a ,ens e1.eIn .ieisnt uePo'
uhth 'u'S 20, 1000 WINS uncisiineu'
anu i.quny ~ eut.eea ei'eh
ehci'eu 10 iePS' WAS uehNoreu NJ
.ne "a'enVue oeions,nK " 'ne auc-
hse.s, ~ Snn, a',, neMy
thI.e yeste' On reuIuaIy o.n was
uee'ueu " seh .no oeA ~. A'o..on W
ge. psoh 'ue .hu s.o.ake
unafses' "A no'Iee Wa shen ssh. 70
VEG .one'sneo " o No. ao. ne
wou.u 10 sisn -o'c "
pAy .ne uuaises auu ,eueem ". No
Spy s"s ,' Wy w. "o 'o'u
nnu 'ho us'o''iS u '"e 'ouS 'oi-
ioTeu' ,.,,.
Iluss Wiz ioho"e. " ne
poi's; s W,,,n auu h,a,o'.,
btoIy VI 'he uieaPpeaIAIce Vi iriehu