Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-08-21
SOME PONY EXPRESS ADDENDA

To the Editor:

To the Editor:
In Monday mornings issue Of CO.
temporary Mr.. Fisher has another in
stalment of his series OF corrections
of articles of mine appearing in your
estimable paper and the alleged
wrong spelling OF name and a mis-
print in one Of my letters where
thirty should have appeared instead
of three, seems to have afforded him
another opportunity to air his sim
plicity. But we will hope that when
he has had several of his weighty
productions slaughtered by the printer
he will have got over his squeamish-
ness, and inasmuch as a slip of the
tyne has made me the victim of the
history II will be but fair to allow me
space wherein to make "A few remarks
by way of rejOinder, and as Mr.. II.
says q" these (his) statements are
liable to go on record as events in the
early history Of Utah" conclusion in
which | agree as to some of them,
they Will undoubtedly occupy the same
position in our literature as do
some OF the productions of Swift,
Cervantes and ELI Perkins.
But Of Mr.. rs criticisms. In the
five letters of mine you kindly pub
lished, there was not a suggestion of
controversy nor did | invite or in
tend any conflict as To matters therein
and MIR. Fishers name was not even
mentioned. and yet 1t seems that they
have had the same effect ON him as
has a red rag ON a mad steer Con-
corning Mr.. Sarrish. 1t We're better
perhaps to let the dead rest, But this
| will say. That we rode the same
route. lived at the same station,
slept in the same bunk. hunted and
fished together, but | was not Il
bosom companion as was MIR. F., who
was employed on another road en-
tirely. But from my association with
Mr. Sarrish | only learned that he
claimed to he related to the Shiras
family of Pennsylvania and for some
reason had come west and transposed
the letters in his surname. adding
an 81"
Referring TO the killing of Jesse
Earl II was reported mt the time as
having occurred at Schell Creek sta
ton, and / am surprised that Mr..
Fisher should question II, as 1t is as
well authenticated as Plmost any fact
could be under the circumstances, and
has become a matter of history. l
have had the place pointed out to me
where the buggy, occupied by Egan
and Earl, stood when the shot was
fired. Besides there was no positive
evidence at that time that Gift did
done 1t when lynched at Green River
under and by virtue of the verdict of
a jury Of emigrantsfor the wilful kill
ing of Jesse Earl at Schell Creek mail
station, and II was upon this verdict
that Joseph Sarrish justified himself
in acting as executioner. No doubt
Bancroft and Appleton will greatly
appreciate the perspiculty with which
Mr.. II. has so exquisitely designated
the exact spot of earth where the de-
plorable event transpired. Imagine
the publishers issuing those ponderous
tones filled with the history Of the
Great Basin only 10 he mutilated with
addendas with Mr.. F.'s corrections.
Riley simpson was shot while riding
with Major Egan in q 'jerkey," near
the place claimed by MIR. Fisher as
the scene OF Jesse Earl's DEATH
Referring to that night of error
when Fat Brounie." why not 'Ifoz-
inante,' II would he more suggestive,
miles northwest from I've "Dugouts'
there came a riff in the clouds and he
was at pelican" Point, instead Of the
northwest end of Cedar valley |
made no comment as It was evident
that he or the compositor was bewil-
dered. and as to his going out to Par
legs canyon and meeting Mr.. Sarrish
whom / had met twenty-tour hours
before coming to the city, II is more
than probable. seeing that MT r. was
not only ubiquitous, but omniscicnt ON
both roads. and why should not pony
rider ride sixteen horses at time,
each going I'm different direction
And besides, Mr.. i. appears to have
been "A general repository OF the es-
pecial friendship, affections ana con-
fidences of every person connective