Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-07-16
Deputy Sheriff Will HE HImSsl!
Back Alone.
IDENTIFICATION WAS IMPERFECT.
Canadian Officials Mistakep-Boma
Cannon TcIeRrnphs IL L. Not
Hermaus.
"Not the Man-Cannon.u


Brevity, 1t is said, il not tedious, but
those few words made, Sheriff Thomas
z. Lewis awiuIly tired today; in fact
they csused q deep gloom to pervsde
the sherifi's usually merry office. The
reason for this must be obvious to all
who have followed the trend of
things for the past few days. Monday
morning saw the sheriff full OF Joyous
anticipations, Friday morning found
those anticipations scat!ered to the
Winds. Those three words conveyed
the Information that Hermans wasn't
Hermans, after all, but someone elas.
The next man that comes along with
the positive statement that he has got
Hermans will be apt to find It hard
work to 30 convince the sheriff.
This mornings mail brought letters
from County Crown Attorney Met.
calf and Mrs. ]. Fewson Smith in
Mexico. Both referred to Hermans.
The sheriff had Just adjusted his
spsctaoles, aud had began reading the
communications, when q red headed
boy handed him the fatal message
from his deputy. Then the sheriff
ewore in Welsh, which the messenger
boy evidently. understood rs asking
how much 1t was, for he spoke up
immediately by saying, "Ons dollar,
please" He got an order on the c1uu.
ty commissiU uers and departed. Toe
| letter received from MetCalf 10 as fol-
lows:
PEMBRoxE, 10Th July. 1887.
Thomas p. Lewis, Esq, Sheriff of Salt
Lake City.
Dear Sir:-Replying to your letter OF
2nd inst, desire TO INFORM you OF what
has been done here, acting under your
! instructions to me. In the first place /
knew little about Mr.. Dougald Camp
bell, enough TO feel satisfied that he be-
| !ieved what he was representing to you.
| HIS iather when living was u member OF
| the Dominion Parliament and he has q
| brother now member of our Provincial
| Legislature. This Dougald Campbell has
not been AS successful u business man
in fact has failed as Il business man-but
still consider him quite reputable. Well
1 first called up Mr.. Dougald Campbell
aud had con versation with him by
telephone. had him tell me what he was
basing his conclusions upon and where
his man was. He told me all without
hesitation and then arranged with him
| to send constable from here to meet
him AT Eganvilie to go with him and see
his man and ii on seeing him and
making further inquiries. my constable
was satisfied that he was the man wanted,
he was to arrest him and bring him into
town and WAS hen to wire you at once
and did wire you this afternoon. as the
result of those instructions.
or course we are not absolutely GER
tain of his identity bat L must say on
| seeing him myself am quite prepared
to believe thai he may be the man and
indeed Is, but he has been roughing 1t
| for the last two or three months and
you can quito understand that for neat
ness no would not quite come up to the
photo, with his nicely combed hair and
white tie. All can say to you is that II
he is not tho man he corresponds very
closely with your description; The SPOT
on the lips is not discernible now but /
had not chance TO examine closely for
II, or 1t may have passed of. ! Judge,
however, that your witness whom you
have sent Will know him II he Ia the
man. His actions while saw him be-
| fore the Judge was more consistent will
his being guilty than an innocent man.
lilo was very cool and stolid. at
once applied to the Judge for u warrant
for his arrest, under the extradition act
and then for his remand to Jail for one
week 10 admit of evidence arriving to
support the charge and he was remanded
| till Saturday next at 10 o'clock at the
court house In Pembroke. i hope your
man will be here by that time TO Identity
him and TO follow up proceedings. / do
not known that / need write YOU any
| further at present. l can act for you in
the matter OF prosecuting the evidence
| in support II 1t comes TO that. We have
| to make out a sufficient case to Justify
the Judge that he ought to be put upon
his trial for the ofiense charged, IL that
otfense has been committed within our
| Jurisdiction, On his being salts
lied OF the the deed the judge conn
mits him for trial and notifies our
minister of Justice at Ottawa that he Ia
| so committed, then l think you have to
apply TO him for an order for his extra
dltion through your consular resident
| officer or by any other means that may
| be arranged between Canada and the
| United States. In the meantime will
await your further instruction aud
| Identification.
Yours truly,
j. II. METoALF.
Tho following letter came - hand
today and Is in reference 10 the man
who j. l.. Riod OF Washington county
| wrote aboul:
CISpAp, Juarez, Mexico,
July II, lsT.
| Sheriff t. p. Lewis;
Dear Sir-Yours Of the nth inst. came
| to hand last evening This morning 1
| delivered it's contents 10 Sheriff
| Simmonds, who said that Berger
| certainly WIS not your man
| because he was an inmate OF III
| Paso Jail at the time OF tho murder III
| Salt Lake City. He also said that u por-
trait of Hernans had been found In the