The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-27

Assistant superintendent Arnold OF
the Salt Lake railway, was a visitor to
/ police headquarters yesterday, while
Mrs. Beutelr was just inside the pri-
vate office of the chief re-reading the
account of the murder. Captain Es-
! linger hustled the female suspect out
of range and had an interview with
Bessie. The young woman is about 20
years of age and is the daughter of the
murdered mans brother, who lives at
some point in Cache valley. News OF
his brothers death was wired yester-
day morning by Miss Beutler. The
most important part of her story lay
in the substance that she attributed
the motive for the crime 10 Mrs Beut-
Ter. The young woman has expected
for a long time that her uncle's spouse
would do him some great harm ana
was therefore not surprised to hear of
his horrible end Miss Beutler's de-
meanor confirmed her statement. She
seemed dumb with horror and shud
dered while awaiting the captain, but
otherwise was not demonstrative. Be
yond her suspicion, she was not able
to furnish the department with much
tangible knowledge.
THE SECOND SUSPECT.
Mitchell, the second suspect, has
been connected with the crime in what
is possibly a stronger degree than
ellner Oh MS dSSOcldleS. OiS VI wv
men who came to the Continental
market last night for team wore felt
! boots. Mitchell wore the same kind
of boots on the day of the murder and
even yesterday at Murray. The team
was one that has been identified as be-
longing to Murray liveryman and it
had been left in the care of the Holt
brothers until called for.
MR.. HOLTS STORY.
The statement of Edward D. Holt,
jr., is in itself sufficient to establish the
fact that Beutler was brutally muir
dered and to furnish an important clue
to the perpetrators of the foul deed.
Mr.. Morris lives in the row where
the tragedy occurred. He is the pro-
prietor of the Iowa livery stable, 10
Gated across the street from the scene
of the crime and a short distance east.
After Joseph Morris heard the men
tap on Beutler's door and gain ad-
mittance" said Mr.. Holt, he distinctly
heard the cry of murder from within
the room, and jumped through the win
dow of his apartment, as related by
The Herad. He rushed around to our
place and informed US of it. Unfortu-
nately, there was not a weapon of any
kind about the place, but we at once
went to Beutlei S. l tried the door and
found it locked, with the key on the
inside. The lamp was apparently
turned well up and there was little
noise inside. Being unarmed and not
knowing what sort of a situation l
might face, 1 was not prepared to burst
in the door and enter, empty handed
and alone. Mind you all of the occur
rences l have related occupied but a
few seconds. I at once ran over to the
livery stable, called up the police sta
ton and notified the officers. Then l
ran back to the place. and as l APP
preached, the two men came out They
walked east along the north side of the
street, going very rapidly. 1 followed
them, being only ten feet behind. Just
before they reached the drug store on
the corner, they cut across the street
toward the Valley house, and then
started south on dead run. l fol-
lowed, also running. Just below the
Valley house cottage, they dashed into
the lot and 1 turned in after them, go
ing about 100 yards, but they disap-
peared. I think now that they dropped,
let me pass them and then slipped out
onto First South.
While 1 didn't see their faces, I was
so close that I think 1 could identify
them. Both wore overcoatS and one
was nearly six feet tall, while the other
was much shorter.
L at once ran back to the house and
when the officers arrived, the door TO
Beutler's room was locked, but the key
was on the outside, whereas it had
been on the inside when l first went
there. The key stuck in the door and
the men evidently didn't want to lose
time in getting it out.
L feel confident that these same
men came to the Continental hay mar
ket, which l conduct, early in the day.
They drove in a top buggy and had a
horse which 1 have seen before. My
impression is that the animal is from
a Murray livery stable. When they
came in they paid me in advance, an
unusual circumstance. Last night, and
not long after the discovery of the
murder, they appeared at the hay
market for the rig. They were eX-
hausted and so badly excited that my
men had TO help them hook up the
horse. When this was DONE they drove |
quickly away. From all of the circum-
stances, 1 am pretty well satisfied that
the men l saw at my market in the |
morning and the men who murdered |
Beutler and whom 1 followed from his /
room into the block below the Valley
house are the same persons"
POSSIBLE BUT VERY IMPROBA-
BILE.
Returning to the theory of DR.. Beer, !
which calls for more explicit explana-
ton. His opinion was suggested by |
the bare fact that Beutler suffered |
from attacks of violent commissions, |
two cases of which he had attended at |
previous times. DIR. Beer did not go t
into particulars during his talk before |
The Herald. He did not care to be |
quoted but left wide latitude in the |
matter Of inference by stating sup /
positions instances coincident with that /
of the murdered man. He wanted it /
supposed that a man was seized with
the most serious form of CONFUSION /
producing almost instantaneous par
oXsysms of the muscular organs. That
person would naturally try to attract
assistance by any alarm. He might
shout Fire" Murder" Help" or use
some similar expression to get assist
ance. The gag might have been placed
between teeth that were in the habit
of locking jaws in order that the
sufferer could reach medicine and force
il into his mouth. The bruises might
be the results of struggles to reach the
necessary relief. DR.. Beer would not
go into details but said that his brother
agreed with his doubt, and
that he thought a surprise was in store
for today. Whether the autopsy has
these opinions was a matter
not attainable.
A more careful examination of the
remains by Herald representative fol-
lowed the talk with the physicians