Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-09-07
FOR THE TRIPLE NJ URDER,
If Sheriff IS Right, then Harry Hayes
is lnIOCslt
OF THE PELICAN POINT TRAGEDY.
'bain Of Evidence to show that JAIME.
q. Weeks f. the Murderer Of Ern-
strom, Nelson nuu johnson.

special to the NEWS.
Provo. UAu, Sept. This morn
ing County Attorney King re-
ceived the following Telegram:
"Cripnle Creek. CoIo., s .pt. 8.-Tc
). A. King, Provo, Utah. Followed
Weeks rom RaDgely to Fresh water,
Colo, under name Of q. I. Csse.
Get Denver Republican paper OF to.
day, same man. Signed q. A. Stotfs,
sheriff Utah Co."
James q. Weeks lie a man who YVES
arrested In August, 1895. near Spring.
| Vile, on the charge of stealing cattle
from J. W. DuDyon Of Salt Like
county. He gave bonds for appenra ce
for preliminary hearing before Justice
Boyer, but left the country ami forfeit
ed the bonds. A short time after.
wsrds his wife also left and went to
New York slate, where she lie now
living.
On April l4lb, 1895, the Territory
wRs startled 10y the finding OF three
bodies on the weet SIDE OF Utah Lake,
These were found to he the bodies Of
Alfred ErnstrOm, hliss Alfred Hayes,
Albert Nelson and Andrew johnson,
who had been living AZ Hayes ranch,
hal cen murdered and thrown into
the lake.
Investigations resulted In the ARES,
OF Harry Hsyes, slep.fatber OF Alfred.
lie was convicted III March, 1895, Of
tse murder OF Alfred Ernstrum, a I'd
was sentenced to be banged. Ths
evidence was entirely cltcumstantial,
and all through and alter the trial
Hayes maintained that he was moo.
cent OF the crime. The case was
appealed ana The judy ment Of the
wer court was tustHinef, during
which time Hayes remaiu.d in jail at
Provo.
Ga January 10th, 1897, the State
board Of paTupns commued his
sentence TO imprisonment for he, on
the GROUND that 1t appeared that Others
were implicated with him In tho com.
nltsiou OF the crime. and that the
Goa mutation TO life imprisonment
might bring oUI facts that could not
he obtained ~ Hayes were dead.
shortly Afterwards, Hayes was
taken TO the Slate prison, where he
Is now serving sentence. On January
lOih, 1897, Sheriff Storts, VINO had as
tumen iiice or me fret Of the year,
took hay -s to Sslt Lake City TO ap-
pear before the Supreme Court in
hsbeas corpus proceedings. He de.
termiDeu T. satisfy himself as to
hayes's guilt and to tina, end remained
ed with Hsyes one night in the Salt
Lake O. unly jail. In The morning he
Wac Convinced that Hayes was Inno-
cent, SloTr. obtained list of arti.
cles winch Hsyes claimed were taken
lIom the ranch AT the time the three
young men disappeared, anu stsrted
out to .ook f.r them. The articles
eon'iste1 of Tub OF bacon, a fie,
wagon, stay chains, cTowbars, quIIts
anu LOIS OF irspe founu around iarm,
After persistent search the sheriff
l Gated most OF them, iuc.uding lae
wagon box. They were scattered
iIsm Mspleton to 5anlsquiu, dis
lance OF some eighteen miles, and all
were trsceJ to Weeks as the dietribu.
tor. n neighbor OF Weeks remem.
Dered when the articles were brought
90 his cabin iu Napoleon 10 wagon,
He helped WeeEs urload. Weeks
said he hau brought them from his
rsbch near krmAs.
Sheriff stUrrs then instituted a
search Ior Weeks, ami fpaily found
thRl he had been working near Duran.
go, Cola rs a cOwDay unueE the names
OF Case anu Wright. A short time
ago Sheriff Store visited the State
prison, uau n talk with Hayes, and
askeu hlm, what would yuu think II
found ARTICLES taken from the ranch
" hen tue boys were killeu2" Hayes
gTssped the sheriff. hand and said:
al IA IN M 4
DOn't let the grass grow unuer your
tst ill you fLd them" He WINS very
much excited anu pom BOD lifelong
devotion anu service to the sherid N he
ouuJ the missing articles.
The theory OF Sheriff Siorts Ia that
Weeks, who had been around Haye.'s
Iancn previous to The murder, under
he name Of S.eyenF, and had done
'ome surveying fer the boys, mad de.
,lued to slesl their cattle, ana being
Uncovered by one of them In the acI,
>ilIed him and afterwards killed tho
Jlber two.
Weeks hah stolen cattle In different
parts OF the State. Ho was q man OF
iducation. Ills fms library was sold
liter his departure &c pay an attorney
or defending MIN In the cattle steal.
ng case, Letters are In possession OF
'heritf Slorrs, wriIten oy Weeks TO
Mrs.. Weeks alter he lett Utah, that
ontain damaging evidence sgaips,
Inn in connection win the PellcAn
Point mur1eT.
August s3rd Snerff storrs left for
colorado HLu the above ,eIsgrsm 10 the
Inst intimRtlOn OF his success.
The Republican article tells OF
Charles 4. CG0e being brought irom
)elphi, INDIANA, on " charge OF muir.
isring W. @. Crsmp at Froshw water.
COl0., on Jau. is, 1885. Three others
han Case aIs sho undsr arrest.