The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-12-28


turn up in some of the coast cities. and
as Hayworth and his gang we're. well
and unfavorably known all ove,' the
northwest, there was nothing to do but
to await developments.
Located at Portland.
These were not long in coming. cher
| if Abbott was forced to come home on
matters of official business, and while
here he received, on Dec 10, telegram
from Chief of Police Lees of San Fran
CISCO which said: Parties wanted by
you for murder have been located in
Portland, Ore. Man here will go with
you and point them out.
County. Attorney Streeper and the
sheriff at once set about to secure re-
QUESTION papers from Governor Wells
that wotild be necessary for the extra
dition of Hayworth and his associates
from the state of Oregon, and, armed
with these and the necessary warrants,
the sheriff left for San Francisco on
the 18th inst. That he has been sue
cessful in landing his men is Shown py
the news received today from him.
Hayworth a Crook.
Nick Hayworth, who is recognized as
the leader of his party, is one OF the
, smoothest crooks in the west. 1t IS.
said of him that he has been implicat-
ed in many crimes in western states
during recent. years, but has always
succeeded in avoiding arrest. The coast
detectives know him as shielder of
criminals, though nothing he has here
tofore done could be traced to him
with evidence sufficient to convict
Hayworth is we'll known in Ogden by
reason of having made the Junction
City his headquarters quite frequently
and for a considerable length of time.
He was seen in Layton on the evening
before the murder.
Murder of Sandal.
The crime with which the gypsy suss
poets are charged was committed on the
night of March %, 1893. Thomas SAN
dali, the victim, was night watcn-
man at the Farmers Union store, and
his duty was to take charge of the
premises at about 1880 in the evening!
when the store was closed, and remain
during the night. 1t was not expected
that he should remain awake, but that
he should sleep there as a precaution
against burglary and fire. On the night
of the tragedy he was last seen at
about p. m, when the clerks left the
store. 1t is believed that the murder
was committed about midnight. How
the assassin forced an entrance to the
could not have entered either door, be,
cause both were locked and barred, anG
bells that hung on the inside woulG
have awakened the Waterman II any
one had attempted to enter. A coai
chute was the only Vulnerable part or
the building, and the general belief is
that through that the murderer entered
the cellar and then crept up the stepA
to the main store, arousing the watchI
man as he came. There had evidently
been a struggle before the shooting.
Sandal was a powerful man, and his
antagonist must have had an advan-
tage over him or else there were two
against one.
Stole the Gun.
The generally accepted theory is that
Sandal was killed while in PROSTATE
position The weapon used was a Il
guage shotgun. loaded with No. or
No. shot 1t has been ascertained
since the tragedy that the gun was the
property of Lorenzo Stoker of Cl1ntonI
eight miles northwest OF Layton, ana
that the weapon was stolen from
sheep wagon the day before the muir
der The shotgun and Sandals revol1
yer were both found five months after
the tragedy in an old strawstack near
Hooper The stealing of the gun from
that vicinity and then returning 1t TO
an unfrequented spot, two miles or
more from a settlement, together with
the discarding of the shells and over
coat that were found near the Short
Line track, all point to the fact THAI
the guilty parties We're endeavoring to
turn suspicion away from themselves
and direct it upon others. as their
camp was in the opposite direction
from the scene of the killing.
So far no motive for the crime has
been found. The store was not burg
larized and nothing was missed. Tho
probability is that after the killing the
murderers became alarmed and fec
without carrying out their original de-
sign of looting the premises
Big Reward Offered.
An interesting fact connected with
this capture is that a reward of $1,000
was offered for the arrest and convic-
ton of the murderer. OF this Mr.. Eli
son of the Farmers Union store Of
fered $500 for his firm and the commis-
siUners of Davis county offered $500.
This latter reward was offered in ac7
cordance with a numerously signed PEI
tition that was circulated in Kaysyille
and Layton, and later presented to the
commissioners.
The earnest hope of the citizens of
Davis county is that the right man has
been placed under arrest.
County Attorney Reticent.
County Attorney Streeper was seen
this afternoon and asked for a ate
ment of the probable evidence that vili
be produced against Hayworth. He de-
clined to discuss the matter for the
reason that publishing the facts might
place the prosecution at disadvantage.
In the absence of Sheriff Abbott he felt
that it would be better for him to say
nothing, as the sheriff had collected
the evidence. He expressed pleasure
that the chase had been successful, and
was hopeful of being able to secure
conviction. AS to the rumor that one
of Hayworths pals had given the evil
dence to the officers he would say
nothing further than that an Ogden
man, who. it is believed, knows some
thing of the case, though in no way i'm.
plicated in the murder, had volunteered
Information to the officers that has
been valuable to them. This man has
been led to give the information purely
from a desire to see the right man
brought to justice. The attorney
thought best not to give the name of
the informant until the sheriff's return
ABBOTT COMING HOME.