Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-03-22
MURDERERS OF THE
PENNEyS ARE SEEN
Reported to Have Shown Up Near
Wilcox, Arizona,
NEPHEW WRITES A LETTER.
Says a Party Answering Description
OF Glpsys Has Been seen Away
20 the South.

Kanosh, Willard Co., March 20, 1890
To the Editor:
Jesse and Frank Penney, brothers OF
T. w. Penney, returned home today
from their latest search, based upon q
vague statement OF two boys about
finding a supposed grave or burying
place which might possibly have con-
tained the remains of our supposed muir
dered citizens, f. W. and George Pen
ney. The supposed grave was found TO
have been place where some sheep
man had cached his grain for horse
feed, while he moved on further with
his flock. And thus up to date not one
yestige OF tangible evidence OF the go
ing Of the Penneys has been obtained
by the family since the 18th OF Novem-
Der last. There have been very many
rumors here about their being killed
by Gipsys In the open country. In broad
daylight. the Gipsys making impossible
trips through a desert country, and
then having been located with the PEN
ney outfit as well as their own, In Sill
yer, Tooelc county, where they gre said
TO have been peaceably engaged In
fortune telling up to a recent date.
II this statement were true, why, az
ter the publication Of their description
In the News" and other papers, were
they not at least Intercepted as 10
their possessions? Surely. the brilliant
detective corps OF Utah Is not all
asleep ! write this because from day
10 day We see the hopes Of wives, moth
er and sisters lifted high, only to fall
into despair again at what appears to
them 70 be a lack Of Interest somewhere
IN clearing up this dark mystery.
We have another report here from
what appears TO be reliable sheep men,
OF their having found a gulch In which
they believe two human bodies have
been partly buried and d huge FIRE built
over the SPOT. They believe they dis
covered parts Of the human anatomy In
the shane Of fragment Of skull bone
and piece Of thigh bone Some OF the
family VIII probably make another trip
OF investigation TO clear up this rumor
But the family ought not to be left TO
all this work alone. Our citizens have
done well and given much time 10 this
investigation. and many of them now
think that the State should employ one
or more good detectives to clear up this
important matter OF life or death.
Your correspondent has been blamed
for premature publication Of informa-
tion, as II might give the guilty parties
n chance to cover their tracks. The last
mail brought a letter from
a nephew OF f. w. PEN
ney In Arizona informing his Uncle
Frank that be believes. from the
description given In the Deseret News.
that the very parties wanted and called
Gipsys were In Wilcox Arizona. A few
dollars and the use OF the wire by our
State officers would clear up this mat
ter but the family Is not able 10 do
the work nor will silence OF the press
accomplish anything. | am willing to
risk a kick In so good cause and ask
the sNews" 10 publish this Information.
The description given In this letter OF
the horses and the men. Is good, and
that OF the dark woman with scar on
her face, is correct. The men seen here
also had two good. or new saddles. The
vehicle does not appear 20 be the same.
but the Penney wagon has replaced the
old trap they had here. Some who saw
the woman here thought she had a lit
tie negro blood In her veins. They did
not have little girl with them. as has
been stated Here is the letter.
Bisbee. Arizona, March 10, 1900.
Frank Penney
Dear Uncle-I thought | would write
YOU few lines 10 let you know that
we are all right and hope these few
lines will find you the same. We were
very sorry 20 hear that Uncle Ezra
and Cousin George were murdered. II
Is great mystery, but ] think l have
got clue 10 the the two men and the
woman who were seen there on the day
the crime was committed They came
In from towards Wilcox about two
weeks ago. / asked a fellow who had
seen them and he said the woman had
a scar on the left side OF her face, and
he said he thought she had dark curly
hair about live or six inches long, and
she wore q mans hat Another man
said he saw two new looking saddles by
the side of their camping wogan. They
had a gray horse and a bay. One OF
the men was dark and rather tall. aud
| think the other was a pretty good
sized man, The buggy they had was