The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-02-18
SUICIDE WAS
MISS M'CARTEN
Woman Who PassedSas Mrs.
Ward Identified.
.LOTHARI0 is CAUGHT
IN THE JUNCTION CITY
Papers Found On His Person
Clear Mystery.
Especial to The Herald.)


ogden. Feb. 1.-THE real name of the
woman who killed herself in Denver
under the name of Mrs. NJ. T. Ward,
was Miss McCarten. This fact seems
well established as the result of Ward
arrest here today, when a telegram was
found in his pocket. 1t was evidently
a reply to a message sent from Ogden
to a friend in Denver and read as fol-
lows:
Miss Ward was buried yesterday in
paupers' grounds. No doubt of her be-
40 j. H. DEAN
With the telegram was found slip
of paper containing the address, Min
ME Mccartney, 107 Third street, South
side"
Arrest of Ward.
Ward was placed under arrest this
evening about O'Clock. He had pre-
viously been detained at the police sta
ton pending word from Chief Hilton
at Salt Lake as to whether or not he
was wanted. Among his effects were
found papers and other articles which
establish his identity beyond doubt as
the NJ. T. Ward who married Miss Fox
in Salt Lake and who had achieved no.
toriety in numerous other escapades of
similar character.
After leaving the Reed hotel yester-
day Ward engaged a room in a lOdg-
ing house on Twenty fifth street. He
drank considerably during the day and
in the evening went to the sporting dis
trict, where he tried to get d woman
to accompany him to his room. She re-
fused, but later Ward went back and
spent the night at the place. As the
result of a disagreement over money
matters the woman kept his spectacles
and Ward complained to Officer Sulli-
van asking that his glasses be restored.
Sullivan notified Detective Fender,
who was already working on the case.
Pender found Ward and learned from
him that he (Ward) was a railroad
/ contractor and was going to do a lot of
! Improvement work for the Southern
Pacific. Ward also said he was hiring
men and teams prOmiscuOusly. The Of
| ficer also learned that the man had
been endeaVoring to work his old graft
with the Iandlady of a rOOming house.
He represented to this woman that he
| had a large rOoming house in Seattle
and wanted her TO come and share it
with him,
Salt Lake Police Notified.
This convinced the officer that he had
/ the right man and Chief Conlisk nOti-
/ fed the Salt Lake police department
that he would arrest the man if he was
wanted Meanwhile Ward was detain-
ed at the station and during this time
he was approached by a Herald re
/ porter and asked TO put his side Of the
story before the public He would say
nothing whatever concerning his affairs
/ to a newspaper man, but said he would
I have an attorney to whom the news
/ papers might talk.
/ To one of the officers, however. ne ad-
mitted that the stories concerning his
movements in Colorado printed in The
Herald this morning We're correct as re
garded his movements, but said moth
ing regarding his association with any
of the women mentioned. As soon a:
an official request came from Chief Hill
ton for his arrest Ward was searched
and locked UP.
In his pockets were found a big bill
book containing number of papers
! These included clippings from The Her