The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-12-20
IlCE TAKE N0RTENSEN OVER
SCENE OF THE TERRIBLE CRIME

the street cars while the small boy,
who was legion walked TO the scene.
Women with babes in their arms stood
over the bloodstains on the track, dis
! cussing grues0me and blood curdling
theories with smazing sang froid,
while others plowed through the mud
DIV ditch and clambered through the
network of barb wire TO the imminent
jeopardy of their clothing. To one and
all IL was more than an opportunity 10
give curiosity and imagination full
r,lay-it was an intoXica ton of the ter
rible
Nor was the day given over to those
:, ho were merely InOrbidly curious
The amateur detective was out in full
force Men usually found in dignlhed
positions behipd polished desks craWled
on hands and knees 10 inspect the in
terror recesses Of culverts TO dISpel
ideas of uncanny evidence imagination
had pictured hidden there. city and
county officials, members a. the vari-
Gus departments of public works. High
school boys. WCrkmen-in fact. repre-
sentatives of every class found time TO
reach Forest Dale and lend their serv-
ices So tine work OF clearing up the
mystery II any possible clue renamed
yesterday morning 1T was hOpelessiy
The pathetic as wei as the pIctur-
esaue was blended into the situation
Such an instance occurred when Mrs.
Henry Mortensen sister-in-law of the
suspect. left the latJer's wife at her.
home ami walked TO a telephone near
by. Old aeighbors who even at that
moment had been discussing Morten-
sen in anything but a complimentary
way. ceased their gossip and. stepping
up to the frail little tear stained WOm-
an expressed Their sincere sympathy,
both for herself and her kinswomaE
weepilg at home and praying for the
absent husband in inca, seration. Those
! who because OF personal friendship Tor
the victim have forgotten their bust
ness affairs and are hunting for ev--
dence with the tenacity and relentless
ness OF bloodhounds. were among the
/ first 10 ask il anything lay in the.r
power to minister to the comfort of the
/ sorrowiHg family.
Perhaps the most remarkable Incl
dent of the day occurred when the
[ relatives of victim and suspect met in
the yard of the latter. r. G. Watkins.
an architect of Provo: c. +. Watkins,
a contractor of the same place. and +.
/ J. Watkins, a railroad emplOye of Og-
den, al brothers of Mrs. Peter Nor
tensen. arrived yesterday 10 buoy her
no in heT distress. Henry MOrtensen.
/ the susp sets brother who is engaged
in mining work az kimberley, is ex-
I pected to arrive today 10 take charge
I of Mortensen's affairs
Walle the Watkins brothers were
standing in the yard specializing on
I the probabilities OF he case, James
I Sharp, Mrs. Hays father entered. PO-
I 20
( frieLds and a retinue Of curious per
sons surrounded him, all discussing
/ the case. August Petersen. 2207 Sew
erth East street, had just declared he
had heard the fatal shot.
"Thsnk God!" exclaimed Sharp.
There are more and more turning up
every hour who can throw some light
on this case and vindicate my boy
! In all my life I was never so glad 10
! see him az when ne was brought cut
/ of that hole a corpse It meant his
/ honor had been indicated and that at
I least he would lie in no dishonored
( grave.
THINGS look dark, very dark, but
/ I am not yet accusing anyone. 1t was
! to the interest of the man who did that
awful thing TO picture him as an en-
l bezzler."
Z
little partially completed home of the
I Mortensen family, where his sou-in-
| law was last seen alive. He gazed at
II moment. dreamily, unsteadily
Then in a musing tone he said. half to
+! himself:
1T was from that house the first
stories of dishonOr reached me It
was from there the first suggestions
! came. And while the police here and
/ there were wiring about the capture
Of the suspected embezzler, poor Jim
lay cut there by the tracks,"
Sharp turned to walk away, and r.
c. Watkins. as spokesman for his
brothers, made himself heard.
4 cannot believe Pete had a hand in
/ Iris affair." he said If he had we
! want to know it; we want to know it
I for our sisters sake. Whoever is re-
/ sponsibie should pay the fun penalty
/ OF the law, regardless of his identity.
We want everything possible done to
sift the matter TO the bottom.
''In this we speak for our sister. #
anyone can point out how we may
/ help. we are only too anxious. The
house is open to all investigators who
VIII not destroy property Whatever
we have that viii aid in clearing up
the mystery is at the public service
We have faith in Pete, 1t was not
his style nor has he the nerve TO do
sucn a thing and face the world cool
ly. He was a TOOL to conduct his BUSH
ness as he did but that was a char
ecteristic popularity. Let the investi-
cation go on; let the full truth come
oUt and the lightning strike where it
may Regardless of whom 1t may be,
we. in common with the community.
want 20 see the guilty man punished
a. hefifS the crime %