The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-04-05

It was among the rocky crags of the
hills while the officers were searching
for the mystic -IUus valise supposed to
have oeez hidden by Collins, that Felt
made tie first confession, claiming that
he had welded ebe razor that took Col
Inns lie, and he Suck to the story all
day hut under pressure brought to
bear upon him at the county jail last
night by Sheriff MAYOR He changed
his former story by declaring lnat Hen
~ Potts was with him and Grew the
razor across the throat Of Collins. He
explained his confession to having done
the work bE saying he and Potts had
taken a solemn oath that the one
caught first should take all the blame
and swear the other was innocent
His last confession he reiterated in
the presence Of Fsotts and cast the ac-
cusation repeatedly into his teeth when
the latter denied IT, Felr's first con-
fession. as related at the police sta
tiOn, was as follows.
Felt's First Confession.
Eyes. I cut his throat because he
wanted me TO, and he had been so good
to me that Z couldn't refuse him. said
the boy but oh. gee. I must have
been cay To do it,.
With these words the lad dropped
his he8L in his hands and "A shudder
shook his frame, Recovering himself,
and tn a suggestion of a smile on his
cOuntenance. he took up the story -
the beginning.
4 met Mir. Collins I'm front Of the
NVasatka," said he about 3.'9. and
we walked up the hill nearly 20 Ensign
leak. When we reached the place we
stopped and he looked at the scene. We
just tried TO find some buildings, and
was talking about which was the larg-
est the temple or the city and county
building After q little while We START
ed back toward home. and when we
got to the ridge running over into the
hollow. he saiG: Let's go over here
there is a cave up here, and / want
you 20 see if YOU can tell whether II
was dug cut or is natural
It never thought about what he was
going to do and we Went into the hol-
low. When we got in there ne gave me
his watch and SO cents. He said I might
as well have il. but he didn't say
nothing about what he was going tC
do. because 1 guess he knDw I wouidn'l
go up there if he told me he wanted me
10 KIN him.
Said There Was Money in Cave.
Before he got to the cave he told
me he had some money in there ane
was going to get il. or something hA'
that Then he just took on his ciothe,
q little ways from the cave and opened
the bundle that had the razor anl
rope ia IL. and crawied into the cave
He told me 10 come in, and 1 though
no wanted me 10 do what lac had ha'
us BOYS do for him before. | neve
thought ne wanted me TO cut his throat
when we got inside he lay on hi'
back. and while L lay on ole arm be-
side him he just Jol1 me ne wanted M
10 kUI him. 1 said. oh, goily, L won
have nothing 10 do with That' but h'
told NE ne was afraid the wrong b,
had been having as boys DO would 60
out and il would be bad FOR us, an,
ne WAS tired of the world, anyhow. III
said he had been rich once but ha'
lost all his money, and salt Lake We
such q funny place tAat nobody cogl
get q lob. and he didn't have ana,
money TO get out with. lie said he aS'
told everyb d. ne was going 10 New
York. and he didn't want them 20 know
what had become Of him.
Wanted Body Hid.
He told me TO hide everything Sd
nobody could -ccusnize him if Jhes
happened 90 ind him. and said it they
got hot after me iu e2se his body was
found for me 90 tell them that ! ear
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