The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-05-25


r,va hecn murdered. and eV-
Ptoi5ts-.,r7ent or accessory connected
ery I ..r.. mr. directly with the deed de-
re1i9,5 mrs have rolled by. perhaps
slD.,Dt parties have suffered TOT the
il,rss when of a sudden, under rear
ol.4-,tr 0r. more likely. the threaten
or md of suspicion pointed at them,
Ls -sfon has followed pace, or such
co.--l-.-,.a arises as to leave nc doubt
e,itsIfr ruHt The slightest incidents
@. rhine. "a knife, n set Of teeth the
lsraF man wore, words afterWdrd
- when under the influence OF
sly- liquors have brought many a
sIo9 =, Tvhuru tree. In the ceiebrat-
lar 1--tu4n case which occurred more
90 baIf a century ago i'm Boston. the
ma, nv, structure of the jaw of DR..
.l-,an Identified by "A dentist who
enc time previously filed some
H. 49, teeth. was the clinching point
q -.i5enca that led TO the complete
q -.is,aff0n of the remains found in
5;sssltfnr room vault of the med
-onoge With which Professor Web
l, mas connected. and 90 his suisse
mi ronfcssion and execution. I'm the
e.s-sfed case of Eugene Aram. inn
.-tslizeF by Bulwer i'm a novel and
~, Hood finn q poem, near a lifetime
w rolled bv before the school master
l soorabended for murder commit
lifetime before. Tn the case of
p,-rv BoWsheU, hung years since at
isGlieofhe. q spot of blood on his coat
80 which the flies lowered. led 20
N. bai0g suspected and eventually
l,.-v for the murder of John w. Sew
.T onc7 of this city. In the tOll-gate
-,r-5er of the old man and woman a
go of the assailant's pantalOOns. torn
~i+ by keen dog that ran from under
III he'd and "a torn piece of country
r.vgDqppr. were all the cleWs the de-
.sstfvcs had to go upon. But they were
r-arrinr. Murder viii not always out,
srt fsr-seeing must he the perpetratOr.
srefuI TO- leave out a shadow Of a
race of his crime. looking far into the
tture and counting on the range Of
-5ssfbIe contingencies, must be the
mind of the man who would put up the
IN So that it will stick. A thousand
-efereseeu circumstances, which at the
ane may De suspicious light as air,
nav In time come to be proofs as con-
s-mqtorv as Holy Writ. Some of the
Hght circumstances that have brought
MYSTERIOUS crimes to light are related.
Saws Walter Scott I'm a letter to Mr..
vorritt of Robeby Park: Your h0rrid
sorry reminds me of one I'm Galloway.
rben the perpetrator of the murder
"a poor idiot girl was discovered by
means of the print of his foot. which
ta left upon the clay floor of the cot
aze In the death struggle. 1t pleased
haren-for nothing short of a miracle
could have done ito enlighten the
understanding of an old ram-headed
sheriff who was usually nick-named
Teatherhead.' The steps which he
took 90 discover the murder were most
SPACIOUS AS the poor girl was soon
% become q mother-fOr il was not a
asc of vioIation-it was pretty clear
hat her paramOur did the deed, and
u8iiy so that he must be a native
the district. The sheriff caused the
mister To- advertise from the pulpit
that the girl would be buried on a par
t-ular day. and that all persons in the
-aIghb0rhOOd were invited 90 attend
the funeral to show their detestatiOn OF
such an enormous crime. as we'll as &c
eyi1ce their own innocence. This was
sure TO bring the murderer to the fu-
neral When the people were assem-
bed in the kirk the doors were locked
by The sheriffs order. and the shoes OF
ai the men were examined: that OF
tbe murderer was detected by the
measure OF the foot. tread. etc, and a
peculiar mode in which the sole Of one