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

Immediately he was taken in charge
by Officer Roberts and escorted to the
/ police station. where for hours he was
/ subjected TO the most rigid examina-
tien. AT the same time Henry Potts
l to whom Clyde related the same story
. the evening previous, was ClOsp+-d with
/ other officers and questioned aJou' e
story. The boys differed in som =
tails, but the two stories were II a. ie
/ in the main.
In the outset young Felt related a
story of shocking moral depravity on
/ the part Of Collins. which is looked
upon by the officers and the father of
/ the boy as reason for the lads jeaI-
ously retaining his secret when he had
been pressed so hard to tell all he
knew. He said that Collins was a moral
/ degenerate and the lads fear of this
becoming known was argued by Mr..
Felt and others as q very strong rea-
son for the boy keeping his silence. In
some portions of his story he was con-
Trajectory and in others he made state
ments that throw the circumstances in
TO deeper mystery.
Got Sc From Ola Mans Clothes.
He said Collins gave him a quarter
10 carry his valise up the hill. and
aIter getting there gave him his watch
ana 90 cents, which he said was aT the
chdnge he had. Young Potts though
stated that Felt had told him he got a
- gold piece from Collins vest after
the old man was dead
When confronted with This statement
the lad confessed thai he had the
money He stated that when he found
me cIotnes he saw the gold piece gilt
-ering IN the edge of the vest pocket
ana took 1t out. He then admitted that
ne nad looked through the other pocIz-
cts or the garment, but said he found
Holnlng and had not looked in the
pockets Of the other garments.
i Just saw the money there" said
the boy. and / thought I might as well
take 10 as to leave it in the vest
bought revolver with it and the gun
Is now under the floor at home. I told
my brother that Z bought the gun with
some money l had saved up
Inc boy said he supposed the old
man had overlooked or forgotten that
ne had the money in his pocket.
How the Body Lay.
The boy maintained in his story that
when ne went % the cave to pile tbe
rocks up he looked at the body and If
was lying upon the right side with the
Ldc9 10 the south. He saif ne was
sure the man was dead but. strange to
say when the cave was opened on the
sunday the body was discovered. the
ga ga man lay upon his left side with his
lace to the north
again the boy declared that when no
looked into the cave he couI5 sac ~
rope around the body and did not know
that there was any rome rbara At on
until ne read the account Of the dis
coVery Of the body. He remembered
seeing the stakes in the cave. but had
not seen Collins larry them with him
ne knew nothing, he declared. of the
butcher knife found above the cave
ana did not know how one of the shoes
got on top of the ledge where if v-as
FOUND. He did not remember. seeing
the shoes at ALL
Boy VIII Be Held.
These little discrepancies and the fact
. .-ldt lhe lad admitted freely that he had
lol1 incorrect stories to account for his
5o.u piece and the blood upon his
hlHdS or some of the officers invasti-
saung the matter, as to whether he bs.-
yet told everything he knows abOuf fbe
dIIalr, and he viii be held. it is stated
Cntt every point is thorougbIv sif+ed
Inc poy says he has told am he l-nov-s
9Ild the only reason why he has NOT
uuHe 50 before was because he v-as
-'tidld 20 make his part in the affair
SHOWN lest It should get him into from
Young Felt has never breatbAd %
word or hint Of his secret to his fam
ly' ana IL was not until after he bs5
oeen taken TO the police station fbaf
ms parents were made aware of his
strange connection with the case The
Iahlily were seated at the dinner table
ne. y -lsH lne WGG1 was brought to them
nat Ciyue mad confessed to playing
Part IN me bells hollow mystery
ana was then L. the custody of the
police. The shock TO the parents was
severe vas
T :her Meets Boy at Jail.
AIr. Felt hurried to the police station
ana 10 earnest anxiety for ms son
urged MIN 10 tell everything he 49,
ply could TO clear up the whole thine
II remained with him until late AZ
night 5ut the mother. upon the adj
wee or Mr. Felt. did not visit the bov
Fl-ed with the spirit Of boyhood that
iesards nothing as serious. young. Fe,t
IA -ilr StatluA ana, Win youthful
IssuesSneSs ouDbiing over, told his
sloIy thout a break OF hesitation. he
is II years OF age. and while strong
end healthy. is not very large for a
lad OF his age. He is mere bow in
knee trousers. He shrank from no
loriety and begged that his story be
hot given 10 the public. but il was the
wish of his father that he make =
GEAR ana Ihorougn statement of ali he
knew 70 the represf natives of the Da-
PeFs. and with so9e hesitancy he did
so
M Felt was deeply grieved over the /
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