Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-04-04
BOYS CONFESSION.
Young Felt smilingly Tells How He
Killed His Victim.

At ll:45 this morning Officer Roberts
arrived at the police station with clyde
Felt In his custody. The boy walked in
to the hall carelessly swinging a lam
tern. He was at once taken into CHIEF
Hilton's private office, where he was IN
terviewed by representative Of the
News" He was asked to make full
statement OF the facts In the case, and
expressed a willingness TO do so. lie
prefaced his statements OF the details
OF the awful crime by saying that he
had known old man Collins since 1900.
and that ever since he made his ac-
quaintance he has been shockingly in
innate with the dead man, who, accord
ing to his tale. was a moral degenerate
OF the worst type, He told the story Ia.
an apparently straightforward manner,
and repeatedly declared he was hold
ing back nothing
ION Monday afternoon" said he, Il
went with Mr.. Collins into Helps hol-
low, and for a long time he walked
around as though looking for some
place. When we got to the cave he
undressed himself, took all his clothes
off and told me he was going TO craA
into the cave TO get some money he had
there Then he asked me to get In
there with him, and ! did. He had
some stakes, Ratchet and rope, and
he told me he wanted me 10 drive the
stakes into the ground and tie his feet
and hands so he could not flop around
and then cut his throat.
Ike begged and begged me to do H.
but l refused. Then he took the rope
and asked me to help tie him with IT,
Al first would not do even that but
he kept begging me and then helped
him wrap the rope around his body.
Both OF his arms we're tied and he laid
down on his back. took the razor
then and made quick cut across his
throat / got scared then because he
began TO flop around and jerked one
Of his arms free"
WASHED OFF BLOOD.
How was Il you did not get any |
blood on your" was asked.
II did" replied the boy smiling. ~ |
took of my coat first but got blood on |
my hands and feet; but guess wore
Il off my shoes. This happened about |
o'clock Monday afternoon. When / |
got scared, 1 got out OF the cave and |
did not complete II. | ran down home I,
knclf anu ~ tue WhSHcu Wv
blood from my hands.
FINISHED JOB TUESDAY.
ION Tesuday. that was the next day,
l went back and finished the Job OF
building up the wall OF the cave, and
then | buried the clothes under
some rocks and never touched
them after that | took the razor
and flung II up on the rocks where
got II from yesterday afternoon for the
police. don't know that that old
butcher knife belonged to Collins.
don't believe he owned II. l put the
towel In the sleeve Of the coat. All
the money | got was $3.50 and | got
q watch and chain"
Why did Collins want to die. Clyde7"
was asked.
~ don't know. Guess ne was lit
lie crazy, or little of" he answered.
Continuing;
BEGGED BEFORE.
"He said the reason he wanted TO die
was because he was sorry for what he
had been doing to US boys. and he was
afraid some one would find II out.
iidn't want TO kill him. but he Just
about made me. He had been coaxing
ne for months 10 do II and he had
,oaxed three other boys 10 do II. Once
he coaxed Harry Potts and me 10 kill
him. When ! got into the cave with
lin didn't know what he wanted 10
10. was scared, and he begged me
% hard and said. Please kill me- II
vas not fixed up between us at all. and
here was not another soul with us.
Ne were all alone and none OF the
ther boys knew anything at all about
T."