The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-09-21
CAREER on HooPER YOUNG.
his Relatives Say He Was Always
Unsound Mentally.

Unsound Mentally.
William Hooper Young. wanted in
New York for the murder of Mrs. Jo-
seph Pulitzer, was a well known char
acter in salt Lake In the early sos. He
is the son OF John ". and Mrs Eliza
beth Garfield Young, and is about Is
years old. One who knew him well
IN 1894 and 1885. through business as
sociations with him. said yesterday
that Hooper always seemed TO be
rather uns0und mentally. inasmuch as
he was continually doing strange and
erratic things. which We're explainable
in no other way. The boy. as he was
then. always displayed a melancholy
temperament. but no one who knew
him dreamed that this phase of his ma
ture would drive him into any serious
crime. Since the announcement OF the
1nding OF papers and notes relating 10
blood atonement' among the effects
which he left behind, there are those
who knew him who thing that the
probable use of drugs. to which habit
he is said 10 have become addicted,
and a naturally weak mental balance,
has unhinged his mind, and made him
insane upon this subject, so that the
murder. II committed by him, was the
result Of the wild fancies of a disor-
dered brain.
The connection OF William Hooper
Young's name with the murder of Mrs.
Joseph Pulitzer was a great shock TO
members Of the Young family in this
city. His relatives here are generally
opposed TO discussing the matter. but
a brother. william Van Colt Young.
that his brother Hooper had been in
sane for the past two years. He has
another brother. William. who is at
tending the Agricultural collage. and
an aunt, Mrs. Jeanette Young EastOn,
who recently returned 10 salt Lake
from a visit OF several weeks in New
York. During her stay there she saw
her nephew. but declined to discuss the
matter yesterday.
one OF Hooper's cousins, in Speaking
OF his relative. said that he had al
ways been considered unbalanced by
other members Of the family. He left
Salt Lake in 1893. going 10 Arizona,
where he remained until 1895. when he
returned here. He tried newspaper
work for a time. but was not success /
ful. He then went 10 Butte, where he
worked short time fer the Butte
Miner, and then went 70 Seattle. where
he engaged in the insurance business,
and also started a small paper, both
ventures proving failures. A well
known business man Of Salt Lake met
him tn Butte in July of last year Al
though the weather was very warm
Young was wearing a fur cap pulled
down over his ears and complained of
the cold. He was pennileSs and defect
ed in appearance. Shortly afterwards
Young met Richard +. Amer In Butte.
and the twain went TO Hoboken and
started the Hoboken Crusader, a po-
tittcai journal The partnership was
dissolved In June of this year, and
since then Hooper has been living
principally by his wits, as his father.
John ". Young, firing OF his sons
constant drains upon his resources,
practically left him TO shift for him
self
His relatives here do not believe that
the young man will flee here. and
think it extremely probable that he
VIII attempt 10 leave the United
States, II he has not already done so.
The fact that he shipped the trunk to
Chicago. and that he told a friend that
he was going 70 the Rocky mountains,
is believed to be evidence that he is
going in an entirely different direction,
for II is argued that II he committed
the murder charged 10 him, he would
not have been so foolish 10 announce
the direction he was going. unless he
Intended il as a blind 10 cover some
other retreat.
William Hooper Young is the son OF
John ". Young, who is a brother OF
Apostle Brigham Young, and OF Mrs.
George W. Thatcher OF Logan. His
father, John W. Young, is known on
this continent and in Europe as a dar-
ing and skinful promoter. During his
residence in Utah he built the narrow
gauge road 20 Park City and also built
a line in Arizona. He afterwards got
into financial difficulties here and lived
abroad for a time, after which he re-
moved 70 New York. where success
crowned his efforts once more. He is
now rated as one OF the foremost pro- I
motors and fnanciers In New York, /
where he owns a handsome residence. !
When al home he has been accustomed !
10 entertain all visitors OF his faith in |
New York In most lavish manner,
and his home there has been the Nee
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