The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-04-03
STRANGE MAN AND WOMAN
FIGURE IN COLLINS CASE
Victim Seen to Go Towards HeIPS Hollow in Com
Osny With Mysterious Person tuesday Morning.
sas Witnessed by Hsghbors That Throw Still Darker Veil
Over Afair-COrOnsrs Jury Says Murder.

STRANGE man and woman nave
1 -,r entered into the Hell hollow
u MYSTERY. and their strange actions
,-. r-ar linked ia O. peculiar
.r with The sudden disappearance
III tragic death OF Samuel Collins,
t,s secluded tomb was found by the
f chance. Could these two
,gars De found the web Of mystery
.sgt the tragedy might be swept away
III The dark motives for the still
darker deed De clearly explained.
Do develops now that Collins was
AN TUeyd.y morning after the Mon
5.y he was supposed TO have disap-
-5r-d. going into EeH's hollow with
Grange man. aEd he was never seen
81 come back. Thee days later this
Granger. 10 company -ith mysterious
rrran appeared at Collins home, at
ts Wasarka b1tt.ing works, unlocked
rHs door. and. after going through his
rrlments. disappeared. Neither have
I5zr seen OF heard Of since. The woman
lad been seen 20 make frequent visits
n collins home -revi -usly, and her
strange actions caused the neighbors
30 sal her the mysterious woman
Jurys Verdict of Murder.
collins was seen by a. neighbor to lock
Dts door and put the key i'm his pocket
when be started for the hills Tuesday
morning. an@ the stranger. who ap-
pared on Friday. took a key from his
pocket 90 Oct himself and his COM
umm at0 the building
This new evidence was not brought
b.ors the c0rouers jury, but upon the
sri.Hce introduced the jury returned
B verdict yesterday holding that Col
lns was murdered by some unknown
uHy OF parties. The search for fur
tiu evidence throwing fight upon the
case Tas Kept up yesterday. and the
officers say d. win be continued with
Tsi0lhied energy now
Up TO yesterday afternoon it was SUD-
posed that C0ilirs was never seen alive
after DE left yUahS clyde Felt at the
summit of Ensign peak about 8 O'Clock
a,cay afternoon, and told the boy he
would probably not see him again. as
h Intended TO take a train 60 New
York. Late in the afternoon. however,
fIH6 Page. laborer who lives at
ai N0rJh Second West street. within
le IDS of the Wasatka buildine.
ri-'e .1rtard with tne stEtcmeht that
BE- NW Collins al the building ON Tuas-
Gay morning following the Monday he
"1al TO Ensign peak with young Felt.
Saw Collins Tuesday.
~ una little early that morning
sad Page. "and before going to work
! vent 90 Che spring at the Wasatl5a
Guiding to set some water for the
house. IL was about Z O'clock when
started out and when / got to the
sllls Collins was there I'm his shirt
Sleeves getting a bucket of water. Be
lore 1 quite got there 7 saw him rinse
.-e bucket out take a drink. and. after
.llls The bucket he went back into
.l5 '-lling- lie was inside before /
90 him.
! kaow it was he. because / have
A-9"h MIN ever since T lived there
guy i Know it was Tuesday morning
.s,alse that morning 7 failed TO get
,-5 "ofs / expected ana went To notice
-'r where / listened TO a case that
vas being tried"
,. .--s story makes it an evident fact
,''- ''-lHS was uu. murE cred afon7sv,
.--7-,' ana ne stony told by Mrs. Page
-. -" l-.-ins 90 into the hollow with
i..5 ''sdseI tends to- stiU further esr7b- /
~. 'ae .ntory that Collins was dealt
--. ..I lo1i-y, and that there is a daars1.
mystery than Is even 5r-.--.-.....s
las tragedy. ''' 'a1A OF I
Saw Collins With Stranger.
,- st" &r Collins come ont op tbs
.'. 5ss,A3 building between DO and N
pA Tuesday morning" sas5 Sr-.
.--5 .--A seen yesterday af+arnooD .
l.s-.s =. .Ae door behind him. He
s..- ans walking cane against the .
F.g -. s-l d saw him Slip the kew INFO
~ pocket He was dressed II, .
v.,- - -1... suit he usually wore and
i-- -,--iS n his hand but the vail .
-.-t 1' started up the hin Ha .sr,. D
-s,... -F oy our house and at firs+ 7 (
t---ss DE was Comiug I'm. ont be
s-5 a ross 90 the linn, kiln -
ID 'g4t u1 the hiI towards the boI- {
v5-s happened 90 be i'm fbs ~ f
En- -sN minutes later. and Saw,
h,r-.-' -.--.S UP the path towards /. an. .
.rL "--- q strange man.
ff-, were both walking very ,.- /
r5-s Guy. soon disappeared 5ysr ~ .
-s9 I'.o t1e hollow. I ann .s-t-'s-. ~ I
sau 81 . la with him and u-b.,, Y +
hsd -1-. ss-.5ser I Wo-dtred where he /
mora .L-. -.'alr 1u- Thought nofbiTr .
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