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

n M DL lA- A-le- 1-tL dlL llllILg
stories Of alleged suicide probably
ever developed WAS related to the
police officers yesterday afternoon by
clyde Felt
The lad who accompanied Samuel
Collins to the mountains the day he
disappeared came forward with the as
sra0n that Collins cut his own throat
end persuaded him TO wall up the tomb
and dispose Of the teutale evidences of
u deed.
Tbs boys tale o. how he was told Of
H-cd mans intentions, how he waited
90 The lonely hollow while the deed was
being done. then coolly disposed OF the
Eme-covered clothes and kept his Sc
aet % fearful silence lest he should be
arrested. is one hardly paralleled in
fiction He is now being detained i'm
ne custody Of the police while his
story IS being thoroughly Investigated
So strange was the story that the
unIpecteln6ss with which il came al
most paraIyzed the police officers, who
hsye maintained a suicide theory, bEt
The readiness with which the lad pro-
du1ed the fatal razor from its hiding
face and identified the spot in which
ite bloody clothes had been found
earlier 90 the day lett no doubt but
That he had performed the gruesome
task
An Not Yet Explained.
Although the story of the lad clears
up many uncertain points and explodcs
oil The pet theories cl .'ured up by he
police, there rem lin a number of i'm
p1r'ant circumstances SUu under the
Cloud Of mystery. and these. If ex-
lained, 10 is believed may bring forth
sun more startling Developments. As
ye, there is no motive apparent for the
aiese1 suicide, and the mysterious
'a=s-, the Unknown contents cf which
were so strangely guarded by their
owner, cannot be found. The boy ex-
Fins his part in the mysterious affair
~ friendship for the Old man that
caused him TO aCcede under persua-
Sion.
The story told BY young Felt was
i-a,ed 70 officers Gillespie and Rob
r,s as the three walked up the rugged
s-,h towards the secluded cave. and
zane AS the resJlt Of clues furnished
.l other boys icing sprung upon the
..l as a surprise. All the afternoon
.-sse two officers. assisted by Chief
NIXON. the co uty attorney and other
--lcels secured The vicinity of the
na-l-sas searching fer evidence TO
wear ~ th2 affair. To was In this
tFch tLJt Raymond Johnson and
......lIE t---S. CUo companions OF young
-a- Who claimed TO- have seen him
a-lng blood from his hands AT the
N-saJSa spring late Monday afta~-
-.oa. told what they had noticed To
NE officers.
Boy Says It Was Suicide.
WIN this clue I'm their possession
--ctIS Roberts and GiIlesBi- took
l- -5 felt into a secluded Sulcb across
,..il MS house and told him what they
so ~ ieaIleL AT first the boy held
.--y TO the story he related before
~. t.ioher.s jury. bat under the cross
---'-l--a-on of the officers he broke
ana Hlth quivernC lips said.
-..'.' -' 4 haven't done anything You
s.,- even send me to The reform,
800 -ol, and IF YOU viii treat me
~, VIII tell you ALL il was sui
PIG Then told the officers he cou15
tlam the razor with which rbs
l mad been done. and as The s17r-
..,.= -. .---eIS marched him with ex-
s..- Steps lo the cave. he reIatau -
fr. ne told the same Storv. of the
rsrs.-s .-e 'op OF Ensign peak that he
'-,,s-- .s-oIe. bat said that after
h-.- Were be met Collins a baIf
b.-er near the mouth of HaT-s
i--.-5 ana there Collins told him re-
Il NJ. To take his own life and want
d. L.- 70 van up the cave and disposa
--'---a5 after he had done il.
Did Old Mems Bidding.
,-- by said ne protested bat Col
H. INSISTED and after BEING shown
r-.r e Z. De waited down tbs guIcb Z
Co.,, lr deed had been done tba1 re- /
-s---- buried The clothes. hid the
ue-i .-- - vailed zap she cave. He Then
Ing m. l-----l =" aSa-.,a and was remov- /
tan 1000 nom mis- hands when tho
-rrreE. 600 save the clue Thar
.s=T7 forth the story. saw him. m I
E- ne explained that he mad I,fusS /
hands and SO got the blood on his I
tss- nv. s.11-..-oriinary story had hardly
tss 80. eyet when the three ~ssrbs5 /
1-e-., -,= aHa ,he lad pointed un 70 ne /
sg n. l. Us c-iA j.sJ- sou.h Of The ,9vs
ia- M. .-.llls Place Of the Iznffe 5frl-- /
t.=t ,. q rock. he tossed ID abouf rbfTf,-
Jh.--s ne rock wall and bv SOM I
rgr- struck the handle If -be (
tsr rs winch rolled Gown the rlfr
soes ~ ~, ana lodged in a c5amn of 4
began ~ --.- Aes-Jancy whatever tb.. lad
oa-z-s' 70 ascend the bIuf ana with - i1e
hsr5s standing with outz-rs-ot ~ /
scle5 +, % catch him should he fs n.y. 51
aad s- -.g rocks until he got the - - ~
susars5 I l5 il down. Tie blood |
fezrs u s-3de was handed IN -, 49, ~
they av' Nun This liz me- pos ,ss g'
Of one -e. yea back TO the otbs, '' $50
his sro, ana The boy ara i-5s' rs Jotl'5 /
@ig 30 brief. 7"iI related I