The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-09-21
THE DAYS DEVELOPMENTS.
Mormon Missionaries Slept During
Death Struggle.


New York. Sept. 20.-Further inter-
esting developments occurred today in
the unraveling Of the mystery sur
rounding the murder of Mrs. Anna
Pulitzer. A restaurant manager, Louis
Bowker, was found who said he was
well acquainted with William Hooper
Young. for whom the police are look
ing in connection with the crime. Mr..
Bowker said that Young had been a
constant customer at his place. eating
luncheon almost every evening up 10
about three months ago. On Thursday
night. Bowker says, a young man called
at the restaurant and said:s
do you know William Hooper
Young?" On Bowker replying in the
affirmative, the stranger said:
"Well, here is the key TO his apart
ments; will you kindly take charge OF
it?"
Bowker took the key and the man
left. About $3.50 the same evening the
same man returned. Has Young been
in YETI" he asked.
Bowker told him he had not.
II will wait a little while for him.
said the other, and he remained for
about fifteen minutes. At the expfra-
ton of that time he said he would wait
no longer and at first asked for the key,
later changing his mind and asking
Bowker 10 retain possession of 1t until
Young should call.
Key to Young's Room.
Last night when BoWker heard OF the
connection Of Young with the murder,
he sought a policeman and told him the
story and handed him the key.
An Interview was obtained today
with three Mormon elders who are &C.
cupying part of the apartment used
by Young. They are Clarence Snow.
Lawrence Taylor and J. L. Woods
They are all young men and gave evil
dences OF having passed a restless
night. Mr. Taylor, acting as spokes-
man. said:
The enemies of the Mormon church
accuse its members of practicing the
blood atonement. There is nothing in
il. and this crime could not have been
committed through any ideas of Nor
monism that this young man may have
possessed. He was outside OF our
church and we wanted nothing to do
with him."
Blood Atonement Note.
In connection with the blood atone
ment" note found in the apartment.
Taylor insisted that he had nothing TO
do with the Mormon church.
Elder Taylor said that when he and
his companions came from Utah, John
W. Young told them they might have
the use OF his apartment during their
stay In this city On July l. Mr.. Young
and his daughter sailed for Europe. A
few days later William Hooper Young
came 10 the house and demanded to
have the use OF one room. As he ap-
peared TO have his fathers consent he
was permitted to occupy a room. A
letter which one of the elders received
from John W. Young, written in Eu-
rope. confirmed the sons right to have
the use OF a room.
Motive Was Robbery.
Captain Titus of the detective bureau
ernphatically declared today that the
motive OF the murder was robbery. he
says the diamond earrings which Mrs.
Pulitzer wore were valued al $3.50 and
evidently have been pawned
Captain Titus further says:
This man Young has lived in St
Paul, Minneapolis and Dubuque, and
letters from all OF these places were
found in his room. On Tuesday last
he borrowed IS from man whom he
had told that he was in hard luck and
did not have a cent"
Captain Titus then told Of his visit to
the apartments on West Fifty-eighth
street. He said ne found there three
empty beer bottles. One Of the bottles
had a crystanized appearance, and he
thought the woman had first been
drugged BY some narcotic In the beer
and afterward knocked in the head The
room showed no signs Of a struggle but
blood was scattered everywhere