The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-04-03

I mind until Friday morning after that"
continued Mrs. Page, when / saw this
same rIau and a strange woman 60
into the Wasatka building and go to
! Collins rooms. The woman was dressed
in a gray suit with a black coat and
+ GainsDorough hat She came from the
/ direction of North salt Lake, and met
/ the maH just below the Wasatka
works. Ihey then returned to the
building and I saw the man pull a key
from his pocket and unlock the front
door. They entered and a few moments
later I saw him walk to the window in
Collins room. in the front part Of the
second l'oUr. and pull the curtains
down light They remained there for
half hour or more, then came out,
one at a time. and disappeared towards
the car line. ] didn't see whether they
took the car or not
u know the man was the same one
whom ] saw on the hills with Collins
because i recognized his clothes and
ha- Immediately, and remarked shat
there was the man who went into the
hollow with Collins.
II paid special attention to them be
cause / mad seen the woman about the
Wasatka before, and her actions had
aroused or suspicious that there was
something wrong I'm her visits to the
place. Her dress was stylish and at
tracted attention
Mr.. Page said he saw the woman
visit the Wasatka on two other occa-
Slons but a short time before the dis
appearance Of Collins. II was sitting
az the front window only a short time
ago, said he, when I noticed the
woman coming from the direction of
the copper plant and go into the Wa
Satka. She remained there about q
half hour or more, then came out and
disappeared in the direction from
which she had come. Another day, a
snort time afterwards, ] saw her come
again and that time, after she had re-
malned there a short time, Collins came
to the door with her and stood talk
ing Tor few minutes before she went
away.
Her actions were so peculiar, and we
always referred to her as the 'mys-
ferrous woman, but we couldn't find
out who she was or what She did
there"
Nc One Knew Her
Others in the vicinity were found
VINO had seen the woman and had heir
curiosity aroused by her strange visits.
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she was or whore she came from.
When the dead body of Collins was
round, these strange and apparently /
Mighty significant facts were vfvidlv /
recalled to the meECries Of Mr.. and
MIS-. Page, and they stated that they
were willing to teh everything they /
knew TO the officers to aid them in fer /
Ittlng the mystery to the bottom.
Inc development of these facts place /
an entirely different phase upon the
aEair and throw the whole into a still
more tangled mystery. 1t is certain /
mat Collins did not die in tn cave /
Monday hight, ard tire question now is.
ala he die there Tuesday. and was tba j
strange man the party. or one of the 1
parties, who welded the fatal bIade2 /
Ihen what part, if any. did this mvs- /
ferrous woman play in the affair. and /
what transpired when the two visited 1
the Wasatka building Friday and dis
appeared?
Another Question that is to be solved /
now is, what did Collins do with his .
valise he carried TO the mountain Mon /
aay. and when did he return from the /
hills? ''0
Think They Saw Collins.
Two other parties were found yester-
DAY who think they saw Collins as lare
as clock Tuesday night. These are /
hoInds Glfhn, who lives at 40 North /
second West street and Herbert Row
an who lives in the city and reached !
me Warm Springs just as the O'Clock
entire street car arrived. As the car
passed them they looked in and /
thought they saw Collins. but as The
car was moving rapidly they are not
certain whether it was he Rowan did
not see him at the building that night
on Jhe next morning, and has not seen
him since
Rowan was. however. able to throw
NSht upon the reason Of Collins pro-
l,oSed TRIP TO New York. He stated
lual MS children and some others
7. aimed Collins got telegram from his
sister IN New York. saying she yvas
critically III and asking him IN ,o,1s
Immediately. The children did not see
the telegram, but claim thar Collins
sold them about it,
Another discovery Yesterday rbot
cIlncheS The murder theory was made
az lne cave by Officer Roberts. He re-
owed the big 300-P0und rock i'm the
3pehlng and found clotted blood be-
Blood Under Rock.
me rock was sunk into the soft earth
some three or four inches. and it is
taken as conclusive that the blood
could not have ran under the rock has
u oeen placed IN position before the
blood was spilled.
Inc whole force of city prisoners was
,aheh 10 lne cave yesterday morning
anu the earth was dug out and thor
a q in
weapon that might have been hidden
lhefe, but nothing was found
search in the Wasatka BUILDING how
ever revealed a pair of buggy shafts
from which the sharpened stakes found
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