The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-10-30
SALT LAKE WOMAN May HAVE
MET A FRIGHTFUL DEATH
Sisters Of Mrs. Ruth Vale Appeal to Sheriff to
Learn Truth of Washington Tragedy
Med Dastu9n the Forests and Her Body Buried in Shallow
Grave by Seven Little Children

WITHOUT food to eat and with
scarcely enough clothing 10 cover
" raa.r bodies g. family of seven
.,ssrs believed t1 Dog the children
SILT Lake woman, have been
--5 I.lae u "a miserable SHACK in
Il 8ss5ata woods of Clallam county,
r,.ssstou. miles away from any per-
~ and with nothing bat a slow and
,-5- death staring them in the
s.. Before tbe door OF the desolate
-rt is % grave dug by the hands OF
~ children. where rests all that is
-,rr.r .f tha mother. who sU,Cumbed
.r--f weeks ago to the ravases OF
isHuHon. The father iJ Is believed,
nsrI O. grave at the bottom Of the
L5lg.
me children, the oldest OF whom "A
b0r OF bu. d. years have. since
t death OF their mother lived, 20
~. knows how, .n those lonely and
H.su.e woods untll they were found
.anuuy O. few days ago. So far
Is Is known they are stil there,
The children 8rr believed 20 be those
a. 1lrs. Ruth ToNHes, who was form
sfy Mrs. Ruth Vale of this city. Mrs
VsIe has three sisters living here, who
afe confident that the lonely grave in
hose woods contains the remains of
ls.r sister and that the destitute or
-hsls are her children. They have APP
aItd 90 sheriff NlyIOr % assist them
d establishing the Identity Of the
a.lf5u and the county officers are
DONG an Ia their power 90 get some
Information from Washington about
.e little ones.
Sisters Live Here.
The Salt Lake women who believe
tst The orphans are the children Of
heir sister are Mrs. Sarah Moore. lt1
North seventh West; Mrs. celia Hall,
90 South West Temple, and Mrs. An
-s saunders. a. North Temple. all Of
whom are well known IN this city.
Ms Vale. although she has not been
h.rt Tor several years, was a we'll
E0Hn and popular young woman
when she resided In salt Lake.
The Information that led the sisters
"a this city 20 believe that the orphans
Vafe their relatives was contained in
g dispatch from Washington, printed
several days ago. containing an ac-
um, OF the discovery of the children.
This zen under the ewes OF the sis
's-s and rom The facts related thew
te confident that the children are
lo5e Of Mrs. Vale
The account az the conditions under
Which the children were found living
q story of death, starvation and
a-erns almost beyond belief. The
-s,overy or the children was made by
some wandering traveller who came
-5a The lonely cabin and reported
DE conditions he found there al the
l.ilest town. The shack Is situated
y .he deso.a-e woods OF Clallam coun-
N and Is seven miles from the near
~ ranch and many times that far
Ion amy town. The house itself is but
q oae-roomed hut omen 10 the lev
a.lS's ot the northern winter. and pro-
'lle- With no comforts NJ all. In this
ABODE We're found the seven children.
-..as ~ the most abject misery. The
o.l7s, child is "a boy OF Is years. and
'ar Oldest cir. is only . years OF age.
Buried Their Mother.
Before Che door of the shack was a
sa-..'N gave where lay the remains
Of poe mother who had died amid that
misery and las-.u-ion months before.