The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-07-20
DARK WOMAN NOT
MRS. HAW0RTH
Sheriff Satisfied She Was Not
With Ryan.
OFFICERS ARE NOW AT SEA
VARIOUS CLUES ARE RUN Dowu
FRUITLESsLY.

CHERIFF Emery secured evidence
y yesterday which convinces him
that the wife of the condemned
convict toward whom suspicion has
pointed, had nothing whatever to Do
with the murder of William Y. Ryan.
the peddler who was killed on Little
Cottonwood creek more than a week
ago. He also feels sure that the other
two women WHO had been under sus-
picion are not the ones wanted. In
fact, the officers admit that they are
like a ship at sea without a compass.
as for knowing what to do or which
way to turn next. They are following
down every possible clue. but so far
they all result in no important devel-
opments. No one who saw the woman
companion OF the peddIer had ever seer.
her before, nor since, and thus the
matter stands. The murderers have
disappeared as completely as though
they had been swallowed up and the
officers are casting about grasping at
every straw with the hope that il may
prove something substantial to tie to.
1t Is game Of blind mans buff i'm the
dark.
which lift suspicion from the women
who have been watched. the officers are
beginning to believe that the murder
ers were not residents of this state at
all bat followed him from somewhere
else and took the train out of here as
soon as the deed was done.
Fail to Identify Woman.
Yesterday the men who saw Ryan and
the unknown woman who camDed with
him at Beck's Hot springs were taken
before Mrs. Nick Haworth. wife Of
the man now in the Utah penitentiary
under sentence Of death, for the pur-
pose Of Identifying her. They imme-
diately assured the sheriff that she
was not the woman they saw. Both
men say they would know Ryan's COM
panion at a glance should they see her
again and their prOmptness in de
claring the prisoners wife not the one
cOnvinces the officers that she is limo
cent The sheriff has not yet satisfied
himself as TO the other two women
but persons who saw the woman with
Ryan and have seen these women, de-.
clare that neither is the one wanted
As a consequence, the sheriff has prsc-
ucaily abandoned further investigation
IN connection with their actions ne-v
tack VIII be taken now and under the
theory that the murderers took the
train after the deed was done. everv-
thing possible viii be done to locate
any suspicious characters fitting the
description of the murderers. that may
be found in any of the surrounding
states.
Try to Trace Movements.
In the meantime the officers here. in
Ogden and at Bingham Junction are
trying TO trace every move of Ryan
~ T-ra
was murdered. The task is proving
a rather difficult one for there are SOW
eral gaps that cannot be satisfactorily
filled UP. These Investigations have re-
suited in the discovery that Ryan was
in Ogden June 27th, but where he
stayed or when he left is not known.
1t is the theory of the officers that he
left Ogden the night OF June 5Oth. for
he appeared at Beck's Hot springs the
morning of July LIST. AT this place is
the first trace the officers can get of
the strange woman. She was seen
walking down the road from the north
20 his camp. Where she came from
the officers are absolutely unable 10
learn. for no one north Of the springs
in Davis county saw Ryan or this
woman On July she disap-
peared toward the north and re-
turned the morning of July 3rd Sheriff
AIDE for the purpose of meeting an
ally. probably to inform him as to the
future movements of Ryan. Thel
there is a gap and the next time the
party can be located is IN Salt Lake
at a feed yard. Then they appeared
ut Bingham Junction and camped ncsr
WiTchesteT's ranch for two or three
days. The woman remained with hiIu
but no other man had been seen up TO
this time. The thread is again picked
up at Murray, where Ryan purchased
some clothing for the woman. Still
no third party appeared. In fact, the
man in the case has been seen but
once and that was only a short time
before the murder.
Seen by Campfire.
A man happened to be walking by
the camp Of Ryan on Little Cottonwood
on the fatal Saturday night. It was
about S o'clock and too dark for the
pedestrian, who was making his way
home. to distinguish the features OF
any one. AS he walked by the camp
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