Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-04-13


City. He begged them for a drink of
water. but none of them would give 1t
to him They took him to Lake City,
and swore out a warrant against him
and companion. charging them with as
sault with intent to commit rape.
They reported that the other Elder had
gotten away. but that they had cap
tured this one. that they wanted blood
hounds to put on the trail Of the other
one. and had warrant placed in the
hands Of the officer for the arrest of Ell
der Bertoch
ELDER BERToCH ARRESTED
After he had been driven OFF, he
went Immediately to the house OF some
friends. a few miles distant, for help,
and they were going To Lake City when
the officer met them. and placed him
under arrest. The report that these
men circulated that these Elders had
made an assault and that Elder Bertoch
had escaped, caused great deal OF ex-
element A large crowd gathered, and
men began to go to town. well armed
to take part in any job that should
come up. The preliminary hearing f.
nally came off and Elder Bertoch was
cleared, and the magistrate had become
convinced that Elder Olpin was OF un-
sound mind, so he acquitted the former
and committed the latter TO the county
jail at kingstree, where met him three
days later.
THE PRELIMINARY HEARING.
"On the preliminary hearing. the
Stewart women testified as have stat
ed above. There was no insulting
remarks made, They did not put the
Mckenzie girl on the stand but the
men swore that after they had turned
Olpin loose he went to the Mckenzie
home and used insulting language to
the girl, who. by the way, Is cousin
TO Mr. Floyd. As her testimony had
not been taken I'm court. | went out 10
see her and got her statement. and
she says that Olpln never said an i'm
proper word to her, In fact. did not
speak to her She was in the house
alone, her brother, 1l-years-old being
outside the door She saw Olpin turn
toward the house, and so went out the
backdoor, and stood in the lot tn the
trouble was over, and was a witness to
the abuse that the men heaped upon Oh
pin as soon as they came up TO him.
the boy stood In the door and saw all
that happened after the men came up
to Olpin in front Of their home.
a MOST BRUTAL ASSAULT.
/ took the statements of all the psr-
ties who knew anything about the az
fair so far as | could learn, except the
Stewarts and Flyods, and made written
notes of the same. We have plenty of
evidence to show that Olpin was treat
ed as | have stated land the half can
not be told In writing) after these par
ties had bound him, assisted by Elder
Bertoch, who held him all the time till
help came. and who told them that o.
pin was insane The assault was n
most brutal one. Two OF the men who
saw only part Of it. declared to me
that for two nights they could not
close their eyes in sleep for thinking of
IL.
Il have just telephoned 10 Columbia
70 ascertain Elder Olpin's condition.
Or. Thompson informed me that his
wounds are healing nicely. The cuts
on his head are nearly we'll He had
thought that his left arm was broken,
but had determined that II was only a
badsprain. His condition, mentally,
however, was not improved. he is still
confused In his ideas, and at times is
noisy ! gave him the Information con-
veyed TO me in your letter just at hand.
to the effect that his mind has been
troubled before. and trouble OF this
kind has been In his family before.
That would seem to furnish the key to
the question Of the cause Of the trouble
Iii is probably hereditary. From the
information that | could furnish the
doctors. they were unable 10 assign a
cause for the malady."
WIFE WAS ALARMED. :
In connection with the above II may
hn nil I'm alnaln nArIlAa.