The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-07-17
REWARD IN RYAN
MURDER CASE
Sheriff Emery viii Ask That
$500 Be Hung Up.
LEARNS MORE ABOUT WOMAN
IDENTITY NAY BE LEARNED IN
A SHORT TIME.

n HERIFF EMERY viii ask the board
Of county commissioners today to
offer a reward Of $500 FOR infor-
nation resulting in the arrest and con-
viction of the man and woman who
murdered William y Ryan east OF
Murray Saturday night.
Il believe that -he Offering of a re-
ward may result in bringing out im-
pOrtant Information which would other
wise be concealed from the officers,
said the sherim last evening. This
murder is ono of the worst crimes th91
has ever been committed in this part OF
the country and / feel that the county
authorities should leave no stone un-
turned 10 bring the guilty persons 10
3 justice This much is owed 10 society
I The murder was planned deliberately.
/ 1t was cold FLOODED and horrible In an
I its details. There We're no mitigating
/ circumstances. The motive was rob-
berry and murder was committed on the
1 theory that dead men tell no tales.
7 1T is slow work following out all the
; clues and mean While the criminals are
getting farther land farther ahead Of
/ the officers Wg'haVe had almost moth
ing on which TO work aud time is valu-
4 able I think much time nasfy be saved
and important information &ainkd By
lOffering a reward. ~
Learn More About Woman.
Sheriff Emery and Deputy Cowan
/ spent the greater part of yesterday In
Ogden and the vicinity trying TO learn
the identity Of the woman who ac-
eompanied Ryan. They believe they
have almost succeeded and there may
be further developments ON this line
soon.
Sheriff Emery drove over 90 Uintah
to see William Long. with whom Ryan
boarded at one time. Mr.. Long said
Ryan had talked with him about taking
a certain woman who had had trouble
with her husband with him on his
tours. This woman had a child. but
she was willing to leave the child.
Present indications are that she is the
woman who finally did go with Ryan.
Sheriff Bailey of Weber county and
members of the Ogden police depart
: ment acted with Sheriff Emery in work
ing on the case. One CieW which III was
hoped would lead TO the arrest of the
woman was followed 10 the end. but IT.
led to the wrong woman. Last night
the officers suspected a woman wls9 re-
Gently came here from Bingham JuFfc-
. ton. having rad trouble with her hus-
; band In some respects she answered.
the description Of the woman who traF-
eled with Ryan, bat d little investiEa-
ton disclosed beyond a doubt that she
had been in ogden CONTINUOUSLY since
G s5e RI Enisry rs oh at 2a5
oelocz yesterday 3l Sf1oqA coming (.
Salr "a r. Before learll he dcr7T1
to so oveA into Davis ~ g. 7ns
deputy for 49, - -
from residents along In tfe
woman really travelled with Ryan from
Ogden or whether she might have
Joined him some place else
{ Gray Team Theory Exploded.
Sheriff Emery is pretty well con-
WINGED that the murderers. immediate
ly after committing the crime Saturday
, night, came to Salt Lake and took the
, first train out. probably the Oregon
Short Line train that leaves for the
north at 1890 a. m The theory that
, they left behind a gray team has been
! exploded. 1t was learned yesterday
afternoon that the gray team seen sun
p day near the place belonged to VIII
4 liam Smith of Murray, who was taking
his family for an outing They went
o in a surry drawn by a gray team and
p in a single buggy When they stopped
: ] across the creek from the scene OF tho
n murder they saw the wagon. but OBJ
served no living person in the vicinity
3 The mysterious persOnages seen fol
@ lowing gray team UP Parley's can
yen 10 EaAk A4Ags u W mum many ~
f ports have come in from various ex-
q cited persons proved last night to b.
/. +. L. Bagby and George A. White tive
k newspaper men on a vacation FISHING
/. trip.
Can Indentify the Woman.
A witness who may prove VALUABLE
= in Identifying the woman was discOv
cred yesterday in the person of Edwarl
e Ottley of Murray. He was coming HON
= from Bingham Junction Wednesda.
n when he met Ryan and the womaT
= She was sitting on the seat of the w
Ia gon combing her long black hair
! looked sQuarely in her face and
"a I ticed that she was a brunette. aDQ
70 to % years of age, dressed in
- waist and dark skirt. with a loI
= watch chain about her neck.
n tley feels sure he could identify
n he saw her again.
"a The officers ran down a cleW at
= yesterday without encouraging resA
n II was reported that a man and a Wd
n man answering the description of IN
supposed murderers had been in IN
IA vicinity early last week selling spec
! tacles from a wagon. The woman ar
"a swered in a general way TO the ce
he scriptiOn given. she IS said TO hay
90 disappeared about Wednesday and {
he have reappeared with the man Sea
"a or Monday. wearing a hlack--lk wais
No great weight is giE=-T this story q
It is believed tlss'Inurderers left the
part OF thA country Immediately aftC