The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-12-29
WILL NOW LOOK
FOR THE TWO MEN
Officers Believe Mrs. Bout0n
Was Cutler Mountain Victim.
TRAILS PROVE MISLEADING
DENIAL FROM EASTERN CHEM
ICAL COMPANY.
TRAILS PROVE MISLEADING

OLORADO SPRINGS. Colo, Dec. 2S
~ What vas depended upon as one
of the strongest sources of infor-
nation on what mas become of Mrs. Bes-
sle Bouton, the supposed victim Of the
! Cuuer mountain tragedy, resulted this
morning in setback to the investiga-
I Iioh when telegram was received from
view York pur9Orting 70 come from the
j. Parker Pray Chemical Manufacturing
company, for whom Mrs. Bouton claimed
to be travelling representative, stating
| that this firm rad no such agent on the
road. Chief If Police Reynolds is not
| satisfied with this telegram. however.
and has wired TO New York again ask
ing for further particulars as to nc
movements of Mrs. BOutOn. baSing his
repeated inquiry on the fact that Mrs.
| Anna Bethnan, a local hairdresser. or
dered goods hrOugh Mrs Bouton from
this firm and received the goods. delfv-
cry being I'm the regular course with the
Chemical Manufacturing company as the
shipping party.
Police Still Confident.
1t IS believed that the inquiry became
/ mixed up in .-ansmssiOn and the police
/ are still confident that they are on the
! track Of the woman who was murdered
on Cutler mountain. Other inquiries sent
I out today are to Syracuse 70 the rela-
tiVes Of Mrs. Bouton. seeking to ascertain
the name OF he dentist who performed
the work on Inc teeth Of Mrs. Bouton.
| upon the receipt OF whose address he
|
work done in ne mouth Of the woman
whose body WIS found Dec. L. It being
fully believed that an opinion by the
dentist who performed the work on Mrs
| Bouton's mouth will be conclusive as to
whether or rot she and the murdered
woman were identical.
With this point established TO the sat
isfactiOn TO ne Officers a systematic
search for the men who have been con-
nected with Mrs. BOutOn in the facts that
have come TO The knowledge of the pO-
lice Will be instituted.
The dispatch published this morning
under a Denver date line stating that
DIR. sherman Williams of that city had
made a positive Identification of the
Mrs. SoUton, he having been acquainted
with the teeth "f Mrs. Bouton by reason
Of having treated the woman for throat
trouble last August lost much Of it's
weight TO-DAY when Coroner Law de-
clared that the teeth of the dead woman
had never been ont of his office since the
body was brought IN from Cutler noun
tain. and shat Or. Williams had never
seen the teeth. Tho physicians identi-
ficatiOn is nascd wholly upon a news
paper diagram OF the jaws of the dead
woman. purparttrg TO show the location
Of the gOld-fill ri and crowned teeth. and
his identification is held by the OFFICERS
here 10 be worthless.
Woman Received $500.
A number IF developments have been
brought TO light by the detectives who
are investigating the circumstances of
Mrs BoutOn Of Syracuse, y. y. in con-
nection with the Mount Cutler murder
mystery. 1t has been learned that Mrs.
Bouton received the 500 reported TO have
been sent her ~ her family in Syracuse.
through the Western Union Telegraph
company. that she was i'm the city on
oct. and At variOus times ND TO Oct.
%: that between the two dates she die
not spend her time here, but visited other
cities in Color ado.
The most important development. per
hapS is that while in this city the latter
part of October she was accompanied by
a man five feet eight inches in height
dark complexion, brown moustache, heavy
set, who wore a dark suit OF clothes,
black overcoat and a Derby hat and
whom she introduced, as her husband.
She left the ciCy on the evening of Oct
% in company with this man. and the Of
ficers have reason to believe he was a
travelling man for the Eugene Nailens
Cigar company Of Chicago.
From description 1t would appear that
the man Mrs i3outon Identified in Den
yer as her husband and the man she in
troduced here ere two different persons.