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Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1904-05-26
EDITORIAL NOTES.

There will be a suspicion of Rut-
lands sincerity as a prohibition town
under local option il that druggists IL
cense, issued to a notorious rumseller,
is allowed to stand. The Rutland
Herald very properly condemns it.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-02-02
MEN ACCUSED OF THE MURDER FRED BEUER 1907
OGDEN MEN Persisted
Belief That Three of Them Are
With the Dead on the Ne
Vada Desert.
Especial to The Herald)


= Ogden. Feb. 1.-The account IN p
= The Herald this morning Of the =
= finding OF dead bodies on the des- =
= ert west from the end of construC- ,
ton work on the san Pedro road ,
= 10 the California line. Is of especial >
= interest to ogden people Cor the >
y reason that IL appears probable >
+ thst at least three Ogden men >
> have lost their lives within the last 2
= month on that desert The names q
> of the men are Philip Geiger wiz .
2 liam Hancock and George Holt ?
= berg. Geiger has wife aad child >
= in this city and Hancock former ?
y Is worked for II. u. McCardle the =
= restaurant man.
, The three men left here about 2
= Jan ] for the eEd Of the Clark .
= road and three days later letters =
= were received from them stating ?
y that they were starting across the ?
= desert for Needles. Cal HancocH =
2 had some affairs here that were .
= left i'm the hands of friend 30 ?
4 Close up. and which would have =
> furnished Kim some money. This 2
, friend. Mr. McCardlc. wrote 10 nim :
= al Needles. sending his letter JAN =
,. The letter-calied for 3n lmme-
? diate reply. bus none has been re-
= CCtEed.
Mrs GeiEer has Eol heard from =
. her husband since tbey lett the =
> east side of the desert. one is
= very much Worried over the pro- :
= l0uged lack Of news from him.
3 Ths three men went 60 the south
= crn country with q view 70 start
= ing up ia business i'm case tIey s
> found conditions favorable there
: < \ e 2 = = , = ? > , >
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-02-02

FTER ARRIVING the burden guilt
Grand confessed that with Abe
Hunter Beuter Salt Lake Feb p
the county Jail
umbrella repaiera miservho boarded his gold IN
dhovel O'Clock the
the user dwelling the neghbors thinking
when the police arrived
Of
crowded
Mrs Beu rom whom he had been separated and who was living
Mq4{ alvin Mitchell her oq ae f ts we're arrested charged
WOMAN REVEALS
The crime ai3ed mys The secret might never have been dis
ronfded suspicious
@ 5he old JEWISH sy2goge ON rhd south mean First west Street
AT iast f5ey br5 Ir irCTESae himself in coTion with his wife
mic te gars OF 's we're 1eg
two Auy
WAS nd hq q Gn F5f f9g street. o Friday "
accusing Hunter statement
IN THE GRIP OF CONSCIENCE.
pressure
He
hassad slightest
% a afternoon FL s q e9 s @ him a 5s
IIeto the story Of murder
gge into ;ns Drunk the time
e throat and an CONDUCTED the sssTeR for the oney |
the S r on the 6d Tbsy d not Know OF his deaR until tbe
eT2 % Ss1 Ubo had ms pe5 ragFfT f1 ao
has been hanging over me = has P5 e awake ssE All t4 s have
DREAD PENITENTIARY
coming Parley
me feel didn't I whipped
" Tb alter Was aiPeSd the Whole thing oae over me again worse
Was longer, M
Warrants charging Rice with yes
promised g turn states evidence
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CONCLUSIONS OF
lNQUlSiT0RS Of ACCIDENT

Denver. Colo. FEB. 1.-The BOARD '-
inquiry summoned bv state comm
sioner OF Mines Z. Lyman White 20 IN
vestigate the accident or men
feep mon ,rera killed at the StTa-ton
Tndeneudepce mine last Tuesday "a
recommended the state. mining dep1 r.
ment to urge the enactment OF e - -
providing FOR the use or some
appliance to prevent The oFei " MONS
of cables in mines. The Ooato 49, -,--..-
commended that an extra set on ehai'S
ba NM in an mines using cages. -
point lust below the sheavet wheel [aa-
am mining companies be eompeile4 -
test the safety devices on cages ana ln
shafts not less than once every MOI.
and that the state COMM - ~
given mower 10 order such test -li'
time he may see fit, ---.,..,..-
The question as 10 the responsioi.li Z (,
for the disaster last week = -0~ ~
on by the committee
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-02-02
DREAD OF THE PENITENTIARY.
1T WAS THIRST FOR GOLD THAT BROUGHT
OLD MAN BEUTLER TO A TRAGIC DEATH

Greed for gold brought death 20 Fred
erick BeutieT. It was the lust for slin7
ing yellow coins that made him ac-
cumulate hoard while he lived in
squalor. Because Zee loved the metal
better than food OF physical comforts
or his wife, the woman left him ard he
lived alone ana unprotected, when
sreed for gold lea three men TO plot 90
T0b him Of his treasure.
TWO were habitual criminals The
third. George IS. Nuncy. oldest and
strongest Of character. besotted bv
drink. became the weakest Of all an
was led into crime. They sought mere
lv 90 rob. I'm the excitement Of the
moment and the fear of being caught.
according TO the confession Of one. they
went too far. They killed
Bound together 10y the necessities of
Misrepresentation. trey kept silence.
More other knew their suilt, Although
Rice was accused. be escaped. Al
might have carried their secret 10 the
grave had not jealousy entered into the
plot jealousy COUPLED with anger and
resentment
Second Wife's Revenge.
The wife of Muucy gained an inkllr-
Of the truth While she loved, she was
loyal HerC-hUsband il-treated her
Siu she kept silent a. TO her Sus-
uicions she came to believe he cared
for another woman than FOR her. Then
she turned against him. the secret of
years was uncovered by her TO the au-
th0rities The woman sc01ned had her
revenge tn seeing the mar who had
sHgnted her. behind the Dass with his
two alleged accomplices. in the SHADOW
o. death as retributiOn for his crime.
The characters ia this true novei
ith its tragic climax are figures IL
the everyday low ly life ~ salt Lake.
Abraham Hunter is q native OF ian.
His father Isaac Hunter. embraced the
Mormon faith In England and came 10
sake uu his abode IN Zion. Here WaS
born Abraham and lsaac. his brother.
ABE arst saw the light .lfty years
"a. and ha was scarcely out or dresses
before the neishh7Ts began predicting
for him a bad end. He was the school
bully harassinE the smaller boys.
When ne became irNolved IN scrim-
mage with boys nearer his own size. ne
would not "hgat fair with the mani
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BECAUSE he was reputed TO be a
Is cid umbrella member, was throt-
hoarder Of gold Fred Beutler, an
tied to death on the night of Feb. =.
1897. sThe crime was perpetrated in
the miserable howell that served the
victim for a home-a one room adobe.
one of q row of tenements in the rear
of the cave" on West South Temple
street.
Few cases ia the criminal annals 81
salt Lake city have developed straug-
er features or proved more stubborn
problems for the police than this muir
der of an old man I'm one Of the hum
blest walks of life. Although the muir
der was committed early in the even
ing, Ia q populOus part Of the city. al
though the alarm cries of the victim
reached d number of ears and even his
death gasp Was heard in IN adjoining
room. the assassins escaped-their
identity unknown.
Shrouded in Mystery.
Even the motive of the crime was at
first shrouded III mystery, further com
plicated by many circumstance. some
pointing TO plausible theories, none to
certainty. Later. this feature of the
case was cleared up, TO the satisfac-
ton OF the police. robbery being
assigned as the impeliing motive of the
men who chOked the lie out of old
Beutler
Clues to the identity of the murderers
were plentiful and We're hotly pursued.
resulting IN the imprisonment OF three
+ persons. the wife Of the assassins' VIC
tim and two male friends But, al
though the police at the time were
morally certain of the guilt Of al least
one Of the trio, lack of sufficiently
strong evidence enabled all the sus-
pec,s. for the time being. 70 slip
through the mesfes of the law The
guilty were destined 70 retain their
freedom and go unwhipped Of justice
for seven years.
Unusually brutal unusually horrid
Was the murder Of Fred Beutler. The
mau was 6fty years old. He had been
a machinist but. failing health requiT-
ing less afduuus labor. he became q
member of umbrellas and canes. he
I lived alone in o little room that con-
tained only a bed and a couple OF
chairs in addition TO an old trunk
Beutler had been twice married
( divorced from the first wife. separated
from the second. The latter at the
time Of the murder lived at Murray
I The old umbrella maker had taken
steps 20 procure = Nit ott1 AivttA hSt-
Al fifteen minutes past on the even
ing Of Feb y. knock was heard Oh
/ the door of Beutler's. apartment This
old man opened the door and imme-
g5iatelv raised bis voice in o startled
] cry of Murder
T a moment later the door was slammed
shut and cries of fright and pain
mingled with the noise Of scuffiiug
came from the room. Joseph Morris
5.as iaBerer. who occupied the room adj
I Joining Beuller's. heard the STARTLING
screams Being q discreet man. b'
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weapons 0f fists only Watching his
opportunity he would sink his teeth
into firger or an ear OF some other
convenient place. Once when quite a
youth nc hit clear of 4 piece Of an
other boy 8 nose. The piece was graft
ed back on agoin.
Won Love of Woman.
Although constantly in trouble of
various kinds. he won the love Of
then comedy young woman Harriet
Ate. She. too. was English. and a. be-
lever in the same faith. This was in
lN59. an she was then a mere girl.
How she came TO marry Hunter. none
can tell. II was one Of those many
mysteries Of a wOman's heart. Once
DO md to Hunter By the bonds Of mat
Iimony and constant association. she
began 10 90 down toward his level
Drink was one of his evil habits. 1t
became her curse. Her beauty faded
her life became bitter. her character
hardened and she plunged.
After bearing him five children. Of
~ hich three girls and q boy now live
she left the man Who had become in
VOWED in many eases Of horse stealing
and petty larceny This was early in
the 's0s Hunter kept on his career Of
small crimes-n0t acts requiring cour-
age nor boidness, but little deeds need
ing only s1ealth. The proceeds usually
went For something alcoholic, which
Hunter imDibed until gtUpor overcame
his senses. Even such man was
loved by stili another woman. She mar
ried him and shared his life, amid mis-
err.
Muncv an Old Soldier
Thus was Abe" Hunter when. IN
1895. he met tail. strong man on whom
his hfty-eight years set lightly, and
who might be called handsome with his
large head high fore head, square face
and heavy gray Burnside whiskers.
This was George "a. Muncy. Nirginisn
by birth but 4 soldier on the side %
the Union during the civil war. Serv-
ing under Colonel ffreath0use in the
Forty-ei Khth Illinois infantry. he had
fought with Valor under Grant and
later with sherman. was wounded while
IN tae thick of the hattie before Allan
"a bui was able % take part IN the
famous march 10 the sea and later in
ContinUed ea Page Two.)
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Effect Of Decision

Butte. Feb. Lawyers and IuiuIDE
men say the effect of the decisi0H or
the supreme court i'm the case 1T John
1IacC1inniss against the Boston a. Mon
faua Mining c0muany is To recognize
the right of the Amalgamated COMPANY
to do business i'm Montana and 10 aola
stock in other corporations. when su-a
atine- a monoDolv. Another effect VIII rl-
it is claimed to release the MONEY
amounting 20 about s5pVle-o, now Lied
up I'm the hands Of the Butte d. h9-
ton and the PARROT company ana when
is due the AmaIgamated as diFloeuas-
The MacGinniss suit eujoined the pay
ment Of these dividends.
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MUNCY TELLS HOW III
AND HIS ACCOMPLICES
KILLED OLD MAN BEUTLER

Q.-When you went in the door, did
you mask or anything?
Ave kind of put a little cloth over
our eyes,
Q.-Just as you went in the door?
Ayes. sir
Ave took it off as We left the
Q.-was the old man quiet when you
Ieft2
Ale wasn't quite quiet - was
kicking ~arouad- on the bed
o-How long was II before you got
, up to your house on street your
wife's house?
A.-oh. it must have been aaIf past
nine, l guess.
GLOW long did YOU stay there?
Al didn't stay there long.
Q.-Then you went back to the iowa
Al went back where I roomed.
Q.-On Second West?
I A-Yes
! Odd you see Jack Rice after that?
/ A.-No: never seen him until he came
/ out Of jail.
| then?
+ A.-No: never. said a word to him.
/ Odd you have any agreement be-
}
another afterwards
A-Not distinctly.
) Q.-What did YOU say. if anything?
/ Al don't recollect of saying any
/ thing in that regard
! o.-Where would you usually meet
/ when you was making this arrange
meut?
A.-oh. there at Abe Hunters, as
stated little bit age.
Q.-were you acquainted with old
man Rice before?
A.-No. sir.
Q.-ButIer, 7 mean?
A.-No; never was acquainted with
him.
Odd you know where he Ived2
A.-No. I didn't know until Abe
Hunter led the way there.
Q.-How did YOU go in?
A.-Went in back there from South
Temple
Q.-And cid you go out the same way
you came in?
Al went out the same way 7 came
in: they went out the front way,
o. believe YOU stated they found
no money?
A.-No: they didn't find no money
Q.-What did you hear in respect q
any money?
Ave heard he had thousand dol
lars there; that is what Abe told Us.
Odd you ever meet Rice and Abe
around any other places?
8-No.
Odd you ever hear anything about
that money after the affair was over.
Ave heard that George Sheet:
found 1.-THE detective; that is all
heard. I heard he found it afterwards
Q.-Do you want 20 make any fur.
ther statement, Mr.. Munzy?
A.-That is all I know.
, Q.-Now, down at Abe's house-dC
you remember just where il was yoI
would meet?
Alright there at the granary.
Q-Do you remember anyone els
ever being within hearing distance
A.-NO: never saw anyone
Q!-Do you think of anything els
in respect TO Abe Hunter
A-No: I can't think of anything
lQ.-You were a little short sighte,
at that time, wern't you2
A.-Yes-
Q.-was that one reason Why the.
wanted you 20 hold the old man?
A.-Yes; my eyes was troubled bad
hadn't been a very light night,
wouldn't have been able TO get n
place.
Q.-When and where was it you say
p Jack Rice after the murder?
Ain my back pars OF the house
the kitchen.
Q--Just state the circumstances.
A-WelI. he ana Abe came in Their
! and we told them they had better keeI
out.
Q.-Was anything else said abou
Rice geing TO leave the country?
: Ale said he was going 10 leave.
(Signed) GEORGE MTNCY.
j Witness: Charles Bell
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-02-02
CONVICT LEAPS FROM FAST
TRAIN INFO A SN0W8AhK

Chicago. FEB. ia dispatch to the
Tribune from Bradford. O.. says; While
the train on which he was riding was
running thirty-Gve miles an hour,
Frank Morris. a par0led convict.
jumped from the car window into q
snowbank near Bradford and escape,
from his guard. G. J.. Church, Of the
penitentiary at Joliet, Ills
The train WAS stopped and the suard
with a number of passengers. started
after the man. When the passengers
gave up the chase Church continued
alone. When last seen church was stu
following Morris. but a miie rsnind
him running east alons the railroad
track
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-02-02
HURRYING SMO0T CASE
Complaining Attorney will To-
day Submit List of Witnesses
to Be SubpOenaed.
fsoeciaI to The Heraldl

= Washington. Feb. 1.-Chairmsn
= Burrows Of The senate committee
= on privileges and elections today
= photographed Attorney r. " Iay-
= Ter to come here at once and DFins
= q list Of Witnesses Re wishes sum
moned in the SmO0t case Cnalr-
= man Burrows says it is his desire
= 10 expedite the trial and that ne
= does not wish to subject Senator
, Smoot to the expense Of main .
= tanning his attorney here WAITING
> for the other side 10 put in an APP
> pearauce- Tayler is expected mere
. tomorrow. and when he arrives
= the list of witnesses viii be sum
y mOned.
44A4A@A4@ ?
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COULD NOT HEAR.

Portland. Ore. FEB. IA special 20
the OregoRian from Hornbrook. Cal,
s8--s-
walking on the Southern PaeifiestFack on.
2 curve near here. he was sti71ek and
killed By an engine.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-02-02
OUTRAGE ON moRmoNs.
- d - naraIl.I

; Burlington. we, Jan- 5l---fhe
= Mormon church here Was raideo I
, hy cugboys who shot ont The VIM Z
, dows and plugged the wallis with I
= bullets. The identify of the per-
= petrators Of the outrage is known Z
= aud Sheriff Feuton VIII be re-
= auested 10 arrest them on charges 4
: sworn ont by the leaders OF Jhe 4
> Latter-day saints In ie Horn
= county.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-02-02
MRS. MAVERICK WILL BE
RELEASED IN SIX MONTHS

Ts6ilnr ,rrance. Feb. IA re9raset s-
~ ~ s5a associated Press called ss
fhe residence Of the Earoness ae hee
mother If 3lrs. Ass ellsh
,s-e ~ r5srr,sd t7sat tlic D1rofless rsslIi- e
- er.r- F.g7seIofs I'm - out taat 81.
80 .essss.s absent from tne city W
tore -lesvins- Rouen the baroness sd
Mrs. Maybrick "eala % .'- '-s ~
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-02-02
STORY OF BEUTLER MURDER
Robbery Was Motive That Led TO Murder of Old Umbrella
Repairer-His Cries for Help Were Heard, But When
Police Arrived lie Was in Throes of Death.

promptly locked his door. opened q rear
window and jumped out, thence run
ming for a block before he collected his
wits sufficiently TO return 10 spot near
the tenements.
Heard Cries For Help.
Others heard the sounds from Beut-
Ier's room. several others. and al were
convinced that crime was being COM
mitted. Nevertheless. none inteTfered.
Two men were seen to leave the
house and hurry away. No one al
tempted 10 interfere with their move
rents Descriptions given Of these
men were very meagre. One was short.
weighing about $50 pounds: the other.
taller and more robust. That was all
the police had TO guide them iu trac-
ing the men.
When Police Captain Eslinger and
officer Shannon reached the scene and
opened the door. they fCuad Beutler
prone on the floor Of his room. Bits Of
cloth were stuck in his mouth, rammed
tightly down his thoat: his eyes.
fixed i'm the stare Of death. protruded
from their sockets. There We're ab-
rasious orr the lips and chin. showing
the marks Of finger nails.
Was Clicked to Death.
Plainly visible or the throat Of the
corpse were the tell-tale marks of hu-
man fingers that had been eIutched in
a strangling grip Of death on the wind
pipe.
( About the room were some evidences
/ of a struggle; the litt,a cot where the
/ old umbrella man slept was in con-
+ fusion, the bed clothing having been
/ tossed about and partly thrown on the
3oOr- The old trunk had been hastily
ransscked. several pockets in the old
! mans clothing had been turned inside
out as though Oy rObbcT hands search
( ing eagerly for loot.
+ Yet. despite this fact. SO in coin was
found on the person OF the victim
] This money had. been overlooked by tbs
murderers in their hasty search and
I desire to escape quickly from the scene
/ Of their crime.
Prisoners in Court.
Inquiry by the police and by Sheriff
J Lewis brought TO light The information
/ that the wife of the murdered man hae
made threats against her husband
! Stories that old Beutler possessed con
I siderable property and had boarded
/ gold in his howell were abroad. Thu
I police reasoned that tie woman, fear
| ing that a divorce would deprive her ei
any right to her husbands property
might have q motive in desiring 10 se'
I him put Out IF the way before iega
action should De commenced 10 sunde'
. their marriage
j AIRS Beailer was taken into cus,od.
/ at Murray and brought TO Salt Lake ;
few hours after the murder. She de
MED any knowledge of the crime a
fret but subsequently revealed infor
I nation t1ag resulted IN the Ggrest o
.tJaelc' Rice 8Irs Beufier told TIT
continued on Page sevcn3
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Injunction Favorable to
MdCGiIaiSS is Dis
solved.
AmaIgamated Copper COmDaHy's
BIG Dividends Nay N0w
Be DiSbHfSed.

Helena. FEB. 1.-The Montana su-
preme court this morning reversed the
decision Of Judge Clancy I'm Butte ia
the injunction suit Of john 3IacGinui
against the Boston & Montana. Thss
is the suit which caused the shutdo7u
OF all the Amalgamated properties 81
Montana last summer.
The supreme court today reversed
the MACHINES case granting an i'm
junction against the AmalssInated
holding and voting stock in Montaul
companies. The decision IS very voi-
luminous and far-reachius. The sub
stance is that MacGinniss IS q private
individual and has uo right to main
tain an action against the Amaiga-
mated doing business in Montana or
whether i is 81 monopoly. such action
is only maintginable by the state. Ina
under the evidence I'm the record trr
malgamated Copper company is
neither q trust nor monopoly: tha-
under the laws OF Montana one cor
poration may hold as completely as
individuals stock in other such corpo-
ratiOns and that the same is not
against public policy.
Mooted Law Upheld.
House bin 1872 is Incidentally dis
cussed and its consttuuonality up-
held
The case is remanded for further
/ proceedings not inconsistent with the
zupTe1us courts views
House biIi 1872 was passed in 1899 and
( vetoed by Governor Smith on the
ground that it was q corporation meas
ure it was then passed over the gov
ernor's veto. The LAW gives corpora
tious the right 10 acquire stock i'm oth-
er companies and to vote It,
The decision VIII release the Boston
& Montana dividends. provided the SUI
preme court does not grant q rehcar-
ing The remittitur OF tine supreme
court viii not be handed down for fif-
teen days In the meantime counsel
for MaeGinniss. It IS expected. viii ask
for a rehearing. If the motion is de-
MED. the dividends Of the Boston e
/ Montana become available.
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WOMAN'S ANGER At
HUSBAND CAUSES TIL
MYSTERY TO Be SOLVED
She COnfid0S Ter Suspicious to the Sheriff,
Which Leads to Arrests for the Killing
of Fred BeutIOr in 1897.

George MunCy. Abe Hunter and Jack Rice are Landed
in the County Jail Charged with Staying the Old
Umbrella Repairer by Choking Him to Death
With Rags Forced into His Mouth
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LAST EDITION
TBE METALS

va TfsEE F0R SAT- EaHE
Partly cloudy with local snow.
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Prisoners in Court.

lcontinaed Oh Rage seTea)
The colored American., 1904-04-02

The Defender, published by one Rev.
AstwOOd, brings out the name of John
G. New, of Indiana for Chairman Of
the National Republican Committee
and gives other imperitnent advice to
the members of the National Commit
tee Mr. John c. New was Treasurer
Of the United States years ago, is the
father of Mr.. Harry S. New, a mem
Der OF the National Republican Com
dianapOfis, Ind. Wake up Brother
Astwood.