Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-11-18
Looks as Though Mt Pleasant
SUSPECT Can Prove a Good
AIibl
WAS At CASTLE GATE MONDAY
And Got Mixed Up In Bar Room
FIGHT on sunday Murray Crime
Still o Mystery

once more Il begins to look as though
the authorities were on the wrons track
and that by this afternoon George jus
tesen the man arrested at MI Pleasant
nv Marshal Mauss OF Murray ana sher-
mn Emery on suspicion Of being the
brute who assaulted Mrs schwan at
Murray early Tuesday morning viii
be turned loose.
Through the courtesy Of General
Manager Williams OF the utah Fuel
company. the News this morning
was placed In communication with the
superintendent O.. Castle Gate who
stated that George Justesen had been
working at the mine up to last Mon-
DAY and had mixed up IN a bar room
fight al that place on Sunday when
he probably received the scratches on
his face and hands Nothing however
was known OF him being hurt by a
coal screen falling on him.
Az the officers did not tell the sus-
pect for what crime he was wanted ne
in all probability, told the story OF the
screen while laborlng under the I'M
nresslon that ne was wanted for as
sault Of sunday and thereby thought
he would throw the officers of the right
track
OFFICERS AT MT. PLEASANT.
Marshal Mauss and Sheriff c. Frank
Emery OF this county are today stu
at Mt. Pleasant investigating the story
Of George Justesen, The facts leading
I'D To tho investigation, as partially
told In the News last night are mar
the man has "a badly scratched face ana
hands. How he recelTd these wounds
is what Is being investigated. To the
officers he told two conflicting stories.
one TO the effect that he had been
working In the coal mines at Castle
Gaet and a screen fell on him. the
other that he had been scratched up
in a nght az the same place. According
ly the officers tclephoned 20 Castle Gate
last night I'm order 10 cheek up on the
man. A young man named Erickson,
NJ Mt. Pleasant, claims that he came W
on the train on Tuesday With the sus-
pect from Castle Gate, where both had
heen working In the mine Of the ulal
Fuel company
on the other hand the Rio Grand'
tralnmen affirm that the man came
from Eureka, and Il was the fact thai
he was 80 badly scratched up that drew
thelf attention 10 him with the result
that the conductor on The Sanpet'
branch train passed the word along e
Marshal Mauss when the train returned
through Murrpy In the evening
Marshal Mauss telephnned from MI
Pleasant this morning that he expected
TO be absent from the city two or three
days longer running down the case
From those who talked with him il Wai
learned that the officers were almost
sure that they had the right man.
ANOTHER 1NCIPIENT ARREST
sergt Roberts and officer Corles'
boarded the patrol wagon this mornlni
and made a rapid rim 20 Thirteenth
south and state street where It wa
reported "a man was IN custody on sus
plcion of being the wretch who perpe
rated the outrage at Murray. The of
ncers found a typical hobo, and az h
gave a reasonably good account Of him
self he was released. The man wa
detained because he had no buttons OF
his coat, but upon further examination
Il was found that his clothing had NJ
huttons AT all they being replaced VIII