The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-09-19
Edward c. Henderson and
Charles HawIey Accused of
Serious Crime.
CHARGES ARE MADE BY
AN AFFLICTED WOMAN
Both Make Strong Denials and
Declare They Never Thought
of WrOngdOing.

Edward G. Henderson the State
street commission man, and Charles
Hawley, his former employee, now In
business for himself as driver of a
produce wagon, were arrested Tuesday
evening on charge Of rape and locked
up in the county Jail,
The woman upon whom the assaults
are alleged to have been made, is
Anna Volts, who is deaf and dumb
is the complaining witness. 1T was
upon letter written by Mrs, Bulls to
the County Attorney that the complaint
was based and the warrant for the ar
rest OF the men sworn out. They were
taken into custody within half an hour
of each other and lodged in separate
cells at the county Jail,
In her letter Mrs. Bulls recites that
the assaults upon her daughter oc.
CURED at the residence of Henderson,
433 Hazel court. The language of the
letter is coarse and vulgar in the last
extreme, and, by reason of that fact,
cannot be reproduced, 1t declares, how
ever, that the afflicted woman was most
outrageously treated by both Hender
son and Hawley. The bonds in each
case were fixed at $2500.
A little over two weeks ago Hender
son and his family went on an outing
to what is known as the East canyon
While there they saw much of the
Volts woman, who lived near their
camping place with her parents. On
leaving for home the Hendersons made
proposition to the mute to accompany
them to the city, offering her employ
ment as q servant. She accepted and
remained in their employ for about six
days, II was during this period that
she claims she was mistreated by both
Henderson and Hawley.
Emphatic Denials.
To a Tribune representative who
called upon the prisoners at the jnil
Tuesday night they both entered the
most strenuous denials to all the ale
cations. Henderson said:
81 am simply daZed at this proceed
ing and am unable to account for 1T,
except upon two suppositions. One is
that the people behind it think I have
money and are seeking to blackmail
me, and the other is that some time ago
/ announced that | was a candidate
for County Commissioner on the Ameri-
can ticket, and my business and pol
itical enemies are seeking to make cap
ital by using this woman as a tool to
bring disgrace upon me. SO help me,
God, i have never dreamed of wrong
ing the woman III any way whatever.
and l don't believe Hawley ever
thought of such n thing. Ny wife
rather took to the woman when we
were camping in the canyon and
brought her home with us. She was
at our house about week when she
left, as l supposed, of her own accord,
and l never heard Of her again until
today, when / learned that she had ac-
cused me and Mr.. Hawley of this I'M
speakable thing. ] expect the whole
truth to come out when my lawyer has
had time to investigate the matter
thoroughly. Until that time comes I
can say no more. -
Hawley was equally emphatic in
denying the charges made by the Bulls
woman. "My only connection with
her, - he said, twas in a purely friend
ly way while visiting at the Henderson
home. We wrote notes back and forth
TO one another, as that was the only
way the afflicted woman could carry on
conversation, There was never a
thought Of wrong on my part, and
never had thought that there was any
such idea on her side. This thing comes
like a thunderbolt. l cannot under
stand it at all,