The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-21
BEERS DIES Of INJURIES.
WALKER HELD FOR MURDER
Charlatan's Conquest Of Weak Woman Fol-
lowed by Dreadful Consequences,
Devastating Two Homes.
Review of Kaleidoscope Series of Events Carrying Three
Weeks Acquaintance to Its Tragic Ending.

Earl S. Beers. who ruined the home of
Fred Walker, died at the ogden General
hospital at O'Clock yesterday after
noon. His body is now in the morgue at
that city.
Fred Walker was arrested by Chief
! Mackenzie at 1880 last night. He is in
1 the city jail.
! Walker had no premonitiOn of Beers
| death. He expressed himself yesterday
/ to many friends that he thought Beers
was in no danger. He could not see how
| received fatal injuries. He pointed to his
own bruised hands and suggested that
/ he had received. almost as rough treat
ment as his opponent
| Walker spent the day with his asso-
/ ciate in the electrical supply business,
/ K. W Nichols. at the office and at the
/ home Of Mr. Nichols His attorney an
nOUHCed after the death of Beers that
/ if warrant did not come 10 Salt Lake
| for Mr.. Walker last night he would sur
| render himself in Ogden today.
| 1t was 10 o'clock at night before Chief
Mack nzie received word from Chief
! Browning at Ogden to arrest Walker on
/ a charge of murder. The chief located
| him at the home of Mr. Nichols, at $50
| East Second South. He went there in
his automobile and brought him back.
Mr. Hutchinson, his attorney, arrived at
/ the station shortly afterwards. Mr.
/ Walker was registered at the station at
| 11:3O- He declined to make any state
/ ment.
Episode Of Three Weeks.
The death of Beers and the arrest of his
assailant on a murder charge come as
| a result of a series of incidents which
/ have in their entirety come to light; only
since the announcement of the death Of
Beers. The fist fight which resulted in
the killing followed an acquaintance Of
/ Beers with Walkers wife of on-y three
weeks duration
The Walkers moved into the Hotel
Lenox on the 18th of May last. They oc-
cupivd the two front rooms at the eX-
/ IRENE south end of the hotel. On Au-
| gust IL DR.. Beers and his wife took room
yS, on the same floor, but on the moran
| corridor The corridors leading through
the hotel meet in front of the office. Ii
was necessary for each of the ladies go
ing in and out to pass the little sitting
room i'm front of the desk.
/ Occasional meetings and good mornings
ance between Mrs. Beers and Mrs
Walker Some days thereafter Mr..
| Walker was introduced by his wife to
| Mrs. Beers 1t was not until the last
week in August that Mrs. Walker met
Beers.
1t is charged that this was not the
first affair of the kind in which he had
entered and which had borne toward a
fatal conclusion. BY circumstances the
others did not arrive at the CHASTITY end
which marked his affair with the llttle
yeIlOw-haired lady at the LenoX, whose
husband is facing the peril of the law.
while the gay IothariO lies a marred
corpse in a mOrgue at Ogden
Merely Weak Woman.
He was in appearance and address
smooth. well finished. adTOit. \ man who
proceeded in business and private affairs
by circular rather than direct lines. The
woman was a young woman with young
child whom she loved and for whom she
md Of xr-hn =
of care She spoke often of her hus-
bands devotion and of his care for her
and his goodness to her. She was a
small woman with yellow hair slightly
darker than what is usually called golden.
| Her mouth was small and her teeth per-
feet Her eyes were dark blue and
her Iashes darker than her complexion
would suggest. She was neat, Well
dressed and cheerful Not the kind of
a sea upon which one would expect "A rag
ing and fatal tempest Just placid lit
| tie lake rejecting calm and skies 1t
took a very little pebble to disturb its Sc
renity The most glaring of the horrible
truths of the Beers tragedy is that it is
/ not case of deep soul AFFINITY tor
tured by narrowing bonds 1t was Just
the case of a woman with a gre soul
and weak will meeting a professional
charlatan who made his living cheating
men and took his pleasure in deceiving
| women.
Four Are Fast Friends.
The acquaintance began under the eyes
of Mr. Walker and Mrs. Beers. The four
became inseparable. Each night the
party would meet either in room 90 or In
the Walker suite. On the Sunday after
their acquaintance was formed the four
went to Saltair. They came home laugh
ing and singing songs. Quite as friendly
a party as one would wish.
Nine days after her first meeting with
Beers and before to the best belief she
had ever been alone with him except IN
the hotel lobby and for a few moments
on Lagoon excursion. Mrs. Walker
went to a woman who was practically a
stranger TO her and confessed her love
for Beers, her hatred for what had be
come to her her husbands dizziness and
even kindness of disposition. She said II
had gotten on her nerves She said she
was wild with love. etc, and what should
she do about it2 The answer was obvious
and she left in a rage.
Twelve days after she met Beers and
before to anyone's knowledge or belief
she had been alone with him, except on
the occasion mentioned she consulted
with an attorney in Salt Lake City with
regard to getting a divorce from her nus