Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-11-01
INSIST ON AIIBI
Harper claim They We're Not i'm Utah
Al Time Of Murder.


Harper Claim They Were Not In Utah |
At Time Of Murder.
The finding OF skeletons supposed 70 !
Ia, the remains 90 Ezra ana George
Penny. who disappeared go mysterious
Ia from Mnlard county, nearly hihe
years ago. D. creating considerable ln-
f.rost m Colorado. as well as iu Jidi
NEWER chances 20 be- at least the tenn
porary home Of the persons believed 20
know why the Pennys were never seen
alive by their friend after lneE elatteo
ON a prospecting Grip in The fall or
tNqS They are three in number TWO
men and a woman. George Harper
John Harper and Sarah Armstrong
There is some doubt as to Nhethet ''
last name of the men o. really Harper,
as they are sometimes called holAef'
STORY REVIVED.
Tho STORY. OF the disappearanee OF
Ezra Penny and his son has been told
and retold many times during the last
nine years. The occurrence was fast
Incoming forgotten by all except the
Immediate family and friends, when the
lucovering Of Two sets of bones ana the
almost positive Identification Of lne
same as the remains of the missing
Sanosh men revived the story OF the
event
SHERIFF ~ DENVER.
one of the Harpers had been in GUS
tpday once. charged with the Killing
of the Pennys but there was not sut-
ncient evidence 60 convict him. soon
after the finding of the skeletons a
week or two ago in the san Francisco
maintains Beaver county. Utah. plans
were laid by the officers Of Willard
county Tor tlc apprehension or the Har-
pers and Mrs. Arm strong. and The
three were arrested iu Denver Sheriff
Black Of Willard county 10 now in the
Colorado city, and viii leave no stone
unturned 10 bring the murderers 90
justice. II IL can be shown that the per-
sons IN custody were in any way con-
nected with the affair.
STAND or ACCUSED.
The following relative % the prisoners
and the stand they take as 90 the
charges against them appears IN the
Denver Post OF oct %;
Whether 10 was "a haudshakc or the
absence of the usual penetrating stare
which those charged with the crime OF
murder are forced 10 undergo; whether
Il was the fact that there was at least
one human being who took "a genuine
interest in him, or because OF the sud
den awakening Of a mind dazed by au
awful accusation, George Harper. now
occupying cell in the county JON and
charged with participating iu the muir
der OF Ezra and George Penny DOB Utah
nine years ago. made "a statement this
morning for the first time since his are
rest last sunday by the Fort Lupton
authorities.
PARTIES ARRESTED.
Following the Disappearance Of Ezra
Penny and his son, in October 1898. a
thorough search was made Tor their
bodies but IL proved unsuccessful A
week ago some prOspectors found two
skeletons Boo the Frisco mountains. MIL
lard county Utah. Miss Emma Penny.
daughter OF Ezra Penny. Identified one
as The skeleton OF her father by the
gold bridge in hls teeth. Harper and
his brother John Harper. and Sarah
Armstrong were suspected and sheriff
Nlsbet OF Denver was notified. He
secured George Harper az Fort Lupton
John Harper at Arapahoe Crossing
ana sarah Armstrong at 1900 Central
street. Denver
CLAIMS ALlBL
III seems TINT George Harper haI
once been iu the service ~ his Couu-
try for almost tho first words of Har-
per. as be- began DTS statement. were
90 Inc effect that hc was Iu The em-
ploy of ODE government no the time tha
murder is supposed Go have been CONE
mitted
"From July a. 1885. until The month
OF April 1899, ] was O. member OF Troop
H. Seventh Umted States regular cave
airy said Harper 'aud re-enlieted "a
few weeks after Wy discharge with the
Thirty-uinth regiment OF volunteers. 100
September. 1899. ] was sent 20 Fort
Crook. Ncb.. but was there rejected 5u
a. Id NHH HHH
the FIRST day of my enlistment until af-
ter thc date when The murder Is said
t0 have been committed / was with
mr regiment os me army records win
prove
ISM sou were in Utah a part Of the
WAS NOT IN UTAH
"No. was never in that state except
when my regiment stopped for few
hours at ogden, on our way 10 the
Philippines have been iu Arizona
Georgia Cuba and the Philippines. but
never in the state where this man
ana DTS son were KILLED
John Harper also said be could prove
wore sou ever m Utah7" be was
asked
.'Yes-that is 4 wac in corner ~
Utah BOZ 1893 You PEE. ! was in that
part of me country where COLOMBO.
Ctah New Mexico ana Arolzna mi
come together s0 4 really can't be
sure Between ikss and 1885. though.
was right hero ln Denver"
YOU p wet Mrs. Armstrong here
didn't your"
''Yes" was the reply that was about
10 years ago. ! guess
ONLY ~ CORNER or STATE
When questioned as 60 the Pounys.
EnU.atIr Na anII Ia uaNer had amy a.-