The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-11-30
MURDERER HAS
So FAR ESCAPED
Weber County Officers Still
Searching for Robber Who
Shot S. L. Clark.
EVERY CLUE is FOLLOWED
WOUNDED MEN WERE NOT Sc
RlOUSLY INJURED.
EVERY CLUE is FOLLOWED

Tie officers engaged in the search for
the murderer of Deputy Sheriff S L.
Clark were kept busy yesterday i'm run
ming down clues that have been develop
ing in rapid succession. A suspect was
picked up at Bountiful yesterday and will
be brought to Ogden today He claims
10 be an eX-railroad man and was acting
suspiciOusly when arrested
The most promising clue that came to
the sheriff office during the day came
from West Weber. Early yesterday morn
ing a suspicious character walked into
the telegraph office at that place and
asked to see a morning paper. Being
told that there was none in the office
the fellow left and went to the home
Of Deputy Sheriff Leavitt. The officer
was not at home. Mrs. Leavitt answered
the knock at the door. The fellow in q
most brazen way demanded something to
eat The woman told him she could not
accommodate him, as she had no bread.
Stepping into the room. the fellow stated
that ne must have something to eat and
that he would remain until she baked
some bread Mrs LeaVitl called to her
son and asked him to call Mr.. Leavitt.
whom she pretended was in another room
| in the house. The ruse worked and the
| fellow left the place hurriedly.
Secured Copy of Herald.
From the Leavitt house the man went
to the Dunn store. not far away Here
the fellow repeated his demand for a
morning paper. He secured a copy OF
ne k1eIdlQ anu nuIIltulN glanced at the
headlines. The fellows acton were close
ly watched by a young man in the store
and Il was seen that his gaze rested
on the story Of the Clark murder. After
running through II hurriedly he returned
the paper and left the place He was
discovered going west as late as Sun
day morning and officers We're sent out
10 pick him up as suspect.
Chief Browning. Detective Fender Dep
uty Sheriff Naylin and Special Agent Joe
Jones OF the Short Line went to Uintah
yesterday ana interrogated number of
persons upon whom suspicion has fallen
There are stin others in the same neigh
borhood who will be questioned closely.
Numerous supposed clues have reached
the sheriff's office from people living in
the locality where the crime was commit
ted and all are being run down. II the
guilty party escapes the law il will not
he because % lack of effort on the part
Of The authorities.
Tracks of Two Men.
officers who worked on the case all of
saturday, assert that they found tracks
o. one of the two men connected with
The tragedy going west along the Union
Pacific tracks as far as Riverdale where
they went off on to the public highway
apparently over toward the Short Line
tracks leading TO Salt Lake CITY 1t is
assorted thai these tracks were traced
all the way from Uintah. where the crime
was committed. The theory first ad-
yanced. to the effect that someone living
A Sn0OIlnE
nost generally believed.
An examination OF the car from which
ne robbers took the five cases of shoes
disclosed the fact That a careful inspec-
ton of the contents had been made and
that numerous other cases of goods were
broken open. One of these was a case of
Cigars. a box containing twenty-five eli
CARS was opened and the rObber had
helped himself TO some choice HaVanaS.
This discovery adds color TO the belief
that the rObber entered the car some dis
lance east OF Uintah. probably at Peter
son. and had made his selection of what
be wanted before the train reached the
Jintah station. An examination of the
seals on all the cars was made at Nor
gau station and il is thought impossible
fot the fellow TO have been in the car
az that place.
Following Every Clue.
The authorities are running down every
clue as rapidly as possible and they are
SUI hopeful of securing the murderer
Sheriff B. 3. Wilson is directing the
search from his office. The night the
crime was committed the sheriff started
Tor the scene in an automobile Two
miles west of the place the auto got
stuck in the snow and he was forced to
complete the journey on foot. II was bit
Ter cold and his hands and face We're
severely frOstbittens He has been under
physicians care since
Tie wound inflicted by one of the MUIR
eerers bullets on the hand of Deputy
sheriff J. J. Murphy is healing rapidly
ana no complications are expected to set
n. His wounds are painful. but not
nous AZ both the shots missed the bones
"i his arm and are only flesh wounds
Engagement Announced.
Mr.. and Mrs James H. Douglass an