The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-09
HARTWELL GIVES
HOPE TO OFFICERS
Man Found Injured at Roy
Talks TO Nurse-Coroner
investigates Murder.

James Hartwell. the man found near
Roy in an unconscious condition. was
conscious for a short time yesterday al
the hospital and dropped remark OF
two that raised the hopes of those who
harbor the opinion that he was a men,
Der of the gang that killed Clark and
would be able to tell something of the
murder Hartwell told the nurse that
he had been connected with the shoe
business IN Denver. and then he said
THAT shoe deal was an awful thing
that shoe deal was a-dirty affair" This
statement. coupled with the fact that
shoes were stolen from the Union Pacific
train and that this theft led to the kill
ing of Clark. is accepted by many as
significant. Hartwell also referred to a
brother, supposed to reside in Ogden. II
is thought queer that if he has any
relatives here they havesnot made them
selves known and interested themselves
in his case.
F4Aft-r an examination lasting all of
yesterday the coroner's jury Summoned
to inquire into the death of the late Dep
uty Sheriff S. l.. Clark returned a YER
dict to the effect that Clark came to his
death from gunshot wounds from pis-
tol fired by parties unknown.
There was nothing brought out at the
inquest to indicate VINO the slayer might
be. In fact. the testimony produced
demonstrated how utterly at a loss the
authorities are with the case. rhe
witnesses examiner were many. Out
until man named Helm. who has been
held at the police station for some time
was called upon to tell his story. was
there anything not already published in
the papers. brought out.
1t was readily seen that the officers
expected TO get some admissions from
Helm that would aid them in solving the
mystery He had told the police some
things during the time he has been in
the city Jail that led them to this belief.
When he got on the witness stand. how
ever, he changed his story. Helms
story. as told on the stand. was that he
was beating his way to California. He
was on the train in which was the car
from which the cases of shoes were TAX
en- at Uintah the night of Clark's MUIR
der. At Echo. while moving about the
train. he was approached by a man who
took him for someone named George.
The mistake was discovered after Helm
recognized that the fellow wore a cap.
At Morgan, Helm said. he went from
the train to a saloon, and when ne re-
turned. prior to the trains departure he
heard a sound as if someone was trying
to pry open a box car door. Three times
he heard this, but in each case the sound
seemed to come from the rear of the
train. while the pilfered car was the
tenth from the engine.
Quite a long time was occupied by
County Attorney Harris in trying TO get
the witness 10 tell something about what
happened while the train was standing
peared to be a blank as TO what he did
while the train was standing at that sta
ton. In fact, he said he did not know
that the train stopped there at all. IL
was at this stage of the proceedings
that the county attorney called his at
tention TO the fact that he had told the
police that he got off the train at Uintah,
and while there had walked about to get
warm Helm admitted that he had made
the statement, but said that after he
thought the thing over carefully. he had
come TO the conclusion that this was at
Morgan instead of Cintah.
Helm is still in custody. but there is
nothing to hold him on now. and Ii is
not unlikely that he will be given his re-
lease. He was formerly a railroad man.