Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-12-24

! there While ~ Wt'II3 10 lllc ciuU On Nott1
| mercial street to get the money. got
| the money and returned to Second
| South and state but whengI got there
| the boy was gone. did not see him
any more and don't know where be
went and did not know what became
| of him until this morning.
The statement of Washington was
corroborated by the other colored men
but the man will be held until further
lights shed upon the mysterious affair.
TELL OF THEIR DISCOVERY.
The tealnsters who discovered the
| body stated that there were no marks
in the snow and no signs of q struggle.
| The blizzard which struck the city
about 8 o'clock this morning. would un-
doubtedly have obliterated any foot
prints or other marks
The boy did not drink or smoke and
had no bad habits, according to Supt
Irwin and other officials OF the COM
pany.
Tile was a model boy in every respect
and entirely reliable and Trustworthy,
said Mr.. Irwin this morning. nave
sent him upon all sorts Of errands ana
he has always performed his duties
faithfully. He was OF a reticent and
retiring disposition and seldom spoke
unless spoken to. I never knew MN
to scuffle with other boys, but always
MIN dllSlulllEN N4sASS'
was always about five minutes aheslo
of time in the morning and never
knew him to be late. lie did not drink
or smoke, he gave his money to MS
mother and every evening went home
Immediately after office hours,
The boys father stated that his son
was home every night promptly at o.l9
and was o. a quiet, studious nature ai'a
had no bad habits whatever.
WOMAN HEARD FROM.
This morning Superintendent irwin
and Lieutenant Hempel telephoned 10
the chief Of police at Twin Falls and
asked him to locate the Kennedy Wo-
man and get what information she
was able to give. She told them ina,
washington could probably be found
at Mrs. Scots, but at that time 1t
was thought the mans name was Ken
needy. A colored man by that name
was found at the Louvre cafe, but ne
was not the man wanted. While the
police were securing the city for MIN,
Washington walked into police head
quarters and stated he was the man
wanted and told his story In an ap-
pare1,tly straightforward manner.
The theory has been advanced that
Seinsoth fell into the company OF
criminals was enticed away, drugged
and assaulted. But there are no
marks of violence on his body. he
did not drink, and therefore no stock
is taken In the suppositton that ne
became mentally unbalanced through
drink and wandered away and was
lost. Another theory advanced is that
he became sick and wandered to the
place where the body was found, and
that he fell in n fit and was frozen
II to death. The father Of the boy de-
Bclares most emphatically that his son
was in good health, did not have any
heart trouble and never had a fit in
his life.
The entire case is surrounded by
most mysterious circumstances. Wash
tington tells well connected story and
is corroborated, To the News he
said:
BOY DISAPPEARS.
when I took the boy to the Pull
man office 10 get my money, found
that i did not have my time book,
and I told the boy if he wanted to
20 down to the Rio Grande depot
with me he could, but he said he
would wait. took a car and went
to the depot, got my book and when
got back to the office, the cashier
was gone and was told that I could
not get the money until today. left
the boy on the corner of State and
Second South, and went to the Amer
lean club, 43 Commercial street, and
borrowed some money from one of the
boys. When I got back, the boy was
gone II went back to the club and
was there until about 9 o'clock and
then went to Mrs. SCOTS. She was
,lp when T got home and asked me If
L wanted the water fixed for a bath.
/ told her would wait until this
morning, and then went to bed af-
ter writing a letter. This morning
I came up town and when heard of
I the boy being lost I didn't even wait
for breakfast but came right over here.
II can prove where I was all the time"
"Did you and the bay have any
thing to drink?
'sNo, sir; we did not. j very seldom
drink"
"Did the, boy appear to be sick?"
{ well, he looked kind of puny to
me: that is, he did not appear to DO
stout, but he didn't look sick"
At the Pullman offices Washing ton's
story of his visit OF yesterday afternoon
{ Is corroborated. Washington is an
emergency man for the company and 4
has been working for 1t about three
months. He came to this city from
Amirrlo. Tex. where he worked as a
porter in barber shops and hotels. His
though he is not known as a hard
worker.
A HOME FILLED WITH SORROW.
The Seinsoth home is today the habi-
tation of grief. The mother is beyond
consolation and the heart OF the father
lis torn with sorrow and embittered with
hate, The boy has been their pride as
they saw him growing into his young
manhood. In school his advancement
was rapid and as soon as he started
to work, first at Keith-o'Brien's his
promotion was steady. He was trusted
by his employers and at the Bell COM
pany's offices this morning every word
spoken WAS of commentator for him.
When he did not return home last
might, his parents became worried. His
mother sat up all night waiting for
him while the father was with the
searching parties who We're looking all
over the city for the missing boy.
A pathetic Incident was the happi-
ness of the mother when told that her
boy had been found in Ogden and that
he would return at 10 o'clock. This was
TO sooth her in an hour when it seemed
that her grief would overpower her.
Then, when she was told that her boy
YVES found dead, every nerve seemed
to snap and her life seemed to be ebb-
ing away. Then she brayely faced the
situation and turned to those about her