The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-05-23
MYSTERY CLEARING UP.
Roger D. Ringing, Thought Muir
dered, Supposed to Be Liv-
ing at Eureka. New.

Moab. May 20.-The mysterious disap-
pearance Of Roger D. Ringing. the Young
horse buyer who was thought to have
met with foul play at Sulyer Mesa. near
Green River. last August. is about cleared
up. Ringing cana to Green River dur
ing the early part OF August. claiming
TO be a horse buyer In company with
Harry Farrer and William Bell he went
TO Sulyer Mesa. about p miles from
Green River, to look at some horses he
longing to FaTrer Sulyer Mesa is one
OF the widest and most desolate places
in Grand county and is about % miles
from any human habitation. Here, &C
cOrGing to the story Of Farrer and Bell,
Ringing disappeared. he left the horse
he was riding which belonged to Farrer.
his own chaps" bride and other be
longings on Sulyer Mesa and a valise and
some clothing and papers at Green River
He never has called for any Of them
since
The people Of Green River and Elgin
generally believed that Ringing, who had
considerable money on his person when
he left for Sulyer Mesa, had been muir
dered for his money. They could not
understand what would cause man to
torsske his horse and other property and
make his way on foot for . miles ovei
some of the toughest country IN the state.
When. during the month of March. this
year. Lou Anderson and George Black.
sheepmen, riding on Sulyer Mesa, found
Ringlings chaps" with what appeared
to be blood stains on them, they were
toilh flLtu anu promptly tCDDtA-u tllt ltlt
ter to Sheriff Bliss, with a demand that
something be done about 1t.
The sheriff went to Green River and
with several men made a trip TO Sulyer
Mesa to search for the body of the miss
ing man. They made little Roadway for
the reason that the ground was covered
with snow. The search was abandoned
for the time, with the expectation that
it would be taken up later when weather
conditions were more favorable.
On his return to Green River the sher-
If found a wallet belonging to Ringing,
which contained a great many letters
from relatives and friends OF the missing
man. He opened correspondence with
the writers of the letters to learn if Ring
ling had been. seen after he left Green
River.
Brothers of the horse buyer who live in
Bourbon. Mo. wrote the sheriff that they
had received letters from him in January
of this year and that he was then in
Palisades, New.
Sheriff Bliss wrote to parties in Pail
sades and received a letter from W. II.
Hale of that place stating that Roger
D. Ringing worked for him on Hale s
ranch up to a couple Of months ago. To
make sure that this was not a case of
mistaken identity the sheriff sent a de-
scriptiOn and photograph of the young
man. furnished by his rela tiVeS in Mis-
souri,, to Mr.. Hale with the request that
he write him whether in his opinion.
The missing horse buyer and the man
who worked on his ranch were the same.
Mr.. Hale wrote back that there was no
doubt that they were the same men. as
the photograph sent was a good likeness
Of the man who worked for him. and the
description tailed exactly. He also stat
ed that he believed Ringing was now at
Eureka. Nev and that a letter would
reach him there.
The sheriff. while feeling certain that
Ringing is alive would still like to know
why he left Sulyer Mesa the way he did.
and how he went In the meantime his
faith in circumstantial evidence is badly
shaken.
Apostles Heber J. Grant and Hyrum NJ
Smith held a well attended meeting at
the Star opera house here tonight. Apes
tie Smith preached largely along doc
trinal lines Apostle Grant steerec clear
of his faVOrite subject, prohibition. and
lectured principally on the necessity Of
living clean, upright lives. His remarks
were interspersed with some of Josh Bill
lings' philosophy. In keeping with his de-
sire to live down the erroneous impress
sion that he is an Indifferent singer, the
apostle favored the audience with a vocal
solo, Truth Reflects Upon Our Senses
The selection was well rendered and high