The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-05
THREE WEEKS A MYTH
SALT LAKE MYSTERY|
SOLVED TO-DAY
LOCAL TALENT REAL
DEDUCTIONIsr
George Harris Donohue Gives ii,
Answer to a Problem Whjc,
Has Had Us All GUESSING.
BY GEORGE HARRIS DoNouYrv

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah. u. S.
y couple Of years ago received
wire from Mr.. Elliott Kelly. az M1
time manager OF the Salt Lake Evcnir.
Telegram. / was then in I,on;o,s,,
Ky, working out the intricate noiss'
Of the Mysterious Mr.. RafTles W
| Kelly gave me an opportunity Ia dur,
cate my work in Salt Lake.
George Newman was the publisher
! the Louisville Herald. lmmediaicI|
upon receipt of Mr.. kelly's win
| asked Mr. Newman what he thouo,.
| of my chances IN a place like Ssl.
/ Lake. His answer resulted in NV no>
| appearance in this city at tina, tims-
'' Don 7 go 10 Salt Lake, Donohuc. W.
wonldn Z last Il minute - That is NJ
two years ago Salt Lake City did h.
have an opportunity Of discovering eSII
Icctivcly and individually the crzsI
merits of one of the most puzzIis@
proposition ever presented before cor
munity of newspaper readers.
A few weeks ago. while in Seaitjt|
! ! met Mr.. Kelly for the first time. A.
he. although AN unwilling outcast ffor
this town, was about the hcart;e..
booster that I had struck for MANY da,
regarding tho merits of salt Lake 60
Mr.. Kelly asked me 10 stop of hc,/
and sec some Of the bunch Of newsuavs|
men, whom he declared were all XII
] Peers in their business. Personally
had no idea on leaving Seattle as
the real size, strength and general po.
ulatiou of this city | stepped "a
the train. looked around some and voe
dcrcd. came over to the Office of H.
Tribune, met Frank / Sefrit. said
" How -do-you do?' and very rapidly n
concluded TO present Ia Salt TAI
City, through tho medium of IA
Salt Lake Tribune. n colIabof,.
tive story, wherein ! would not aIor1
figure, but where many of the "brfk
lights of This town would asseml
themselves and rc-cnact n compes.
story. which. heretofore, had been OH
in my mind Joke.
Undoubtedly you have all watcno
the story. You noted in the opsnin1
chapter, wherein | portrayed a pdl
siblc plot, and where | left an opeliu<
with an idea Of being followed to1
secutively. You have all noted The ID
markablc element of continuity
thought which has been apparec
throughout the entire serial: q thing
which in its embryonic CONSTRUCTED
would seem impossible were il SUI
mitted to Il community where ne,I
before had such an attempt been mad
in collaboratiYc story Of this kind.
Look at the List
As you all know, my story was pick
up by George Sheets, chief of the Sa|'
Lake Detective bureau, and after ths|
1T went through The hands of Jose.
Cainc, of the Commercial club; ChaIIe.
Pulver, whom You all know; Char<
Worthlngton. advertising manager
the kcitb-O Brieu company; Nj
Blanche Douglas, of the Willard Mo'
Stock company; Sandy Fowler prIra'
secretary to Mayor Rransford; 10
Homer whom everybody knows; NJ
Olive Ilavens. a church worker. WI
lard Mack, whose name is sutIcle5
without unnecessary mention; Oscar
Cox, secretary of the Y. NJ. Z.
ney; Professor John s. Welch, snpe|
visor of the Salt Lake City publ
schools: Mr.. Scipio A, kenner, form4
newspaper man of this city: Bismar.
Snyder. the well-known attorney, On
DR., Ned Hcweit, who gave us his nis
and acknowledged maiden Effort
litcrati, which appeared IN Inc ~
unc yesterday morning,
As can be well imagined, have pe'
the most interested spectator OF tne
tire army of readers who ns
followed, from day To day, the selucn
of the Salt Lake Mystery. have q!
the distinctive pleasure cf walking ~!
"A man 8 Office, taking him complele|
unawaros and submitting 20 him pio|
osItion Ia write n story. Peculiar
enough, In each instance discovesi
that the man had selected was tno
ougbly enrapport with the subject m1
ter at hand 1t was unnecessary
me to delvc INTO the tangible poinis
the story. and il seemed as though ea
of the writers contributing TO tins sra
had prematurely gathered the data "
essary for u continuance OF the na,'
tive as it had been left OF the
before.
Watching the story from day to q
as ! have done. and listening 70
many expressed solutions of the
sible outcome, 1t has been to me
most amusing proposition; even
write this little story | am wondel'
as to Just what Charley Pulver
eventuate for our prominent ana ~
nant characters in the mystery ne
set before him today.
Mover Touched One, ~
Oar characters. us may be wen
sumed. are almost. if not entirely hy
zeal. The character of Marvellous e.,
derson is deduced from The pcron
Of Chief of Detectives Narcotics
derSon of the San Francisco Detes
bureau. James Woods. manager ot
ST. Francis hotel is also an actua'
Captain Anthony Stark, his VIE
daughter. Gladys. are purely mytn
Charles ID. Remington. the mys'en5; ~.
stranger who later figured as the
erton detective, and the reross
daughter. Ethel. together with tne ~
terious prlest, the fau-tan playing s
bier, and House Detective fioiine';
oil mythical characters, when ai
lent an air of romance, and orig'"'
10 The entire theme. r.yf.X
We have watched the doings OF
velous Anderson, we have seen ~"
into Chinese opium- den trans. We
noticed him chasing wildly tni
| Golden Gate park, in an autoi11Ss
we have had him confronted wiz
mysterious priest, we have hesi% - II
denounce Captain Stark and his us'
ter Gladys. and yet, througoon., ,o
entire story we have wondered svn svaas]
to Just what old Mary would anScI nrI