The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-02-07
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UNDER A
"SCOOP"
ATTEMPT TO CAST UNSCRUPU-
LOUS OOiUM ON EXAMINER.
"soCalIed" Newspaper Given the Lie
mo Premature OIvuIgIns OF News
Held In Confidence Made.

G'iuSuNiN oudi Jug uhuci NhN A
that q good piece OF newspaper work
had been done by tho Morning Examl'
ner In the story published by the paper
Friday morning. which disclosed
the identity of the murderers OF the
late Deputy Sheriff Seymour L. Clark.
"so-called" newspaper Of Ogden un-
dertakes to bellttle the work done In
ferreting tho news regarding the af-
fair. In the article referred to, no
attempt was made to give any OF the
facts In the matter except few isolat-
cd ones which had been CLEANED from
the Examiner, but the purpose OF the
article published In the would-oe news
paper was plainly seen to be to cast
unscrupulous odium upon the EXami'
ner for publishing facts.
In the article OF tho Journal was
found the statement that: THE morn
ing rag has jeopardized, through the
oyer-zealous and senseless premature
publication of an article which every
other paper In the state had withheld
In the honest desire to aid In captur-
Ing the murderer Of Seymour l.. Clark,
who met death at the hands OF box
car robbers, near Uintah station, on
November q. last, g.
Two weeks ago Preston was lock-
ed up in the county jail at Salt
Lake. Almost every day since that
time Sheriff Barlow B. Wilson. Of
Weber county has been busy on the
case. visiting Salt Lake City a number
Of times. Exactly two weeks ago to-
day, he related the incidents to rep
resentative OF this paper. with re-
quest that the story be not used until
released by the officers"
The first statement, that the Exam
liner had published a premature aru-
Gle, which every other newspaper In
the state had withheld" is lio Of the
deepest dye. which drippcd from the
pen of a premature mind thoroughly
filled with vlndictlveness, The story
Of the clue to the positive identity of
the murderers Of Sheriff Clark was not
given to the "other papers Of the
state under avowed secrecy, OF at
all No Information whatever regard
ing the connection Of Preston. Burns
or Shine. with the crime, was intimat-
ed or implied In any way, shape OF
form to representatives Of the press In
Ogden, except, perhaps, to the very
shrewd and up-to-date (?) representa-
tives of the "so-called' newspaper.
These boys. who are at the helm Of the
aforesaid paper. may stand In such
favor with the sheriff of Weber county,
as to be taken into confidence by him
on such momentous questions, but this
Is very much doubted by thinking
minds. II the sheriff did take the
young fellows into his confidence 1t is
quite possible that from that source
came the leakage" which divulged
the secret of the murder Of Deputy
Sheriff Clark. II Is a timesworn ad-
age that "a boy should not be sent to
mill, and there is little question that
Sheriff Wilson, the good officer that no
IS. did not act SO unWlsely.
Now, as matter OF fact, the infor.
nation regarding the murderer of
Clark published In the Examiner Fri.
day morning, did not come from the
Journal office. nor did 1t como from
the officers In Ogden or Salt Lake; the
story was told by others. or course,
the story may have possibly leaked"
who arc handling the affairs, editorial
ly and otherwise. OF the 80 called
newspaper into the hands of other
parties and finally found Its way 70
the untalented representatives Of the
Examiner. II that be true. then Sher-
If Wilson sent boy to mill"
In regard to the second statement
contained in the article of the real
live" Journal that "hc." Sheriff VII
son, exactly two weeks ago today
related the Incidents to a representa-
tive of this paper (the JournaD with
request that the story be not used
until released by the Officers only
this can be said: II the sheriff did
that he treated all the other papers Of
Utah unfairly and is guilty Of disclos-
ing facts to the "so-caIled" newspaper
that he should have given to all other
which was not done. The Examiner
force had no information wbatever
from Sheriff Wilson. nor any other of
f1cer In Ogden regarding the facts con-
tanned In the story divulging the iden-
tity Of the murderers Of Clark. So
that representatives. of the Examiner
betrayed no confidence, but were left
to 'shuck' for themselves in glacning
information regarding the atrocious
crime.
When Sheriff Wilson was asked last
evening whether he had given this
particular information TO the 80.
called" paper he stated that he did
not care TO say anything about 1t, but
further answering the query whether
he had taken these boys at the Jour
nal Office into his confidence. disre
garding the Examiner and Standard
force. stated: "They may have had
the story week before the publication
of the article In the Examiner; some
of the officers may have given IL TO
them, don't know anything about IT."
The only conclusion to be drawn from
this statement Is that the Sheriff did
not give the facts to the kids as al"
legged by them In the Journal MT,
Wilson has always been fair with the
! newspaper fraternity and fair with
every body else and for the "so-called
! newspaper to say he took Its represent
! atives into his confidence and left the
Examiner and Standard people out In
the cold. is casting a reflection upon
the sheriff that Is surely unwarranted
and unfair. Representatives OF the
Tribune. Herald. News and the Inter
mountain Republican have no hesitan-
cy in stating that they knew nothing
Of the Incidents" connected with tho
Preston-BnrnS, Shine affair until they
were published in the Examiner on
Friday morning.
Sheriff Wilson is not the man to
deal unfairly with newspaper men or
others, and so far as can be learned.
he ls not a stakeholder In the Daily
state Journal, hence there would be
no particular reason to suppose that
he would extend special courteSies TO
the 'so-called" paper Now. this Is all
there Is to IT. The Morning Examiner