The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-05-08
b PARENT
a. ]. NORRIS
HIS FATE
Name of Murderer OF
spll Walter Axtell Was
,yrsnce Metzger; Born
at Elliott, Pa.
cOvERY MADE
BY MEREsT CHANCE
ID Criminal Ran Away
IA Home at Age of 10;
pofs Of Identity Will Be
sent to Sheriff Sharp.
|oOyERY MADE
4 By MEREST CHANCE

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rTyuHG. Pa. May Tho j j.
No.. who was hanged at Salt
11te Cts, April 30, for the murder
! Ioseph Walter A1tell, confidins
,s r,a, name and purenta-ge to
!. n, the sheriff and ono or two
1 S.i,ved without a doubt to be
y, Nstsgcr, aged 80. and born
,.r,s IN the old borough Of Elliott
.apd.rer since ihc age Of 16.
{a Eas established through the
I'm Of two Bsrtillion photographs.
m identified today by the aged
nd mother OF the man as their
az. Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Metz
= lie parents who believe now
g szs thclr offspring who paid
|rnIy for his life Of hardship and
q lie galIows In the far-off west
elte story is one OF romance,
4 ad the foolhardiness Of an ad-
u spirit. Mr.. and Mrs. Metzger
III said that there seemed no
b the world that II was their
d bad thus ended e wild career.
lvsy Years Ago.
4 aving seen him since he first
~ from home twenty-three years
n have kept In touch with Law
"a through letters that have been
fTom tine to time and from
. Eadc BY him while serving time
Annisua state prison at Deer
y should be their own son who |
1s bring about his own undoing,
Il should he only through a
4sb item and photograph printed
5 Npsr that they learned OF il,
u hat huye crowded after one
nlh such startling rapidity that
hther and mother are stIll
a. The meaning Of II all. But
With their dimmed eyes and
'aiea bsspsaking the love OF par
rstr eldest, even though he be
~ mat when they knew Law
sas good, strong boy, and
I" nave done anything wrong if
* strayed away into the Wild
"a II the west.
ped by Chance.
pnF through mere chance that
AR' aetzger discovered that
q own son who was hanged at
ID his final hours Of life he
hasliif never to betray his real
y 'ear OF the shock to his
'no' ne said. lived in Pittsbure,
lsa that Norris, as the man
oei' Lake was known, had
rs IN the Montana peniten-
mat while there had CORE
A ir'ends in Pittsburg. a
sent TO the warden OF the
sr Lodge asking for what in
V e"uid give concerning the
'eihe the reply, with two
m, tsidphs. that it was
oe'rse Hammond, who
sentence Of eighteen
,,.. ast institution and who.
sI,,., ''ine had corresponded
In PIttsburg. The pic
n,ea In the newspaper and
rts noticed the photographs,
Ill., o'lef article saying that
@ 0, the dead man might
NM .s,a u' although he left hls
relatives in pittsburg.
ed By Neighbor.
.',.a s''asd a nclghbor. "'e''e N''z-
M ~ ~ was told Of the fact ao,,,
sau vic m looked at the pIctnre
a :, VI tho home was an en-
elsts,e. photo of their son in
"a Rem, 'aken at the Montana
suI CO.." Yack home while Metz
its,rssi ssoniiued there. II was =
usther e to the paper pic
q ~. N the story was
aau.af warden He mentioned
AnuIs snry Pauley. a brother
'anruond e'zger' a sister, with
sorrs,n.,s as he was known in
b sri,,. Wandering away from
Y Paule,. ~ MS oldest sister,
The T 3: who now lives in
'nl.," III fac-simile signature n,
sh.u so sa assumed name Metz.
>ssay IN :. s' played the final act
Ne ,ialt ~ oalt Lalso, corresnonal
aad sI,,aa sIaa'ures OF letters nhe
|'0n ura Themselves had III 80
ana "e -, 10 time. The cba,n
o. s,s, circumstances wss s"t,,, tan
|ss,,s lie Notifications 'o% of
sssse sa Page Two.9
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