The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-10-27

vrHE whole country flooded with the enticing
literature of the Nelson Land Company UP in
Vermont the frugal saving. hardworkng Ed
wards family-father mother and grown daughter.
Kitty-were unable to resist appeals like this:
Come to the South and live like king, We have
the richest soil earth. Ten acres will make you in
dependent Some make $500 year each acre."
So this simple. trusting Vermont family signed the
Nelson Land Company's roncad contract, paid the
first instament the purchasing price, sold out the
comfortable home where the Edwardses had lived for
generations and ourpeyed hopefully to their home
the new home they had bought, but had never
In Washington D. c.. at about this time Represent
ative Gordon. young Congressman of serious and ex
allied ideals escorted his sweetheart the pretty daugh
ter Of United States Senator Archer, to lecture de-
livered by Detective William ]. Burns The lecture ap
pealed powerfully to Gordon who took notes. of the
following statement especially:
every criminal leaves track through which he
may be traced There mysteries and failure
TO obtain results indicates that the matter has not been
properly nor thoroughly Investigated"
On his vacation automobiling through the South
Gordon nearly ran down Kitty Edwards. The machine
did in fact dash out Of her hand the pail she
was carving from a spring beside the road. In con.
sernation the girls escape the young Con
eressan rehlled her pail and accompanied her to the
miserable shack ten-acre tract Of sandy,
coli uhere Mr. and Mrs. Edwards bemoaning the
min that has overwhelmed them They show him their
one.sidsd contract With the land company. GordonS
Indignation was great
~ am a. member of Congress" he told them Il will
have this matter thoroughly investigated and the swim
ders punished
,ort committee OF the Senate and House, Of which
Sanator Archer chairman. The committee report.
% That there was no evidence OF fraud Gordons in.
dienation over this result increased by letter
tenn Kitty Edwards telling how her father calling oD
Nelson of the Land Company to protest against further
payments on his contract had been assaulted and
10 burned TO death when Nelson fred the building and
disappeared ~.
before Detective Burns, submitting to him the Edwards
sereement with the Nelson Land Company Burns e1
amined the paper and SAID;
once"
Nelson had hed TO Washington to claim the protec
tion of his chief confederate in Congress-Sepator
Archer One day when Gordon called at ths Senator's
house to see his sweetheart Mary Archer Nelson had
jst been shown the door, after having, in his ag!ta
ton upset an inkstand spilling its contents the
Senator'S hand Thus. when Mary Archer summoned
senator's handcasp left perfect thumb print
dop's light suede glove
Gordon going directly TO Detective Burne's office
found him examining with strong glass, thumb print
On the Edwards agreement with the Nelson Land Com
pany-
as they shook hands.
why, it's ink spot, said Gordon Il wonder
where got it?"
Have you shaken hands with any recenty?"
asked the detective adding: With your glove on
"Yes" answered Gordon. With Senator Archer,
| was leaving his house not half an hour ago"
The detective examined the ink spot through his
glass showing it also to Gordon.
Why it's perfect imprint Of thumb!" exclaimed