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Show INDEPENDI LV1 JL VOL. 7. NO. 3. SPRING VI LLE, UTAH, T IIUIISDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1897. PRICE- $2.00 PER YEAR CAPTURE OF WEEKS. Thought to be the Pelican Point Murderer. SHARP WORK OF SHERIFF STORRS investigation Discovers Evidence to Show that James (J. Weeks is the Man, Instead of Harrv Haves. For nearly a year Sheriff Storrs has toeen engaged In a still hunt for evidence evi-dence which would throw light on the mysterious features of the Pel lean Point murder, where three boys, Ernstrom, Neilson aud Johnson, met their deaths. The Sheriff was never able to satisfy himself thoroughly that Harry Hayes, the man accused of the crime was guilty, and with that doubt in his mind set to work on the case. The outcome is that lie has traced the crime to a man underarrest in Colorado, but formerly a resident of this locality. This pi-e of work has added greatly to Mr. Storrs' reputation repu-tation as an officer of the law, and it uinkes Springville people particularly proud of him. The story as told in a special to the Deseret News from Provo last Tuesday afternoon is as follows: Provo, Utah, Sept. 7. This morning morn-ing County Attorney King received the following telegram: "Cripple Creek, Colo., Sept. 6. To S.A.King, Provo, Utah. Followed Weeks from? Rangely to Freshwater, Co'o.. under name of C. T. Case. Get Denver Republican paper of today, same man. Signed G. A. Storrs. SheriftUtahCo." James G. Weeks is a man who was arrested in August. mar Spring- ! ville, on the charge of stealing cattle from J. W. Dunyon of S.ilL Lake county. He gave bonds for appearance appear-ance for preliminary hearing before Justice Boycr, but left the country forfeited the bonds. . A short time 7afteHtards Lis wife-abo left and wt ; to New York' slate, where she Is now living ' Op"3pril 14th, 181)5, the Territory was startled by the finding of three bodies on the west side of Utah L ik;i. Alfred Ernstrom, alias Alfred H.iy-J. Albert Neilson and Andrew Johnson, who had been living at H.iyes' ranch, had been murdered and thrown into the lake. Investigation resulted in the arrest of Harry Hayes, step-rath t of A! fn-.i. He was convicted in March, HIi, of the murder of Alfred E'nstrom, and was sentenced to be hanircd. The evidence was entirely circumstantial, and all through and after the trial llayes.maintained that he was innocent inno-cent of the crime. The case was appealed ap-pealed and the Judgment of the lower court was sustained, during which time Hayes remained in jail atProv i On January 10th. 13)7, the State board of pardons commuted his sentence sen-tence to imprisonment for life, on tlu ground that it appeared that others were Implicated with him in the com mission of the crime, and that the commutation to life imprisonment might bring out facts tliat Could not bo obtained if Have's were dea l. Shortly afterwards, Hayes were taken to the State prison, where he is now nerving sentence. Oa January 10th. 1897, Sheriff Storrs, who had assumed office on the first of the year, took Hayes to Salt Like City to appear before be-fore the Supreme Court in hab:;a- corpus proceedings. - He determined tosatisfy himself as to Hayes's guilt and to that end remained wit h Hayes one night in the Salt Like county jail. In the morning he was convinced that Hayes was inuocent. Storrs obtained a list of articles which H ayes claimed were taken from the ranch at the time the three young men disappeared, disappear-ed, and started out to look for them. The articles consisted of a tu'j of bacon, a rifle, wagon, stay chains, crowbars, quilts and lots of traps found around a farm.- After persistent persis-tent search the sheriff located most uf them, including the wagon box. They were scattered from Mapleton to Santaquin, a distance of some eigh-ipn eigh-ipn mil, and all were traced to Weeks as the distributor. A neighbor neigh-bor of Weeks remembered when the articles were brought to his cabin in Mipleton in a wagon. He helped Weeks unload. Woks sail he had brought them from his ranch near Kamas. Sheriff Storrs tlwm instituted a search for Weeks, and Anally fouud that he had been working near Du-rango,Col., Du-rango,Col., as a cowboy under the names of Case and Wright. A short time ago Sheriff Storrs visited the State prison, had a talk with Hayes. Absolutely Pure Celebruled for Its jtrcut loavonlng strciifrth and lirultlifuliioss. Assures the food UKainst alum and all forms of adiilUTfillon common to tho cheap brands. I!oy:il Buklng Powder Co., New oi k. and ,"s'ed him, "What would you think if I found articles taken from the ranch when the boys were killed?'' Hayes grasped the sheriff's hand and said: "You find them and I am a free man. Don't let the grass grow under your feet till you find them." He was very much excited and promised lifelong life-long devdtion and service to the sheriff if lie found 'he missing articles. arti-cles. The theory of Sheriff Storrs is that Weeks, who had been around Hayes's ranch previous to the murder, under the name of Stevens, and had done some surveying for the boys, had decided de-cided to steal their cattle, and being discovered by one of the in the act, killed him and afterwards killed the other two. Weeks had stolen cattle indifferent parts of the State. He was a man of education. Ilis tine library was sold after his departure to pav an attorney ful' defending him in the cattle steal ing case. Letters are in possession of Sheriff Storrs, written by Weeks to Mrs. Weeks after he left Utah, that contain damaging evidence against him in connection with the Pelican Point murder. August 23rd Sheriff Storrs left for Colorado and the above telegram is the first intimation of his success. The Republican articles tells of Charles T. Cae being brought from Delphi, Indiana, on charge of murdering murder-ing W. C. Cramp at Freshwater, Colo., on Jan. IS, 1S;)(. Three others than Case are aNo under arrest . To heal the broken and diseased tissues, to soothe the irritated surfaces, sur-faces, to instantly relieve and to pc:-manently pc:-manently cure is the mission of HeWitt's Witch llezel Salve. Meuerav & Co.. City Drug Store. R. (. W. Excursions. The following excursions are advertised adver-tised by the 11. G. W. Ry.: On September Hi h. only, tickets will be sold for the Peach Day excursion at Grand Junction, lliund trip $S 00; tickets limited to Sept. 11. Educate Ynr liiwi Is Wit h Cii-.carMn. Cnnciy (':U!iiiriio, eti:-" ronsi ipatUm forcvir. 19c, 25c. It C. C. C. fail, druggists refund money. It Saves the I'roupy Children. Seaview, Va We have a splendid sale on Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, and our customers coming from far and near, speak of it in the highest terms. Many have said that their children would have died of croup if Chamberlain's Cough Remedy had not been given. Kellam & Ourren. Tho 25 and 50 cent size for sale by C. J. Peterson. TEM PER ANCE ENTER TA I X M EXT. The Local W. C. T. U. Holds Forth at the City Hall. Last Friday evening the W. C. T. U. of Springville gave a free literary entertainment en-tertainment in the City Hall. A fair sized crowd was present to hear the well rendered and interesting interest-ing program, as follows: Prayer by Mr. Bearre. (horns, -'Merry Landing. Sparkling Water," by a company of lit' le jrlrls. Recitation. "Tan cents a glass," by Mark Strang. Taper, "King Alcohol, or Armenia at Home," by Miss Aiiable Thatcher. Recitation, "Blossom," MlssJosie Groca-beck. Groca-beck. Chorus, by n company of glrK Declamation, '-The Bugle l Blowing," by Jcssp Strang. Recitation. "Dong-dong-bcll," by Eugene Lund and Zobenpser Huntington. Ilecl'atlon, "A Judges Temperance Lecture." Miss Ruby Hull. Duet, selection, "Mrs. L'uramlnes and Miss Kitty Dougall. A temperance dialogue In two acts closed the entertainment for the evening and everybody left with the feeling that they had spent a very enjoyable evening. THE CITY PAYS $30. Its Share of the Cora Harrison Harri-son Compromise. IT GETS OFF PRETTY CHEAPLY. - O John H. Mauwaring Appointed Sexton. Sex-ton. Street and Sidewalk i)escussloii. Other liussiness. The City Count il of Springville met in regular session, Tuesday evening, with Mayor Deal presiding. Coun cilors Reynolds, Hall, Robertson and Loynd answered the roll call. A communication from James Caff-rey Caff-rey in behalf of the heirs of John Clements, deceased, asking the City to make out a new deed to the lot on which Mr. Clements lived. The communication com-munication stated that the old deed from the City signed by L. S. Wood, Mayor, called for land up by the foot hill near Jacob Iloutz's place. It was referred to the proper committee for investigation. Two applications were read for the office of City Sexton, made vacant by the death of John M. Clements. The applicants were John Manvvaiing and Alonzo M. Dalton. They were laid on the table, to come up later in the session. A report from the Street and Sidewalk Side-walk committee in regard to the petition peti-tion of G. S. Wood Mercantile Co. asking ask-ing the City to pay one-half of the amount of the compromise settlement settle-ment in the Cora Harrison damage claims for injuries sustained by defective de-fective bridge over the mill-race owned and used by said Company, amounting to $12(). This report was signed by Councilor Reynolds, and recommended that the City pay (i. S. Wood Mercant ile Co. JKWas the City's obligation in Hie matter. Another report from the same con mittee and dealing with the same matter was read. This report was signed by Councilor Hall, and was the same in substance as thcothes, with the exception of the amount that the City should pay, naming $80 as the amount. Hall and Reynolds both made some argument in favor of their respective reports. Loyud also said a few words in favor of accepting ac-cepting Hail's report. Mayor Deal made some statements in the case showing why it was good policy for the City help settle the case, stating that the city would have been sued if the settlement had not been made out of court, and ended by favoring Reynold's re ort for if 100. The question ques-tion was then called to a vote, and Hall's report was accepted, Hall and Loynd voting for it, and Reynolds against it, Robertson refraining from vot ing on account of bis connection with the G. S. Wood Mercantile Co. The following bills were allowed and ordered paid: John Conover, street sprinkling in August ?.. M John Conover, labor 1 50 J. II. ClarK, carpenter work 5 00 T. C. Hanford, surveying II 00 S. E Clark, livery bill at A. C. P.ird's stable 00 S. E. Clark, marshal's salary.. . . 5!) 00 bill for deputy ' " meals for prisoners. . 1 00 " burying dead stock. . o0 The following resolutions of respect for City Sexton John M. Clements, deceased, de-ceased, were read by Councilor Hall and passed by the Council: KEISOLVTIONS OF RESPECT. Whereas, On the 10th clay of August. Aug-ust. 1897, John M. Clements, our City Sexton, passed to the Great lieyoud; and . , Whereas, Father Clements has served faithfully and efficiently the citizens of Springville as sexton for the fast 1H years: theiefore be it Resolved, Ry the Mayor and City Council of Springville that while we recognize the band of the all-wise Creator in the death of our friend and co-laborer, John M. Clements, we realize re-alize that Springville has lost a good citizen and an t -indent otlicer: and be it further Resolved, That we sympathize and condole with tht widow and children THE FAIR: Sp riiitrv'ille t Fourth Ward City Hall, Sept, 30, and. Oct 1 anfl 2, Admission, adults, 10c; children oc. Season tickets, 2oc. JAMES E. HALL, Gen. Mgr. To know more art committee. in their great loss of a loving husband and a kind and indulgent parent; Uesolvi d, That a copy of these resolutions res-olutions be present. 'd to the bereaved family, and that tiny bespread upon the minutes of the Council, and sent tu The Independent for publication. Mr. Hall brought up the matter of the bridge across the mill-race at the Springville Milling Co's. building, asking for Information as to whether it was the business of the City or the Milling Co. to keep it in repair, and stating that the bridge was in bad condition. This brought up the dangerous condition con-dition of bridges and culverts in different dif-ferent parts of the city, and lead into a discussion as to whether it was the duty of the watermaster or road supervisor to see to culverts on the crossings. The fact was developed that the City should keep the west side of the bridge in repair, and the committee on Streets and Sidewalks was instructed to instruct the road supervisor io see that the bridge was put in g oil condition. It was decided de-cided that it was the duty of the watermaster to see to the culverts and st reet crossings. John II. Manwaring was appointed as City sexton to fill out the unexpired unex-pired term of Sexton Clements. Meeting adjourned until Wednesday Wednes-day evening at 7:.'50 o'clock. MAPPLETON JUTTERIXGS. Miss Erina Perry is recovering from the fever. Lew Whiting shipped two tons of honey last week. licet digging has commenced. The crop is e;y light. The new schoolhouse in South Mapleton is llnishcd, and its a daisy! Mrs. J ill i i Curtis and daughter Polly, are visiting Wallace Johnson, this week. Albert Whiting's latest, an eleven pound girl, makes his number 14, seven boys and seven girls. Ardilla Gallup and Parley Perry have gone to the Manti temple, and will hold their wedding reception Friday evening. ' . t ' Ed'Snbw Is preparing to build a Bn brick house just north of the Central school house. Wells Snow has bought Ed's former home. Mvra llray has received word from her husband at Seattle, that he was just starting for the Klondike with provisions for two year.-;. Our schools open October 10th, with Hnin Eslandson. a gradttate of the University of Utah, as principal, Miss Swenson, primary, Mrs. Bent, in the South school, and Wayne Johnson, John-son, in charge of North school. T'was midnight, Fid I moon: Polecat, Spring chicken, Under barn; Heavy actor, Repeating rifle; Hoy puHcheth. L ing pole; Skunk sneaketh, Gun bangs: "Smellum breath!" Quick curtain, Fast retreat, No applause. MlLUK. Do yor want any location notices? Call at this ofllee. .REGULATOR, He Favorite Horns w&i For all diseases caused by derangement of the Liver, Kidneys, and Stomach. 3 Keep it always in the house and you will save time and Doctor's Bills, and have at hand an active, harmless and perfectly per-fectly safe purgative, alterative and tonic. if you feel dull, debilitated, have frequent headache, mouth tastes badly, poor appetite appe-tite and tongue coated, you are suffering from torpid liver or biliousness, and SIMMONS SIM-MONS liver Regulator will cure you. If you have eaten anything hard to digest, or feel heavy after meals or sleepless sleep-less at night, a dose of SIMMONS LIVER REGULATOR will relieve you and bring pleasant sleep. If at any time you feel your system needs cleansing and regulating without violent purging, take SIMMONS LIVER Regulator. J. H. Zeilln A Co., Philadelphia. THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Fall Sessions Began Tuesday With Fair Attendance. W. E. RYDALCH IS IN CUAKttE. Organization Effected and the Pupils Have Settled Down la Antlcl- patlon oa Good Voar'4 choal Work. The school bells rang out merrily, Tuesday, and called together the largest attendance that has ever been seen at opening day in Springville; 029 pupils met at the different district schools of the City, out of a school registration of 1047. Three hundred and eighty were at the Central building, where they will be taken along the llowery path of learning by the fallowing terchers: Eighth grade Principal W. E. Rydalch, Ry-dalch, who has (it pupils. Seventh grade-T. U. Kelly, 50 pupils. Sixth grade A. J. Southwick, 40 pupils. Fifth grade-Miss Cora Groesbeck, 88 pupilst Fourth grade Miss Ida Alleman, 5G pupils. Third grade Mis Julia Alleman, "6 pupils. The other 249 pupils were placed at the four different ward schoolhouses, and in the Dinwoody building. The teachers and their schools arc: First ward Miss Ella Cedarlind, who has an attendance of 40 1st and 2nd grade pupils. Second ward Miss Sina Primhall, 55 1st and 2nd grade pupils. Third ward Miss Emeliuc Bird, 34 1st and 2nd grade pupils. Fourth ward Miss Irene Blanchard with 70 pupils of 1st and 2nd grade. Miss Detta Caff rey has 40 pupils of the 4th grade In the Dinwoody building, build-ing, and Mrs. Mamie Crandall has an oterflow school of 3rd and 6th grades In the same bolldlmr. Mrs. Crandall's classes were pot started until Wednes' This makes the number of teachers emuloved in the district schools of Springville 12. The salary paid each teacher is as follows: W. E. Hydalch, $90; Messrs. Kelly and Southwick, Mrs. Crandall, Misses (Jtoesheck. Caffrey. Julia and Ida Alleman. Klanchard. Cederlaud and Brimhall, $40; Miss Bird, $35. A representative of The Independent Independ-ent visited the Central school, on Wednesday forenoon, and was courteously cour-teously shown through the different departments by Prof. Kvdalch, who Bargain tmimmtitmtmm? 20 off o all kind of LADIES' WAISTS or TAN SHOES at H. T. Reynold's W. JMLm Roylance WUOLKSALK Fruits, Potatoes, Eggs; Poultry, Seeds ' Hay and Cor Koud Jv tm 1 Hpeclulty.' Studebaker Wagons, Crescent SUNDRIE3. Wheels repaired on ehott SPRINGVILLE, - also furnished the data given In this article. The Acribe arrjved at recesa time, and had the pleasure of seeing: the pupils march in to the sound of a triangle, each department inarch loir In an orderly manner. The system i so far perfected that all can txs seated at the same Instant by a signal from the principal. Prof. Rydalch informed the reuortef that organization was complete, and that the pupils had settled down Ut work in a manner which indicated very pleasant and successful school year. If you have ever seen a little child In a paroxysm of whooping cough, or If you have been annoyed by a con-4 stant tickling in the throat, you eaa appreciate the value of One Mlnuta Cough Cure, which gives qdlck relief. Meneray & Co., City t)rug Stori. Prospectors' Map of Utah. The Passenger Department of tha Rio Grande Western Railway ha Just issued an up-to-date map showing show-ing all mining districts, and calling special attention to several partially developed regions which recently have shown important uncoverlngsof gold and copper, now attracting notice no-tice of prospector. Investors and i others. For copies of this valuable map address F. A. Wadleioh, G. P. A. Salt Lake City. Every-Day Excursions. To all parts or the world ctrb arranged for any day in the veaf, for one or more persons, upon application to any principal ticket agent of tho Chicago, Milwaukee k St. Paul rail-1 way. Itineraries carefully prepared for excursions to California, Florida, Mexico, China, Japan, and to any part of Europe. Estimates furnished, Including all expenses. Ticket furalsbed for the complete Journey. It Is not necessary to wait for any so-called "Personally Conducted Excursions." In the days of progressive pro-gressive enlightenment, wlth.th English language spoken in avery land under the sun. one doe need to depend upon the services of guide for slght-seclng, but can go alone or in small family parties," wttfigTetC" comfort and security, and at one's" own convenience. Write" to Alex. Mitchell, Commercial Agent, Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railway, Salt Lake City, Utah, for details ifyoJ are contemplating a trip. E Terr body Btyi So. Cnscnrets Candy Catlmrtic, the most wonderful won-derful medical discovery of the aire, pleasant pleas-ant mid vel ivslnntf to lh taste, act gently and positively on kidneys, liver and bowels, cli'ansimr tho entire system, dispel c( tJ, cum headache, Jevor, lmhilii.il constipation and bl'ionsnoss. Please buy and try a box of (I. (,'. C. to-lny; 10, & M) cnts. Sold and ij-uanintocd to cure by u 11 druggists. Grain. Correapondem esoilolteci." Buggies, Carts, Etc. Defiance notice. Also Rent Bicyclei. ' - - - UTAH gapns Cent s |