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Show VESTAL CONFESSES Implicates a Number of PeopU in His Crime. ! i W. 1'. Vestal, who is now in the county jail awaiting trial for allege.) attempted blackmail furnished th-1 Chronicle with the following conies slon this week. The names of the per sous alleged to be Implicated In thtl plot to kill Hanson are left out vl the confession. ". Fillmore City, Utah, May 2, 1911.' I, V. P. Vestal, who Is now confine! in the county Jail of Millard County' In the custody of Deputy ShertK' Payne, awaiting trial in the district court which Is to meet May 17, 1911.' on the charge of black mailing N. A. Anderson, County Cierk of Millard Co.' Say that the reason for having ni arrested on the charge Is to send ru over the road and get me out of (he way in order to protect others from having to answer to a charge of' attempted at-tempted murder plotted by myself and other residents of Millard County, My reason for being Implicated It' such a crime is that I was led nn 1 by being fed on prohibition boom pn 1 hired to commit the deed while lyprtty the Influence of It. J On November 20, 1910, which, wa on Monday, I was released frogi iho county Jail about 2:30 o'clock On being released Mr. requested me to come to the hotel Immediate? after being released, which I did. Mr. wanted to know If I had, bear i Frank Hanson say anything g,aliwi him or make any threats agalnat, property. I told him no, which ho was jiU I. to hear. I then and there a sited- Kj5 board and room there. He M Ivy should be glad to have me stip him If I would sleep in the js&Il.'fj.f the purpose of guarding It, i p tecting It from fire. That 1 n 1 do. So when I went to bed tt fee. Infot ut.ai; 4baHlM;rtr 4k ' a man who would stay there 1 with me. He said that had been sleep- ing there for some time. The next day I spent roaming around town with the said . During the day the said suggested sug-gested we have some whisky, which he Immediately got. The rest of the day we spent drinking. About dark as well as I remember, Mr. came and told me that supper was ready. On our way home he said to me: "Now there Is a chance for you to make a piece of money here In this town." So I Inquired, how? He said there was no doubt but Frank Hanson and I were good friends. I said we were. Then he said: "Well, there Is two hundred and fifty dollars offered for the man who was setting these fires around here and he would assure me that I would get five hundred dollars In addition to that, If I would get him, so I said, "Well, I will keep my eyes open and see what I can do." The week rocked through until Fri day night, when I went to a dance, which was the starting of Frank and I running together. That night we started to drinking and continued to do so until Tuesday, November 2!itb. On Monday night the 2Mb day of November, 1910, and my self were all In the b.irn of the said . Then and there the above named parties did make an offer of eb-ven hundred dollars to the party or parties who would get rid of Frank Hanson by shooting him. They said that they wanted him killed so they would be sure he wan out of the way. The bonus was to be paid as follows: fol-lows: J , One hundred dollars when the work was done, the other thousand as soon as everything was clear, In case I was susplritmed. They were to furnish uie with an attorney and assure me of being cleared as it would be left up to them to pick the Jury, and that there was no Jury in the country that would convict me. So after the work was done Saturday Satur-day night I was visited by and , They went away, and laler I went up t3 Mr. Colgroves to hiilp fix a leak In a water pipe. While I was up there Charley Laver and N. A. Anderson came up, and I was put under arrest by Mr. Laver, who was cjty marshal, who left mo In the custody cus-tody of Mr. N. A. Aodcrsoti Vt appear at 10 a. m. Monday for a hearing, which was dismissed when I was brought up. 1 was paid by little bits. At the time 1 was paid twenty five dollars by Mr. , and I wns paid twenty twen-ty five dollars before the shooting or- cured. Later Mr. gave me twenty dollars, and then Mr. gave mo ten dollars or fifteen dollars, I don't remember which. Later Mr. gave me ten dollars. Later .Mr. gave me $.V00, since then i haven't received anything. While I was out at Meadow Creek chopping posts, Mr. told mo that 1 would have ot leave Fillmore as soon a I could get my post business busi-ness straightened up. Then and there I asked how I was to get the thousand dollars due me. He told me to leave; then write a let ter'to as though I was going to gfve the secret away If they didn't come through. The other fellows lit; spoke of , acted an though they were not going to come through and ho told me Just what kind cf a letter to write. Mrs. only knew It was U occur and Just bow It was to occur. and were present at the time the shot was fired, one was sta iloned at the south of the bouse uii other bid behind a wood idle 1 ' iften Fr;'.ck.caiue to the door the on that was cast of the house told nn that It was him and Mien run like t cur. Now there Is a few odds and endi I haven't told that I will be glad t( tell when It becomes necessary. I am now pleased to know that they haven't got the court in power anil haven't got the privilege of picking the Jury, and only ask that those wlm are chosen as Jurymen will look at my side of the case as well as the other and deal me as fair a justice as will be dealt tbem. Why punish a tool and let ring leaders go by? (Signed) W. P. VESTAL, The Chronicle don't care to comment com-ment on the letter or the case at this time, except to say in Justice to our city a thorough and searching Investigation Investi-gation should be demanded by all. If the fellow Is a blackmailer anil liar, he should get bis dues. On the other hand, if he tells the truth, those implicated, impli-cated, no matter what position they hold, should get theirs Be Optimistic. There Is much In th past which we suggest ought to encourage us to far the unknown future hopefully ami confidently. con-fidently. The pessimists sre very vocal vo-cal In our midst, . nd they doubtless play a useful part In reminding us of our Imperfections, but nouo the I. ss s look backward recalls to tin the line of a well known hymn: "Ye fearful saints, fresh courage take" We hope w need hardly say that we ar- not arguing for any careless view of Hfo or lis rcspon Slbllltl. We think there Is a real need for an Increased seriousness n certain sections of the community in order that we may mor nearly attain th level of th" Meat slate In which each of Its members contributes some-thing some-thing to Its service, i t us be anxious about the future - -Westminster Ga-tettc. - -. .;. , 1 if ; Fishing Scene at Deseret Spillway. |