Show W TOM he was one of the pioneers ol 01 provo bis official record coln W turner ie dead re aana t rpt apt after a loaz with the DOS bunday at about at toe borne ol 01 hi sen the deceased baa been ailing lir buur u but was nut confined t his bed until the early dava of novem bar he sick tha fall cam filled ui appointments an attended but one rally his was a sort of prostration re bulling from a worn out constitution bia TU AND john bealey turner was the eon 0 chauncey Chau ocey aud his mother name waa hannah redfield the BOL was born in avon township Living county new york nov 21 a bartly after the birth of john bealey hia parents joined the mormon churco in the aaring of 1836 the family moved to kirtland ohio ni in the fall of 1845 when the latter day dainto came went in 1847 the tarnet family was the first companies belonging to A 0 scouts hundred which arrived in salt lake valley in the fall of that year fp PROVO in the spring of 1849 when the arat colony of biah calluy valluy fettled at prevo chaancey Chaa ocey turner his boa john VV and the rest of the family were amon tie number john W waa then one ot the baya old enough to he a minute man in the utah county militia organized to fiat indians he belonged to col 0 jn overa that distinguished itself in the early indian wars john W turner remained with his lather until he married his surviving wire dc I 1 1853 when ho began for as a farmer feet OFFICIAL CAREER hia farat which finally led to hia fame as an officer began aa deputy under U C roar s which continued until 1876 baan john W turner was himself elected sheriff of utah county two teara before he waa appointed and afterwards elected city barahal of provo he continued to hold both offices for a bumbar of veara and remained until 1890 when be was succeeded by thomaa fowler john V turner ha also been a deputy united states marshal serving marshala Mara hala and ire laid OfFIC KB la his loarf official life he haa deai himself as one of the western of ficera and aa a wonderfully detective he always claim sil divide in bio detective work aud some of his marvelous marve loui discoveries of crime and capture of criminals would almost lead one to believe that he wi ao favored of aloyi dence hia nature was naturally observing however and hi waa trone with a singularly t of gervea what other men could not discern came to him almost by intuition or hopefl the capture of the man fred H hopt alibis welcome as related to the writer by mr turner a lew dava bedora hi final coi to his death bed thia peculiar trait of the de character ilist of oar readers faill remember the death ot john P son of sheriff turner by the man hopt the bon had ja earled to park city in 1380 with a two norse team an entirely new outfit out fit to make a little raise and begin life for hi malf toe year before sheriff tor ner bad arrested hopt for horse stealing hut the case never came to trial because the owner of the adolpn horse bad left for montana and the matter was dismissed from the court calendar hopt waa then fitted out by the sheriff with bedding etc and went to park city A john F turner met hopt at park city and bared bia bed at camp with tha villian on the evening of july 3 1880 hoot murdered the houna man with an ax appropriated the team and with the dad body concealed in the wagon belt lor wyoming in company with one jack emerson the body was depo babied some rocks in echo canyon kaiura even the body wag discovered gueris iu eriS turner learned of the sale of a outfit in wyoming answering the description ot the team belonging to iia son he at once foul play OF THE I 1 saw the whole crime said mr diirner in speaking of the affair aa sow a I 1 heard ot the teama being sold I 1 knew who had committed the crime I 1 took officers with me from provo feel n certain that my fears would prove well founded at park city we learned al the body of a bonne yonne man being did coverer at echo we proceeded to that place and I 1 felt certain all the time it was the body of my on it proved to be BO and after telegraphing the ad news to the family at provo aul to salt ake for a coffin the sad atie and overtook him at ou luy return continued mr tur nar 1 I knew what a trying ordeal would OB passed at echo where we were to receive the dead body of my eon and I 1 aaker sheriff allison to take my ver I 1 told him not to give it to me aven if i aaker for it until hid passed AN ACT at echo the abdy was received and there was a laie ad excited crowd A word from me or an indication that I 1 would not have opposed it and there would have boon a lunching lynching lyn ching bee shortly after we had left the station I 1 began 0 feel something roll in if I 1 had had my I 1 might haye done desperate work the feeling goon subsided however and I 1 aaker for my revolver and received it while sitting there guarding the prisoner I 1 remember a gentleman from boston came and naked if I 1 was sheriff I 1 told binef yea and you ara sitting there gearding arding gl the murderer of your son I 1 tell you sir it ia a case without parallel in history ane subsequent trials endured in the protracted trial ol 01 the murderer did much to break down the nervous avs tern of sheriff turner but he bore the strain admirably the writers first acquaintance with the imn was when he quieted the crowd at the last trial in salt biake when there was talk of lunching lynching lyn ching copl was finally executed MANY DEEDS sheriff tamer often followed crimi nils states aud territories and faai one of the best known officers in the hia raid on the howard gang of cattle thieves in gunnison Gunn isoo county colorado where he went and recovered beai of stolen cattle and helped break UD the gang brought him great praise from the colorado press his capture in 1883 of the cantral pa cefic train robbers i n antelope moan bains made hia name known iu many states he was often sent for by officers in neighboring states to help them in t cases and his detective eer vices were considered invaluable his tact in that line waa recognized by the beat men of the territory many wonderful cases handled bv him might be told were we writing a history of the man but chev are more or less familiar to our raiders the funeral services will take place tuesday at 12 in the tabernacle |