Show EMPEY'S ABDUCTOR IS LODGED IN IDAHO JAIL Kidnaper Who Is Native of Salem Utah Says He Wanted Ransom Money to I Better His Prospects 1 w r r- r I Gives Std Statement ment of f. f Motives T L M T DEAN DIAK kidnaper of A A. If Er jt Yea Wealth t t Idaho Idaho Falls ails ranchman in his cell In the tho c cp lit tf j u ti oho h iV Jj 13 a tda signed a statement In which he outlines his 1115 motives tot Ot abducting Bmp Empey The Thc statement follows follows' Closely confined In a t cell and beIng being be be- ing discerning and viewing with much curlo curiosity it y and looking into nto a future t which would seda to hold nothing but buta a prolonged death for me I 1 find m my only consolation in the iho knowledge knowledg that I am a leal real man and do o not hesitate to say that one of oC better desires or orr r- r more more noble aspirations than I have 4 r ever entertained has never lived hived C If ustice Justice were a thing athing In nature or or i i had ad been Invented an ancl d l applied by liy man mann n the treatment nt of or his fellow man I would not have been here but such r- r 1 nr is not tho the case cua c and the Injustice the tho h effects of which I am now to suffer I Is principally a thing of M the past nn and andY Y m may be bo expressed ex reseed c In the words Lack l of opportunity y My Ir Judges will deal enl out to me such tuch Justice as their Intelligence ce and the V l. 1 laws lawR of the country countr will enable them yv to conceive of or and apply and I ask only one that they tiles consider m my ca case caso o welland well wen welland wenan fe f an and In lathe the light of oC the most advanced anc v I 1 II f know 1 d I I T tI tt t sc I is a e am 11 en 11 1 re I. 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M 1 ngA DEAN i resl resigned nc-d nc an and the p people ople interested shall hall know the truth ruth M My object In committing the time offense for which Jam 1 am held was to enable me me meto to live Jive in fn a right and p pi proper of er way perchance c to hn e have havea a fatally family and fill mans man's proper sphere which is impossible to the the- wage ag earner under pre present ent con conditions The Tho desire for these necessities of an enjoyable existence has compelled compelled compelled com com- m my actions As to 10 the future I hope only to be bc allowed to read and think and antI to express m my thoughts If they are arc deemed worth worthy of expression To my friends relatives whose love and sympathy reach me even here am and which require no expression r I can ean only fay tay r it is fully returned an and as ask k them not to put themselves out on my account These tears which I am sh shedding d ln are far tal from being the first I appeal to Mr Empey to inform the public that I treated him with as much consideration as was possible to accomplish my object and even en realize that that alone foiled tolled m my Pl plans aJ LEONIDAS M M. I. I DEAN DEA Special to The Time FALLS July Juh 2 24 Leonidas I.-Leonidas Leonidas M. M Dean Denim the sheepherder er who took tookA IDAHO A. A A Ernest Em Empey e prisoner and held him captive six ix days before Empey escape escaped on en Friday was brought to Idaho Falls today and lo lodged in the tho county jail Dean was captured ruptured by cowboys from the ranch near Grays Gray's lake Inke last lust night and when the hc sheriffs sheriff's automobile drove up aP to the ranch today it was stopped several times and the identity of those in the machine had to be he established before the cowboys would turn him over O to the sheriff Yh When n brought to jail Dean Doan was vas closely questioned to ascertain if he hewer he were in imi any ony way connected with the Yellowstone stone park up hold of V but he denied he hc was implicated in t that hat robbery He also denied he lie w wits was S implicated rt in 1 t the he l purported purport ur cd plot to 0 kidnap Joseph F F. Smith president of the time Mormon lormon church and hold 1 h him m for ransom Mr Ir left Colbert's Hta sawmill i this morning in III an automobile and Is isnow I Inow now safe at his ranch near Ammon a afew revs few miles innes out of or Idaho Falls lie tells u II thrilling story of ot his capture and andor of or hit his escape c cape F. er Every night Dean heIa's he lie says Ia's fastened a chain to his leg with witha a n padlock and on Friday afternoon ho he was about to fasten falSton him w with tho the chain but Empey says say's he talked him out of or It When Dean foil fell asleep Empey affected cr af- ef effected his escape Dean gave The corre correspondent a signed statement nt today setting out his I reasons for Empey Empe and m Emper Ern- Ern PC per pey In a long distance telephone conversation conversation con con- told what took place from the time ho was captured until he esen es es- es- es en coped ped Sem to tn lie Be Well II 1 Deans Dean's homo home Is said to be at Salem Utah although ho he will not say where Continued on t ii I EMPEY'S CAPTOR I i LODGED IN JAIL Ranchman Was Kept Chained by Sheepherder to Prevent His Escape i Continued From Page 1 his relatives live He Ho said Raid he received a common school education but his speech indicates that ho has been in schools of higher his grade During the thc time ho has be been on employed as a sheepherder sheepherder sheep- sheep herder horder Dean says ho he has ha read Huxley Darwin Paine and Ingersoll Dean was fond of discussing the theories of the tho creation and also the tho freedom of thought as he gleaned it from the works of Paine While he ho hel held Mr Empey captive in the canyon of Sheep mountain the time was passed b by Dean and Empey In discussing tho the works of oC Huxley Darwin Paine and Ingersoll when the sheep business and lumber trade trado not topics of conversation Dean said too today a ho he would not have killed Empey Empe If It the money had not been paid tonight but probably would have hae written another note to Empey's relatives demanding payment The bandit seemed filled with nith re re- re morse Whon placed in n Jail and after atter being questioned by deputy deput sheriffs sherIffs sher sher- iffs br broke ke into tears He desired that news of ot his escapade be bo kept from his relatives If possible Dean further said h he had worked for Empey Empe five years earS ago but quit his place on account of Mr Empey making remarks concerning a 1 dog he owned While holding Mr Ir Empey captive ho he recalled tho the argument of five fIe years oars ago and laughed about it it He Ho said Empey Empe escaped because he desired to treat his captive with all consideration and on Empey's request did not fasten him to the tho chain Empey T II Experience Experiences Mr Ir Empey Empe was at his fathers father's ranch In Long valley valloy tOda today Ho lie was considerably bruised d as a result of running Into a n tree treo In his wild flight down the mountain side when he es escaped escaped escaped es- es from Dean His Ills face was scratched his right ht e cc eye e was black and there thero were several abrasions on his ls forehead Ho Tie slept t twelve hours at Colbert's mill and was ns refreshed this morning although he he complained of or being tired and worn out Over O the long e telephone Mr Empey gave tho the following account of his experiences experiences ex ex- as Deans Dean's cl captive I had gone gono to the vicinity of Sheep mountain to a ranch owned o b by my said Mr Ir Empey Empe He wanted to get t some Bomo timber Umber o opt it and with my son Ernest and antI a a. hired man named Sprout We wo were were returning from the mountain and had Just entered tho field through the farm gate t As s I went back to close tho the gate bate a man arose from along tho roadside and pointed a gun un directly at me Ho told me mo I had to go 0 with him Ho then threw an envelope elope on tho ground an and l pulled out outa a n second gun and anc called on my son and the hired man to pick up tho the envelope envelope envelope en en- and take tako It to my people Ho He did not tell eIl them what wha was in tho the letter letter let let- ter nor did he tell mo me He Ho then or ordered ordered or- or dered tho the two to climb in tho the wagon and drive awa away Ho He waited until they wore about way half across the ranch and then told me mc to march in the direction direction di direction di- di of or tho the mountain After Atter we had gono gone about half a a. mile and were in a thicket D Dean an stopp stopped d me mo and ordered mo me to throw up my hands He then searched me mo for firearms and finding none told mo nO I could walk in front of him and that he would explain when he got ot to his hla hut n Reach Hidden Canyon Wo went through the woods for tor moro more than two hours He kept away from the well traveled trails hans and some some- times limes h he ordered ma me to make wide wido de de- de- de tours Finally we came to the hidden canyon which wa was wae bordered by a heavy heay thicket The Tho underbrush wa was worse there thoro than an any place on Sheep moun moun- tain thin Ho He did did not nol have havo a tL hut but a ted Led which he hall hail stolen from a wagon waon camp of oi some soma sheep outfit The Tho bedwas bedwas bed bedwas was on n the tho ground and he had built bunt builta a n. stove from rocks We Fe got gt to tho hiding place about 6 Dean then told mo mc that he had taken me captive and had written a a. letter to tomy tomy tomy my people telling them if it th they y did not Iaco at a a. certain point in the Sheep mountain road at it midnight Saturday Saturday Sat Sat- urda nl night ht he would 1111 kill me mc After Arter he lie told mo that ho never mentioned tho matter for two days About 4 7 o'clock he said IP hr ia would get Jet supper Ho lie built buill a a. fire fare in hi his stone stove stove- and I moved move around a a. bit and ho he said sall he ho thou thought ht he would havo have to chain me mo up lIe He ordered d mo too to put out m my foot and he r fastened tl a achain achain achain chain around It with a a. padlock Thc Tho chain wn was In iii turn l i IU i i 1 i to a tree He finished frying his bacon nail and making flapjacks and b boiling th tho coffee Then Thea he ho unchained me mo and toMmo told toM mo me to help myself I want to say sar that Dean was considerate of ot me V When hen hen 1 r I reached ed for a small piece of oC bacon ho Insisted that I tal take e the largest and leanest pieces In th the pan He lie then Insisted that I take the greater part of a bottle of Jam which ho said sa-Id he bad had d In a a. deserved deserted sheep heep camp Tr d Him Considerately I When hon It came time to go o to bed he said laId I could sleep and he would stand guard over ver mo mc s was frightened then I thought tho the man Insane Insano and wa was fearful lost lest ho should harm mo me I wont went to sleep and through fright and the events e of the day I must have hae slept sound soundly for when I awoke I found that he lie had chained me while hilo 1 slept and aid Dean Denn was sleeping propped up against a tree about feet awn away He then ma made e the discovery ery that ho did not have ha any bacon or coffee lie told mo mc he was going for supplies and for Cor me to keep quiet He returned In Inan Inan Inan an hour with a n side of ot bacon two bottles of Jam flour and coffee corfee Ito tc also had sugar suar and condensed nR d milk He lie said he had held up a sheep camp and taken laken what he wanted Talk on Metaphysics Dean recalled how he had work worked d. d for me mo five years ears before and how ho he had quit because I said his dog dol was wasa a n sheep killing dog doS I thought he lie might become enra enraged ed at the recollection lection of tho the trouble but ho only laughed about It and said we both were foolish Then he lie started in to talk about theories of life lIte I could not fathom one half what ho said Ho Ito was saS continually talking about the tue origin of ot tho species about evolution and things he called metaphysics Ho lie talked about tho the works of Thomas Paine and took the tho view that Mr Paine had done more for or the world than all aU of or tho the preachers In It It Her He r repeated at great length lens speeches and writings of Ingersoll He talked awa away Into the night about evolution and how the world was as nothing but a A. battleground battleground battle battle- ground where the fittest survived His conversation was on the order of oC a n teacher trying to convince a a. child I that th tho things ho believed belle In were rl right ht The Tho next day he ho talked on the tho sheep business He Ho then thon went into the timber business and told in mo me whore where there thore were more moro white pine trees on Sheep mountain than an any sawmill man In tho the section knew of After that we wo talked about the the war and current events but he would always return to Huxley Darwin and nd In Ingersoll U 0 A at all i t times and d dIn In insisted J t ren that I sleep on tho bed and take tako tho the largest portion of tho the meals which he served He would always alwa's chain me when I went vent to sleep or while ho was as engaged in preparing meals or while ho he went on walks He would tako take mo me on walks as he ho said I might get et sick mick if I didn dida t tako take exorcise exercise Friday afternoon ho he complained he was tired and sleepy sleep I argued with him whether it w was as right to chain me mo He said I would escape and I told him that ho he could hear me mo and said that I would stay where I was and not move while ho he slept slept- He agreed to this finally Ho lay down on the bedding bedding- and taking his gun In his rl right ht hand fell tell asleep Ho to was sas not sleeping soundly and I moved ov over r towards the stove He lie saw me and Jumped UP UD but when he saw daw that I was scraping out the ashes h he fell tell back on oil the bed bod and ard went to sleep I heard him snore once or twice and then thon I began bean working working- my wa way through h the thicket I went slowly at nt first and after I had proceeded proceeded proceeded pro pro- about l ICO O yards I ran into an anold anold anold old trail and started to run I know knew ho could not shoot me from a distance and I put on all speed I ran until it seemed I would KO go o blind and then thon I I hit lilt a n tree at full force It stunned mo me for tor a moment but seemed to bring back m my second wind and I went at nt It harder r. r For four miles I went ata ata at ata a fast din clIo I got ot to tho the foot toot of oC the 1 a I mountain I 1 started to walk and then walked and half ran to Colbert's sa saw 1 i mill mut I My I father had rallied raised the and would have paid it tonight 2 empey stated that ho he would be In Idaho Falls on Tuesday and that he was not certain whether ho he would P swear to a a. complaint charging Dean with lIe He said the matter was In the hands of oC the tho prosecuting I attorney p l |