Show Ji J. RYAN fACING PEERS PEER FOR MURDER Weird eird Crime Disclosed at Hotel Following ring it Letter to Undertaker JIs Is County Jail Trusty t r i SETTING of tho the stage for what promises to be tho the weirdest murder mur incur J der cler t trial rial in Utah's 3 history was commenced commenced com coin yester yesterday ay when James J. J nn Hj-nn was arraigned in the Third district dis dis- court charged with first degree m murder for the killing killing- of his 7 until V Wednesday Wed Wed- d- d old son James H Ryan an took to fo plead Tine The strange drama which is soon SOOt to bo unfolded before a n Jury of or Ryans Ryan's s i I peers was first disclosed on the morning morn- morn lug inS of ot September 4 I. 1918 when t Che o lifeless life life- j I less bod body of or the bo boy was found in a n room at tho the Cullen hotel which ho he and I his Ills t father had been occupying In the he f x room yoom room also was Ryan apparently aPIH dying j Writes Write Undertaking Firm Finn Tho The Tho lifeless body of ot tho the child and tho the thos s soro ro father tather were wera found only titter the tho room had been opened b by officers of or tic rs Incited b by a n otter letter addressed b by Ryan Han to a local undertaker and mailed the pro previous evening In that letter ho ha told tod of his impending suicide and of at his 1113 intent to kill his son explain explaining InS InS' where the bodies would be lie found and giving S1 Instructions for tor their burial I Tho The bo boy had died from poison polson which the tho father admits he hc administered with hi his own hands R Ryan on prayed for tor his own death and seemed disappointed when ho he recovered reco from Crom tho effects of tho the poison he had taken after giving tho child chUd the fatal tatal draught Six Ve weeks ks prowl 1 Ryans Ryan's wife had committed suicide dying In a agony on front from the tho effects of tho the t same amu slow poison polson poi pol- son with which the husband later tried to kill kilt l himself At first officers who Investigated the case w were re inclined to tot t ho theor theory that a n pact had been made mado but Ryans Ryan's own frankly told I story tor shod shed a different light on the tho case and It is largely his own stor story bol- bol up tip with corroborative evidence c that will be used by the state in pressing pressing press press- ing its demand mand that ho he be convicted of first degree es murd murder r. r at Joll TIme The alleged infanticide now a trus trusy ut at the count county Jail wa was waa formerly t em m m- m as a D. brakeman on tho the f. f Garfield railroad His work demanded demand demand- ed ell that ho lIve In Garfield Ilia wife influenced ho bo says b by her fancily family re refused re- re fused to e live there They Thoy wore were apart o e time l Avero words Oner filer deathbed Ryan claims the they fj- fj and ac nt that time fori for- for i 1 family and acknowledging that he 1 ho says sas she exacted F J I from him l a promise vr-omle that ho would never o leave their eon with her par pare I cats and anti never oven ovon let the boy O oy know be he had grandparents living Then Ryan's Ryans name was r reached In the Ute draft lotter loiter According to Vila story ho learned that his wI wife's tos to's parents were were wern scheming 19 obtain custody of the bo boy bow RS Its soon Boon as imo ho should enter the tho army arm rm tho tim day came for for- him to to report report In alt Lake ready to entrain for Camp Lewis Ryan WAS waa missing It was ju jut Just t as tho the train loft lort tho the city ty that ho he and arid tho lifeless body of ot his son eon on were vero found In Sn their hotel That p Ryan did ld n not t end ond his own own- life tire declare re was merol merely an nn acci dent Ho lie had carefully planned tho the death of or hiss hla won eon and himself leaving minute instructions us Its to what Wn was to bo done with his personal effects offet aid md how ho no and the boy ero vero to bo be dressed for tor their funeral which ho he had paid for tor in advance except t for tor a n small sum to tebe be given the cutter after arter he no had done his wont correctly Attends inn MaA nt nfl Chapel l Before sending the tho lad to his hs death and arid attempting his own 11 life Co Ryan Ran who was a n. devout Catholic had even gona gone to confession received holy communion com corn munion and arid assisted in tha mass at SU St Anns Ann's chapel Mystery surrounding tho the case has since deepened as lS a result rosult of or tho death of ot tho the Rev Father Timothy OBrien O'Brien the priest who hear heard hl his last confession confes confes- sion Father OBrien O'Brien had ad been relied upon for tor important testimony relative to tho the mental state of or Ryan at Lt atthe the tria time of or tho the tra tragedy edy lie He pass pass-id awa away a few tew days daYH ago ngo ngoa a a. victim of ot influenza Since his hla recovery from tho effects of ot the poison polson he took Ryan Hran has been lIeen a trusty at the tha county count Jail and he is one of or the few tew men ever accorded those privileges there white awaiting trial on murder charge Ills His jailors jailers Inre his conduct has been exemplary lie He is in charge clargo of ot tho the laundry laUndr anti and is 19 characterized harac charac b by Jailer A. A M. M J. J Prichard ns fia the tha hardest working prisoner in the Jail Ho He works to forg forget t. t was as Frich- Frich arda ards comment cornmeaL s |