| Show Demand for Probe of Martins Martin s Accusation Against Dead Grows Wife of Convict Blackmailer Decides to io Seel I. I Divorce After Five Years' Years Confidence I J in ill Innocence of Husband C COMPLICATED O rather than clarified by the Ule confession of John lolin Henry Martin tho thu Ogden blackmailing case developed now new angles yesterday esterday which point to a n. possible state investigation iu demand for which will probably be bo made by frien friends friend s and relatives of Tom Jones the d dead ad man whom Martin l now serving ser a life term tenn in th the Utah state prison implicated in his confession interest in th the mystery surrounding the d death a th of T Jones ones was one of yesterdays yesterday's ay 5 developments dc ill in in this complex web of crime and cO conspiracy nn and added to the thc suspense was the covering yell the motive which h prompted Marfin Mar Mar- fin fn fn tn liis hi r After five years cars under tho the Impression that her convict husband was Innocent Mrs rs Martin 1 has now no turned on him and has hns served notice on him b by telephone ne a according to tho the Prison authorities that she will wUl Im ImmedIately Immediately mi- mi mediately seek seel a divorce Clemency Believed fU Son ht Rumors were prevalent In Os-d Os Ogden n and andIn andIn andin In Salt Lake yesterday that the confession confession con con- was mae made b by Martin as ns a n. means toward smoothing t the e path through the state pardon board of or an application for clemency In In Martins Martin's b behalf hilt hlf which It was wae as hinted d was being being- secretly furthered by his friends Dan B B. B Shields attorney g general ne al st stated el last night however that to the best besl of or his recollection there Is on file no current application In behalf of or Mar Mar- tar tar- tin A previous pre application In itt b be behalf b- b half was denied His Ogden Ogdon victims declared y j- yesterday st rd y they Were ero oppose opposed to lo hla hili being Sin given n h his hs s liberty rt Brothers of Jones Joncs Issued during the day dar a st statement branding as a. a Ilie lie Ho that portion of Martins Martin's contes confession lon implicating I cating the dead man The They d declared II the confession was prompted b by his crimes on ulterior motives to to lay tho the dead to protect his own own relative who according to tho tim grand Frand Jury Jun wa was 3 Implicated with Martin and to lo work Worl on the sympathies of or the pardon board I Investigation Wanted Tho The brothers S. brothers S. S H. H Tones of or Provo and E E. J J. Tone Jones of or Ogden Osden will 11 probably abi ably bl demand an Investigation atlon b by the state Into surround- surround Jn ng o a. a o m fio sef Asyet As yet no hint h has haa c come i aa as 11 to his motive for tor making what he calls a clean breast of or tho affair except that he has at various times during his five o years of or Imprisonment t expressed a desire for liberty that ho lie ml might ht support tho the family which it now appears his confession will alienate alien alien- ato ate from Crom him Neither Mrs Irs Martin nor her mother Mrs AV W. H H. Hamlin would discuss the divorce subject when seen In Ogden last night Warden arden Geor George G A. A Storm Storrs of ot the tho Utah state prison believes Implicitly In Martins Martin's story ston the truth or falsity of oC which now apparently hangs hang to a considerable considerable con con- degree on tho the answer to the tho question of whether Jones was murdered murdered mur mur- dered or committed suicide Old Recalled Warden Storrs Storm says that thal In his confession confession confession con con- I of or November IS 1918 Martin told him that Jones had declared on several occasions that ho lie would never nc be he taken alive ant and that ho lie made his word good b by shooting on the thea day a he Martin was arrested to D Storrs Storm said prior to making the tho confession con con- Martin had hacI repeatedly told him the same story he ho told at his trial In his hi effort to establish proof of or his Innocence On November 18 however the ward warden n says s 's the blackmailer broke broko down and said My I God I might as aswell aswell aswell well tell the whole truth And so o the warden believes the story Martin told In which he ho admitted his own part parl in the tho series of ot crimes which for two years terrorized the city of oC Ogden and ut at tho same sarno time Implicated Jones the n nan man n whose bullet- bullet pierced bod body was found In his own bed shortly after Martins Martin's arrest Victim Martin told his stor story to K It B. B Porter Leroy Eceles s and aud Ralph Bristol men who were among his victims At first ho demanded that the confession be kept secret according to the warden walden but subsequently ho consented to Its being given sl out for lor publication In a letter written on tho the date of oC hIs confession to tho the Ogden mon men Martin dwelt dwell at length on the situation of or his family deprived through h his Imprisonment im imprisonment ira ira- of ot his hla support Prison officials state slate that the convict convict convict con con- vict cried audibly during a two-hour two telephone conversation he ho held with his hla wife two days das ago Immediately following following fol lot lowing tho the publication of or the tho confes contes- sion Nion It Is Warden Storrs' Storrs belief that Martin was actuated by a sincere de desire desire de- de sire lre to obtain his liberty that ho might support his family tam At the prison Martin has an excellent excellent excel excel- lent record Ho lie is employed In Iii an executive ex ex- capacity In the commissary de denan de- de nan tm en t. t Statement Only While a statement of or tho the Martin Marlin confession confession con con- WOH wat given ghe out for tor publication much of or its contents has lIe been n sup up- pressed It was learned yesterday e that Martin relates one instance ho lie hoa's ways says as a's ho and Jones Joncs perched high h In a a. tree armed with double snot snot- guns while a posse searching for tor thorn thom passed beneath the tree In the confession conCession It Il la ls known ho he ad admits admits ad- ad mits mils having hlL shot Detective Edwards with whom he engaged In u a duel and ancI b by whom ho he wa was wounded All or tao several stI thousand nd dollars he lie and h hrs lifs accomplice o obtained through their preying on wealthy Ogden Ogdon families his confession slon declares dedores has been d dered e red Prior to to his arrest Martin had lived well and maintained a good appear appear- ance His desire to shine In high so society society so- so o- o Is given on by him ns as his motive mothe for Inaugurating hIs hla carnival of or crime developments are expected In tho the ciso caso when the tho confession conCessIon is of- of Continued on Page Pago 7 7 I DEMAND FOR PROBE OF A ACCUSATiON GROWS GRONS Continued from tram Page Pago 1 tidally brought to the tho attention of ot state authorities Believed Preparing Course for Parole herald GerAld Special Ogden Feb 13 That That the confession made on or Tuesday last by Joseph HenrY Honry Martin no now now- serving a 1 life lito s sentence In Inthe Inthe inthe the state prison Is a n. deliberate at attempt attempt at- at tempt on his part to shield his partners part part- ners nero by Implicating T T. W. W y Jones Joncs who met his death In a manner toll following owing Martins Martin's arrest wa was the opinion voiced by a a. number of ot prominent nent men In Ogden today Tho rho confession confession con con- and und the tho Implication of oC Jones Joncs wn was the topic of ot conversation among those that knew Jones Jonea intimately and those that examined his body Immediately Imme after it was found round by th the family fam ily Hr Opinions were also freely expressed that Martin Is preparing the wa way for fora a parole which it is understood und he has requested of ot tho the board of ot pardons and which Is la to come before tho the board atho atthe at ut utho the ho next meeting A petition said to have been quietly circulated among his friends In Ogden and said eald to bo be backed Ly by jy a n number o of railroad men that knew lenaw him bun when he was employed cd on the railroad railroad rail rail- road oad about aboul twelve years cars ago Is now said aid to be bt on file in Salt Lake with tho board oard of ot governors It la is ohio also understood under under- stood tood that a fund has been raised and nn an n attorney hired to represent Martin before the the hoard board Sympathy Withheld Relative to Martins Martin's efforts cHarts II It B. B Porter said today toda I understand that Martin is making ever very overy possible effort to secure a That matter of or course course Is In the hands or of f the tho board My y personal opinion 1 Is that hat he should hould remain where where- he If IE is One can cnn find reasons for feeling roeling sym sym- I at athy hy for a 1 man that kills In lit time tho heator heat hens or of f passion l I fall fail to understand how how- I vcr ovel anyone can s sympathize with I a confessed blackmailer d dynamiter and specially especially wh when n It Is known that all o oila ot othis I his ila actions were the result of ot deliberate ate premeditation Who ho would woul feel safe afo with such a a. character at liberty Dr E. E M. M Conroy Conro chairman of ot the tho Weber count county council of or defense and who vho made an examination of ot the body of or T. T W. W Jones following his lila death I Isaid said aid The dirtiest move of ot nil all the moves that hat Martin has haR made 1 IP Jp his career to I date ate Is his attempt to tl th w odium on the he family of or Jones I don dent t know what Js Is s in his confession conCession It would seen flom ron rom what appeared In the tho that hat Martin Is attempting to snow b by inference that Jones killed himself because bo- bo cause ho he was Implicated I Positively Xo No Suicide I I was positive from my mr examination examination examina- examina tion lon of oC the bod body at the I 1 am an positive now nO nOth th that t it was TX not a C case ot oJ suicide Jones when killed was ns lying In n his bed covered with the bed clothing cloth cloth- In ing ng The b ball that killed him was from either cither n a or a n. revolver 1 Jt it struck him ilm a little to one ono one side or of the heart and ranged upward at nt an art angle of ot about 45 degrees Thero were no powder stains on either the tho bed clothes his clothing or on tho the bod body It lt might have havo boon been accidental or It might have haye been lIeen murder but It certainly was not suicide Elijah A. A Larkin member of ot tho the firm finn of or Larkin Sons undertakers wh vas called by tho the family Immediately on the night following tho thu shooting said aid Because ono one that commits suicide can not bo ho burled buried from tram a n Latter-day Latter Saints S church I 1 was careful caroul In my ray in In- In atlon I am nn positive now and was then they that it Jt was not a case ciso of oC e. e I probed tho the wound for tho the bullet mullet It entered the tho hod body to one ono side of or tho the heart and ranged upward at an angle of or forty five degrees lodging In Inthe inthe the tho neck There were no ito powder burns burnson on the tho clothing or the tho body Safety Catch Cotch Set On 00 OnIt OnIt It might have havo been accidental but buti I i was wa told that when whon his revolver was picked up that the tho safety catch was on It might mi-bt have haxe boon been m murder for tor there Was a closet on one ono sl side e of or tho the room and wo o 0 remarked that a mari man could have hae shot him him from tho closet and that tho the wound would have been directly in iii line lino from that position It certainly was WaH not a a. case of ot suicide I 1 knew Jonos Jones for man mall many years ars Ho was not of tho the criminal typo type was W a a. hard working man was street supervisor super super- visor In Ogden n for tor a n number of or years cars and aR a respected citizen Before I could bring myself to believe that ho hovas was vas Implicated with Martin ho would have to tell mo me so EO himself Mrs Bristol said today that she was opposed to Martin securing a parole She refused to discuss his con cun- further than to sa say that t ho had made marlc a detailed one S. S 11 H. H Jones and I- I IJ J J- Tones Jones brothers or t l A Y Jonos Jono wore were equally in m their denial that J Jones Jnes had committed com corn suicide S. S II H. Jonos Jones said Wo Vo have never beer been able ablo to explain his death satisfactorily when overy- overy thing was taken taleen Into account except on the grounds that he ho was murdered On tho the day n in n question he had boon hunting with William H. H Taylor who now lives at While hUc huntIng hunting hunt hunt- ing a shell Jammed In his automatic and ho he could not use it Mr Ir Taylor Talor Wa uvas shown the gun nt at the tho time rr In hiest of Spirits Spirit On tho the night that he died Mr Ir Taylor called d him up about ten minutes after 10 o'clock and they Joshed each othor other over tho the telephone about what story they would tell re regarding their thell huntIng hunting hunting hunt- hunt Ing trip und and decided to toll tell their friends that the they had got goot a grizzly bear My brother her so Mr Taylor Talor said Eald was In the best of or spirits A few tow moments later lator ho Ito was shot hen the gun was picked up I It t still hail had a shell Jammed jamme In It and tho the safety was wall on It was to discharge It In that condition i i In fact to operate It t at all Sheriff Tom DeVIno LeVino exam exam- ined med it and made that statement nt at the tho time Dr Conro Conroy ant ami Ligo LIc Larkin both of ot whom examined the tho body positively that It was not a case caso of suicide We never could understand hoW It could havo have been accidental with the revolver In itt tho the condition in which It was as found It might ht have havo been lOurdel mur lOur der del Directly opposite the tho body boly was nt a 1 closet loset In which a man nian could have hidden and shot y n brother There Wore wor two entrances to his room that could be bo used without the theother theother other initiates of ot the tho house Mr Ir Weaver who bought my brothers brother's pool 1001 hall also saw lIaw tho the gun with tho the jammed hell in It Just before be bo toro tore my ray brother wont home Ho He had bad been to see Mr Weaver en vcr r regarding th the payments on the pool hall hull Ho lie had absolutely ab nb no reason for tor committing suicide Tho first wedding veil was called the It was a n largo luno yellow veil eil that tha t completely covered co the tho Gr Greek ok and Roman Homan brides during tho marriage omon emony The bridal wreath of or orange blossoms hlo which Is the conventional con al thing thing- today toda was Introduced Europe Eu Lu- rope b by the Crusaders and Is a Christian Christine Chris Chrls- tine tian substitute tom for the tho gilt coton coronet t worn worm b by tho the Jewish brides |
