Salt Lake Herald | 1890-05-26 | Page 1 | Attempted Suicide and Murder

Attempted Suicide and 3inrder SEDAXIAMO JohnWllHamsona farm laborer la-borer aged sixty was found In the public park this morning seriously ill from the effects of poison taken with suicidal intent He was taken to the hospital and will recover This evening a farmer living near the farm of Jeff Moore reported the dlscorary of the dead bodies of Moore and his son Charles It Is now believed that Williamson killed Moore and his son he having been in their employ em-ploy and finding nothing of value in the house and fearing detection attempted suicide The Moores have beenj missing several days and Williamson had reported to the naigbors that they were visiting In the west Later the Investigation by the coroner tonight to-night showedthat Moore and his son were killed with an axe Williamson confessed to the crime tonight but says he was hired to do it but by whom he will not say