Show t Murderer Mu of Ogden Ne cn to Be Returned NOW I M IN PEN PENI Pi I STORY OF OP A MOST MOS A L I TRAGEDY 4 Jonn Joh Hancock Who Wo Killed Dr Georga Gre i Engelke and ad George Gere of Ogden in i Nevada and ad W Win Who is i j Serving Seg Sentence I For Burglary Bugla J Will Wi Be B Tried Ted For Fr the te Murders 4 After efforts of bt yrs years je the man in inI who w o is charged with the I fiendish th fenish aJ an brutal m er r of two Ogden men inca j i n July ul of ot 1 7 ar De Lr r Key Nev in il likely be I II I h back bk to trial at Pi P Pioche Poche ohe District t Attorney McNamee oC l c cI I Lincoln county Nevada returned j yea from a visit to Governor Gage Gaga I of California with wih whom he b practical practically ly l arranged for the extradition of ot John Toha J h Hancock Hancock who has been b wanted wate for th thi murder murd mur er of ot Dr George Gege Engelke a se L surgeon and George Ge Edmund eon son of Ogden Ogen He was wa at the te CU l n hotel yesterday and he went wet on home hon during tho the afternoon t Hancock Hanck is now in the San Sa s Quintan I penitentiary under uner sentence stene of tri ten I years as for burglary committed at at Santa i Anna Ann Cal C three years yer ago This i murder mure and ad the te way wa in which the e ei dence against Hancock Hack has ha been SI se secured lured cured I make mke a story st of love Jve and a blood blo j and crime cime lifting it into the th field feld of re remarkable r tragedy The evidence against him seconding according arding to District At Attorney Attorney torney torey McNamee Mc ae rests upon the state statement ment meat or the confession in of a a a woman h honce once thought much of Hancock HaD nho ho traveled tavel with him as a his wife now mow n Mrs hrs George Gerge D Cross living near ne Pioche Phe Murders Are Ae Committed In the spring of f 1897 she and Hancock Hank set out from Santa Anna Aa for fo Nevada across acrs country county At the Pahrump Pamp ranch ranh near nea the boundary bon line lne they fell feU in with Dr DrEel Engelke Eel and ad Edmundson with th whom they traveled for 10 miles mil or o until within miles of De D Lamar Lar There she says sa s early ely one on Hancock Hanck thinking the two to men m had b valuables and ad money secreted about abut their clothing killed kled them the with wih an a axe at He crushed in their he heads and and beat bt them he to death Mr r McNamee MeN ae says sy that she sh helped him to secrete the te bodies boies after ater a search sh had been ben made and ad it waa nai wa found fon they ter terI t I possessed few valuables Then n she abe sheI aided him to burn the te wagons wagon and a oth other ot other er of their belongings belongings They TheY traveled tre treon I on to the Pacific northwest and an then the south to Santa Santa Anna Aa again agan where he she sie se seI I met mt Cross and soon son cared more for fo him bins than for Hancock Hanck The rejected lover fierce in jealousy je attempted to kill kl her and a Cross Crosa Cr with witha a knife km e Then fearing for fo her h life me she confessed She drew a a map mp of or the I ground goun of the te murder which wa was sent st to De Lamar Lama and by it the scene s of o j the tragedy was found and ad the bodies bies discovered I Hancock Goes to Prison In the meantime Hancock Hancck had ba con confessed c I leased fes to a burglary committed in San Santa Sn Santa ta ta Anna Ann some time before He is was as indicted tie tried and md he pleaded guilty bily to escape extradition on the murder charge He was was sentenced to ten t years ars in j San Sa Quinten two to years year ago 8 The T woman woma who has ha since married Cross C came on to Pioche where she has SiDe sime given her story stor before the grand jury jut and ad pointed out corroborating evidence on which an a indictment was wa found fod She has h repented of her association with wit Hancock and has come ce to a re to realization r I of his nis enormities In addi addition add addition tion ton it is said sid that Hancock Hack has ha made partial confession of his crime to r Tr r sons in California though it i it iq doubt doubtful doubtful i ful if I this is in such suh form for that that it could be introduced as a evidence eviden against gins him himin himIn j in a triaL trial District Attorney McNamee MC ame said sid yes yesterday e that there is a a federal oe statute which provides provid tit governors rI may m when they see fit ft give up convicts who wh are wanted for crimes crime to in i other othe states The sentences against them thess te run rn dur during during ing lag the time they tey are without the state and in case c of failure falu to t convict they ey must mst be returned to serve the re remainder r of their time tie The Te district at attorney attorney torney torne said sid that Governor Gover Gage Gae was waa wasso so satisfied with wt the evidence against aan Hancock that he will wi undoubtedly per permit pr permit mit the extradition for the purpose of o oI I trial for murder at Pioche |