Show 1RS WRIGH IN PROVO I I Woman Who Charges Her Husband WLh Murder t f PELICAN POINT MYSTERY I MA2T CONVICTED AND 323 STATE PRISON Efforts to Be Reviewed at Once Toward To-ward Obtaining the Release of Harry Hayes Who Is Serving a Life SentenceWoman Brought Prom New YorkHer Story t Special to The Herald Provo Jan Tonight Sheriff George Storrs of this county arrived in Provo from Gouveneur N Y with Mrs Jennie Jen-nie M Wright the wife of George H Wright alias Weeks the alleged murderer mur-derer of the three boys at Pelican Point for which Harry Hayes is now serving a life sentence In the state prison Mr Storrs says that further develop r 1 ments may be looked for in a few days i i No doubt the board of pardons will be 1 called upon to investigate the Hayes i case before long The sheriff thinks I that with what evidence he has and I the further evidence Mrs Wright will I be able to give will clear up the case Mrs Wright has stated to him that she r will testify to the truth as far as she knows She thinks that her husband is the real murderer Mrs Wright is a young woman of 25 good looking smart and intelligent On arriving in Provo this evening she was fatigued after her long journey and refused to be interviewed Sheriff Storrs in speaking of her story told that she said she believed truthfully that Wright killed the boys I She was not an eyewitness of the murder mur-der but knows whereof she kows speaks from the raving of her husband while he was ill shortly after the deed was committed She was with him when an account of the murder was read On hearing the account he turned pale and was for some time after very sick with nervous prostration From what I he said and did at that time she is I confident he killed the boys and from that time on she was frightened of him thinking he would kill her and her baby next I After the time of the murder Feb 16 1S95 he went to the mouth of Spanish Spanih Fork canyon on the evening of the ISth unloaded his wagon and drove to West Jordan where she was living Taking her he started back lving mouth of Spanish Fork canyon At South Jordan he stopped at William Becksteads ranch and borrowed a team from Beckstead telling him that he had traded his place in Salt Lake county for a farm in Tooele and a herd of sheep Driving the team he a had borrowed and leading the team stolen from the Hayea ranch at the Point he I I urove soutn to the point of the moun I tain where he stopped and killed them kied To allay his wifes suspicions he said that he wanted to get rid of them as he had stolen them together with the wagon and contents from a pre emptors ranch near Goshen The ex act spot where he killed the horses Mrs Wright says she will point out whenever requested At the mouth of Spanish Fork can yon the two remained until the end of summer when she left for New York and Wright was arrested for stealing cattle He was let out on bonds and immediately skipped out leaving his bondsmen to pay for his disappearance Since then he has been heard from in numerous underhanded deeds When Hayes was convicted of the murder Sheriff Storrs believed in his guilt Afterward he became convinced of his innocence Up to date he has worked indefatigably with the result shown |