Show PELICAN POINT MYSTERY ham huta hayes my may prove to be an innocent man provo prove utah sept 8 recent developments in the pelican point murder mystery which stirred utah county to so much in 1893 make it possible to believe that nn innocent jsn Is being punished for the crime tile the pelican point murders occurred on february 17 1895 albert eustrom enstrom a stepson step son of hayes was living on the lattora latt lat cra ranch on the shores of utah lake this young man was 23 years of age and with him as companion were william andrew johnson his 21 and alfred nell neilson son aged IS 28 the boys were engaged in looking after the few head of stock block pigs and some chick chickenis etis on the ranch the last time they were seen alive was on the afternoon of february 10 16 when some men driving by in teams saw the boys standing near the window on february 18 19 29 and 23 neighbors passed the place and remarked that it seemed to be deserted some of these people visited the place and discovered that the boys were gone and the cabin locked this soon became ame generally known and as the stock was running at large and there were SOME some suspicious circumstances it caused much comment finally on march 4 the En family living near by wrote to hayes tit at eureka notifying him of the condition of affairs in response mrs hayes came up her husband declining to do so and with mrs visited the cabin they found the boys clothing and shoes there and immediately suspected foul play mrs hayes shortly afterward went to eureka and her husband came up lie ile had bad very little to say about the matter but a climax was reached when on april lith the first body that of young hayes was toned found floating near the shore of the lake by a sheepherder who was watering his sheep the body was taken to lehi where the inquest was held beld and the suspicion that had already been aroused against hayes was deepened by his singular conduct there two days later the bodies of the other two boys were found under the same conditions dit ions ious all having been shot to death hayes clayes was extremely indifferent from the first and did nothing whatever to aid the officers ile he had bad ill will towards the boys and had threatened them with violence uis Is only theory regarding the disappearance of the young fellows before the bodies were found was that they had gone to arizona at the trial hayes was found guilty of murder and sentenced to hang but the board of pardons commuted it to life imprisonment which he is undergoing what became of a wagon and a lot of farm implements was waa a circumstance the officers could not solve and this was about the only point in favor of hayes clayes innocence the officers thought the implements had been loaded into a wagon and sunk in the lake and much time was spent in dredging without results A few weeks since sheriff storrs learned where some property answering the description had been sold gold by a man known as weeks who lived near the mouth of spanish fork canyon upon investigation i this proved to be the missing property weeks trail was immediately taken and he was yesterday arrested in colorado where he be is known asthase as chase ile he is suspected of murder there and is known as a desperate and lawless character requisition papers have been issued for his return to utah |