Show LETTER FROM NOLAN KOLAN the drummer tolls tells the sto story r y of tile the chase How he was misled correspondence tribune market lake june 2 in regard to my connection with walli the case I 1 reel feel it due to my friends and the public to make the following statement us as I 1 do not wish to be considered unreliable or visionary on oil tho the evening of may ath I 1 left salt lake city for market lake ida via the union pacific railway A minute or to ivo before the train pulled out ot of ogden a gentleman dressed in a light suit bult of tweed carrying two large parcels anit and a gun case came on board and occupied part of my seat scat in the smoking compartment of the chair car soon after I 1 engaged him in conversation and elicited that lie he was on his way to jacksons role hole wyo for a summers vacation that bo be had spent some romo time there last summer taking pait mith the ml whites ittes in their defense against tile the indians indiana that lie ho canio came front sweden some two and it a halt half years yeara ago in which country lie he was engaged in business drugs und and that tits his almost perfect use ue of the english language was acquired in a swed I 1 six university un on arriving at market lake the ballway polut point to Jark jacksons sons hole we ate bleak breakfast fast together dur jug the merit I 1 noticed that ills hla hands handi were afre quite small arid and white we took tile aage tor cor st ai anthony tu thony vla rex hex burg two other oilier damsen atzert slig us u oie on nt ef them a lady f from montana on her bior xay ft ay to I 1 lilt 11 st t n a isick tick rela tive live on arriving at Rex rexburg burg we took dinner together and when the almo earn came to i gain tako take tho th stage for st anthony Ant anthony bony the rain which had commenced falling some time before watt was now flow coming down in III torrents I 1 declined to go eo on oil but my swedish friend arlen d and la lito the lady who was anxious to see eo her or relative determined to brave tho the torm storm and left I 1 drove over to st anth anthony ony the elie following morning and and again in met e t the gentleman from sweden who mho seemed much put out at ills bis fall uro tire to continue his journey to jack 0 nurit hole the road over the teton T mountains n 0 ains being impassable on account ot of deep snow enow REAU READ THE TRIBUNE I 1 thought no more ot of tile the matter until last friday may ahw when en on my m y r rc e turn from silver city where hare I 1 h had a d been for or four days not seeing a S newspaper during that time I 1 boarded a train at nampa for caldwell and bought thursdays tribune chih contained a full of 0 Ilert Hemi nant ahe I 1 ile pastor which N bach tallied exactly w m till thit of 0 the gentleman gentl man who was on oil ills way may to Jark sons note hole I 1 arn am wrote chief f of police pratt asking if 1 Iler hermans mans had been away fo for r tiny any length of time lost last summer re rc questing an answer to logan 11 whore where I 1 expected to arrive sunday morning the more I 1 thought over the matter tile the more firmly I 1 was convinced that I 1 had traveled with hermann hermanis and us delays are dangerous concluded to po go on to salt lake instead 0 of stopping slopping at logan loean I 1 immediately communicated with chief pratt after acter recognizing as 03 I 1 believed in III lier Hcrman manns ss photograph photo raph the man whom I 1 had left in the pretty and thriving little town of st anthony it Is needless for me to pay that the report of oc your imaginative reporter namely tire the song and dance business bustnes 3 and the expression ile he Is my meat etc Is entirely 1 untrue my mind being occupied at the ume time with mith more serious thoughts thought after being assured that hermans had been aksent from the city part pax t of last summer and tall fall visiting as was supposed in butte a and rd anaconda which w aich Is within a days ride of st S it anthony in I 1 was satisfied I 1 was on tho the right track SURE THEY WERE ON OM THE TRAM TRAIL accompanied by capt donovan of your city and detective janney we me left salt lake city at 7 p tit on sunday evening cven lne slay may arriving at maralt lake monday morning at capt donovan having in his posses possession 5 oil fl a letter written by Ifer hermana mans to the rev mr we examined the register at the market lake hotel and satis batts fled that the signature made by my companion of may ath ill and the letter were mere both written by the same game hand so without loss lose of time wo we left le ift for st anthony taking the hame stage with the same driver with whom I 1 had trav t led may ith before reaching box burg we were informed by the stage liver dilver that the dressed in the light suit of tweed had in his possession a leather trunk and as chief pratt had informed mo me on sunday that hermans had left salt lake city dressed in a light sack suit of tweed cat frying two or three parcels find and hav finx with him a leather trunk I 1 assure we felt now for a sensation on arriving at rexburg nex Rex bure burg we wont went to the hotel my two mine anine prospecting friends t lie the garb 0 r miners haadin ha iny g been a assumed by donean idill end and janney being with me we ate dinner and had just retired to the sitting pitting room ahen the s tage stase front st anthony drove up with one passenger the same lady who was mas my fellow pas hasberger berger on slay may alb ret ur ning to her home in Blon montana tana I 1 told the ca captain etain who the lady was lie he immediately re alb d show her IIer Iler manss picture I 1 did so BO when she replied without a moments hesitation why that Is a 1 picture of the fellow who rode us when I 1 was waa on my way may to sit my relative the captain indulged d in a suppressed cheer and janney after falling over a chair in his alg excitement said cap let us KO go to a barber immediately and have our mustaches cut oft off as our instructions from the chief here are be sure and make no mistake and I 1 am afield lie he will identity identify u us and probably make trouble fortunately for the tit appearance appe aranco of both gentlemen they failed to find tire the barber so we pushed on to st anthony NOT HERMANS BUT HIS DOUBLE the two officers oni cers on arriving at the banks of the snake river on the outskirts of town got cot olt oft the stage explaining pla ining to myself and dilver that from LI 11 the appearances of the rock there they N v ishad to examine them tor for traces of gold and they would come to the hotel later I 1 remained in the stage until reaching the hotel having arranged a signal with th the e captain in case our man was there I 1 found that he be was waa out riding with a gentleman or of the town and so informed my friends they then came to the hotel and placed themselves in hiding until tile the return 0 of f the suspect imagine our crestfallen appearance when there alighted from a covered spring wagon not hermans but hla his counterpart in appearance there stood my swedish friend about 45 4 years of age live feet nine inches high dressed in a light suit of tweed weight about pounds eyes light blue heavy sandy mustache and ills eyes c ornamented by a pair of gold rimmed glasses to say we felt blue Is using a very mild term I 1 wish to publicly thank the tribune and ilse ike woolf esq of the california wine company the former for guaranteeing to defray the expenses of tho the off officers leers there being it appears Rp pears no money tor for tile the purpose and the litter for his great kindness kindne in supplying mu ent with mileage and money and in his bighearted big hearted way paying nolan your salary alary goes on oil just the saine yours truly J II 11 NOLAN we take pleasure in fully corroborating the above statement commencing with the portion relative to leaving salt lale laie city on oil may aist JOHN J DONOVAN E II 11 JANNEY JANNET |