| Show YICTIM c 11 CULOROfORMED Iyde Felt Says Collins Was Under Influence of Drug When He Died Boy Provzd He Was Able Unassisted Push Body of Man Into CaveHenry Potts Exonerated Felt Says Old Man Begged Him to Perform Surgical Operation for Him lydc Felts reputation for Veracity toot k another drop yesterday afternoon to ben lie confessed that he had impli Fated Henry Potts In the killing of old feian Collins merely becausE ho was lonesome Ian In Jail and wanted to have i llenry near him tUls i exoneration of his playmate was Kfardly necessary as there was not 1diy necesnry J9rdlr Rmch difficulty In proving conclusively fchat Henry was In the vicinity of the Vnrm Springs and looking for Clyde latter was In Hells el j the time the later Hels nol ow lo other mfttlcrs Clyde made some Revelations that bear the stamp of Frulh one of these was to The Trlb trlh and was to the effect that Collins before Rad begging him the day had been la Fh6 tragedy to perform nn operation clClatcl to cure him of his abnormal fceslres Again he Admitted that Collins had been chloroformed when his llfo was taken force will pronounce tienh Salt Lake police wi h Impossibility after nounce nothing an ImpRsl > lty afer their observations In the Collins case thir days everybody In town has proclaimed pro-claimed that it was preposterous to sup calmed i theM small boy could push se that one amol boJ p size back w of Colllnss dy of v man Colnls M the little cave where It was found lthout assistance hut to show that It was not BO difficult dif-ficult the lad yesterday did that very < thins with the living body of Detective Chase The demonstration has almost silenced llhc talk of an accomplice and the police tare now willing to accept Clydes statement state-ment that he did It alone and all the more willing because their suspicions of bcamc henry Pottss complicity have proved Unfounded unCoundelBONERATD EXONERATED POTS Clyde Said He Was Lonesome and Wanted Henrys Company tit was shortly before 230 oclock cst cs-t ia afternoon when ycTttrig tJlydc admitted to Sheriff Nnylor that he had Potts his falsely Implicated Henry Pols playmate r Previous to That time he jjfd l made the admission to his father and uncles who upant most of thc fore Swn In the boys cell glm sorry now I told such a story Henry the boy said But I want toclcar him now because l he had no part ihaievor In the affair I wish you roulc bring him in here so I can ask bun to forgive me the boy added ASKED POTTS TO FORGIVE HIM Iln accordance with this request Henry was brought from his quarters in an adjoining cell When the lad was ltd Into the cell Clyde at once stepped up to meet him What I said about y 2u Henry was wrong and I want you forgive me for telling such a thing ha Mid tYou knew It wasnt true when you old It last night Henry replied Well I wus tired and didnt realize Just t what I was doing last night was Clydes retort Th tu Pot boy was thin released from custody and taken in charge by his father who escorted him homeward GOT HIM MIXED I UP iAs he walked along the street he said IQIa reporter I knew l I would get out of it because TOR uillnfc the truth t Hftve you any Idea why Clyde told the tory in the lint place was asked No replied the boy I cant Jm iRlne vhy he should accuse me unless h fc didnt Hkb to be In it alone 1 Why did you deny that alibi you ge us y lerday f They kept asking me so many qucs 101 and kept telling me It was Tues I dy that I did those things until I got I i unt mixed l up and thought maybe It was Tuesda 2 CRIED WHEN LOCKED UP After this occurrence Clyde was I ked l alone hi his cell which Is one cf the tolltary confinement cells in the Upper part of the jai and he broke on completely his sobs being plainly audible from the outer corridors After no had bin alone for un hour he was flaIn questioned In regard to the Potts ty but hfr firmly maintained the in flOCC of hlx playmate Why HE IMPLICATED POTTS POTS 7 r only reason I know of for tell tel w the story about Potta Clyde said W O because I was lonesome and I Ve anusl Henry to keep me compani e hay0 always been chums and I I A u liOuht ini r8USht It wouldnt l be quite so bad in hi awful i place lf I he wns locked In TMI htie tlti h mc Besides they had been U II u t Uettonig me until I couldnt Htand n Jfi ml longer and whon I told that they Itn Hem alone ACer they Vent and got r the olllcers woke me up out of trr to tell me about It and I was anl th t dint tel them the truth I thought I would wait till toAD to-AD TOLD HENRY THE SECRETe 1 SECRET-e Henry knew all about the mat tr L j told him nil the day ot the In quest nllc wc were going home after P I i solnE afer tttn h ft Tff our wltn M fees I told him f0111 the old mans throat nnd all about it no Ifi paM he had suspected me o I i mi all along He also promised h J S alio me b Sin Wouldnt tell a OUl and he has kept on ao tar C I Imow OH HOW I HATE COLLINS After itudying I the floor for a few mInutes 1fan lhoul nyln n word the boy lng Oh how I hate that old t Clllns he asserted with vcbcm nct Ttitllzp bt n obL MI jut J begin to 111 I what I havo done and hrt made hz5 Itt aU I was that old man that aakiSL1 Into Double Tic could bnk Row 1 i do u anything he wanted to nnd il begin to realize made real7e that he hag mlc me murder him ItIGRFTS DEED NOW Jtg B Inn awful to know yoavo kl td 4 think or makt me nick every tlme I It Clyde asserteil bitterly iC Chcc rell bltcrh till iall nIL use I wlil have to KtJX > here ln I Ore I r life and that makes < teal bClifyC 0 that kep lf thfY should p m In h ere two weeks I would die I wouldnt kill myself though Id Just get sick and die I know I would When I nm alone here In this old place I keep seeing the awful thing I saw In the cave nnd it makes me sick Im not a murderer though cause I wouldnt have killed Mr Collins If he hadnt made me do It BESUITS OF SWEATING Henry Potts Was Persuaded to Deny n Perfect and Truthful Alibi The case with which an Innocent person per-son may be convicted on his ownstatc ments after passing through what Is I known as the sweating process at the hands of the police is Illustrated by the experience of 15yearold Henry Potts But for the retraction of Clyde Felt Henry might still be In Jail although he has one of the most perfect alibis albis ever offered by a suspected person He could account for every minute of the time when Clyde was missing on Monday Mon-day afternoon At least eight witnesses were ready to verify his statements Yet after an hour of sweating the poor boy wan so confused as to dates I I that he declared his own conviction that the events he had narrated as occurring oc-curring on Monday the day of Colllnss death really happened on Tuesday BOTH BOYS CONFUSED To make affairs look worse for the little fellow his boon companion Emi Knecht who was one of the chief witnesses wit-nesses to alibi also became confused on the day of the week and stoutly maintained that the Incidents took place on Tuesday After such admissions admis-sions from both boys It did look as though the alibi had been prepared In advance by skillfully mingling the events of one day with those of another an-other Naturally Henry could not after admitting ad-mitting the day to be Tuesday remember remem-ber what he had done on Monday and this strengthened 1 the appearances nsalnst him DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE Despite these appearances his Innocence Inno-cence would soon have been established onbetter grounds than Clydes retraction retrac-tion For a closer Inquiry Into his alfbY developed that everything occurred Just as Henry said it did on the afternoon after-noon Monday March 21th The date Is fixed In the books In the store of Edward Brook a grocer near > thc corner cor-ner of Tenth North and Tenth West WHAT POTTS SAID Henry said In his statement to The Tribune I I expected to meet Clyde when he came from school but I missed him I went over on Second West and was close to Andersons store when I saw Clyde about ten yards south of the store I hollered to him and he came up to where 1 was Wo went on toward to-ward home together Ed Brook com along with his father on their delivery wagon I was pretty well loaded and when he saw us he got off and walked with us while his father drove on north to Seventh North where he got in with his father and left us From there Clyde and I went on alone As we went by the Wns > atka works we stopped for a minute or two and saw Collins He did not say anything In particular that I remember of and we stayed hardly two minutes Then he went on toward Clydes house When we got to the stone foundation between the works and bottling Clydes house 1 told him 1 would stop there and wait till he went home then meet him as he cam back for we were goIng go-Ing down town together BROOKS STATEMENT Mr Brook I said last evening to a Tribune reporter I went down town and got a load of potatoes last week nnd drove to the Warm SprIngs and past the Wasatka works whero I turned west toward home My son Ed had been rIding with me but when we were between Andersons store nnd the Warm Springs he saw Clyde Felt and Henry Potts and got off the wagon to walk with them Clyde and Henry went Into the Wasatka works and my son got on the wagon and rode with me Mr Brooks son who was present supplemented the statement of his father as follows I walked with Clyde and Henry to the Wasatka works When we got there Clyde and Henry went In the front door Clyde said he had 590 hid In the building and that Collins was I having C key made for the side door no he could get Inand get the money HP said the key was lost The front where Collins lived did not open Into the back of the works As we went on down the road I looked back and saw Clyde and Henry come out and run over toward Clydes house Henry stopped at the old foundation while Clyde went on OTHER CORROBORATION In giving hs alibi Henry stated that he met and played with Emi Knecht Raymond Johnson Don McDonald and Fred Green at the old foundation that he wont to Clydes home and found him gone that he mot Ernest Felt Clydes brother In front of the Wasat ka works and asked after Clyde and returned with Ernest to the works and looked to ate If Clyde was In there These assertions arc conllrmcd by Emi Raymond Don Fred and Ernest Mr Felt Clydes father sent the following fol-lowing night note to The Tribune Friday I have Inquired carefully of Ernest In regard to the statement of Henry Pots in which he claims that he had made inquiries for Clyde and there is I no question in my mind of an alibi Emi Knecht says that he approached resl the foundation from the Grouse Jcnce at the rear talked with Honry hid with him from Fred Green and when enrl went to Clydes house he josscd down the road to go to Ander ions store to post t a letter On his way down the road he met Sam Potts Raymond Johnson left the pad bemuse be-muse he was afraid the dogcatcher would catch his dog After assuring hlmwjlf of tie animals safety ho went Jaek to thc Warm Springy and there met Clydo and Henry and accompanied them down town t Don McDonald and Fred Green who were questioned separately at thI lr home last night remember the iml lontB about the foundation very wcl The former came from the foundry with Raymond The latter had been looking for his plnymatea He says they hid from him and their presence was disclosed by a doff belonging prcencc to one of them Don and Fred wont home together after Henry Potts went to tho Felt resltent to inquire for bde BOY ABLE TO DO IT Proved Ho Could Push Hans Body Into Cave Alone Without a tremor In his voice or any outward manifestation of fear or hesitancy Clyde nrawlol Into the grlni somber cave In Hells hollow late yesterday afternoon nnd showed the officers the manner in which he forced Colllnss bleeding form back Into the depths of the cavity The confession that he had cut the old mans throat at the mouth of the cave had been obtained from him at the County jail Just previous to the time he was taken to the scene of the tragedy LAUGHED WHILE IN THE CA VAC V-AC soon as the cave was reached Clyde crawled Inside with Chief Hilton Hil-ton Detective Chase and Officers Gll lesple I was very naVrow quarters for the three men of which fact Clyde made Jocular comment Ills laughter was the subject of much comment by thoso gathered about the outside of the cave HOW HE INFLICTED GASH Detective Chase prostrated himself at the mouth of the cave In 0 spot in dicated by Clyde as being that in which Collins had Vain a the time tho fatal wound was Inflicted Clyde showed the position he had taken when ho perfor od the act He then exhibited to the officers the manner Ini which he had forced the body where bd It would be hid flrom view SHOWED NO SIGNS OF FEAR To the surprise of the officers the lad showed no signs of awe while performing this duty He whie regard It a a Joke laughing loudly as he pressed his feet against the shoul der of the officer and forced his form deeper Into tlie caveJust as he says he did the bodyof Collins He worked the form o the officer to the identical pot In which the dead body was found by Officer Ofcer Glllcsplc who was the first officer on the scene Easter You see after I slashed his throat thrat with the razor Clyde explained I turned his head away with my two hands and rolled the body < lole partly over KEPT OUT OF THE BLOOD Then I saw the blood rolling down the side of his head and he began to Jump and flounder around and I got out of the way till he quit that I got back In the cave when he was quiet and came near to sitting down In a pool of blood but I saw It in time and tme put a rock under me PUSHED THE BODY BACK I didnt like to take hold of him with my hands for fear of getting more blood on them so 15at selng rock and pushed and pushed until I got the body back out of the way nt How did you keep out of the bloQd all this time was nuked Oh I kept th rock under me the boy > o > plalned Every tlmeI would shove the body ahead a little piece I would pull the rock up under me I got lots oC blood on my shoes but but kept It off my clothes When I got him back out of sight I crawled out of the cave as quick as I knew how and Tan down the trail 4 It was the next day when I came up and pled i the rocks over the entrance and hid his clothes I kept away after that Before leaving the place the boy pointed out to the officers thc exact spot in which the clothes and other effects were left on the day of the tragedy Also the spot where Collins stood when hc undressed Colns COLLINS TOOK CHiLOBOFOPJa Sad Old Man Was Under Influence of Drug When He Died That old man Collins was under the influence of chloroform at the time of his death was confessed by Clyde alter the boy and party of officers had left tho cave yesterday His description of descrlpton the mans calm manner of meeting his death and the finding of a small phial In the smnl cave had aroused sus picions that some such agency had been pressed Into service Chief Hilton called the boy to one side to qupsllpn the mater and asked him point UI blank Collins had not used chloroform GEE now DID YOU TOW The question coming without a mo ments warning took the boy complete ly I by surprise 1 Gee how did you know that he exclaimed It seems like I cant keep anything from you fellows Youre all out right you arc But how did youfind outWhy you Just told me the officer Informed him The boy then realized that he had been led Into a realzed Val I guess I might l as wejl I tell you the whole tlimg now he added I resignedly You Gee It was this way Mr Collins had been In the habit of taking chloroform When he Invited us hoya over to his house he would take a little chloroform when he got un dressed and cut up those Claz crazy capers which arent nice to talk about TOOK CHLOROFORM IN CAVE I was after he got Jnto the cave that ho took the drug Clyde contin crg contn ued uHe didnt get the bottle out till after he hadmade me promise kill him and then he pourpd sonic of It ki his handkerchief and 501e breathing It In doing this he dropped a little of the stuff In his eye and that accounts dead for tho swelling of his eye after he was SAID IT WOUDNT HURT He told me that when I cut his throat it wouldnt hurt him the least bit as he Would he sound asleep and In order to tell when the chloroform was taking effect I kept I talking to him I was about five talking his voice crew faint and I thought he was osleepTHE THEN I SLASHED HIM I picked up the razor put my left arm under his head and lifted It lef and then I slashed him holding the razor in my right hand Oh Gee he Just thrashed and pitched all around there thrshed and I saw that I had cut too soon the son boy as serted I got out of there and kept out till he quieted down or I would have got blood all over me Afl to tho truth of the bo boys state stte ment that chloroform wag used the officers became thoroughly convinced after Clyde had described with cmlnced accu racy to Dr Wltcher thc appearance and effect of the drug CLYDE MEETS TTTS MOTHER Boy Prisoner Broke Down Dow When Taken to His Home When Clyde was taken to his home for a hort visit l yestcrdtxyt aflernoon the Vcenc presented when mother and son met was n most pathetic most pathetc one The Continued on Paso 3 VICTIM CHLOROFORM Continued fronr Pngo 10 boy wa affected more deeply than at any time since his arrest and he made no effort to keep back the tears Oh mother the boy sobbed 1C you had only been In my place you would have done lie same thing I Just couldnt help myself I wouldnt have done It only I couldnt help myself Mrs Felt and Clydes little brothers and sisters gathered about him and bade him bear up with e fortitude under his trouble He Was then taken by the officers to the patrol wagon and transferred trans-ferred to his cell at the county Jail After eating his supper he at once went to sleep and the efforts of the officials ofcials to question him after that were without avail an the boy was avai completely exhausted ex-hausted and 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