Show Q 1 A D I IT I Fl F U fl Ok I V f BOTH A HEIR m TO MONEY Convicted Murderer C to Receive Re-ceive Inheritance WILL HELP HIS CHANCES i Money May Aid in Securing Rehearing of Case Man Who Killed His Wifo and Friend in San Juan County Will Got Over 2000 a Charles Botha alias Dutch Charlie under sentence of death at the State penitentiary for tho murder of his young wife and William Tlbballs Is thi heir ton to-n fortune Inherited 1 from his father who died lit Germany two yenis ago As a rc L cult of his sudden and unexpected wealth j renewed efforts will be exerted to secure a elieuring of the t caso which has become famous because of tho horror of the tingedy and the sympathy which has I been aroused for tho Ignorant I mountaineer moun-taineer who committed tho deed 1 Kotha has just learned of the fortune I to which he Is heir but has displayed no emotion whatever save the hope of exonerating ex-onerating the name of the slrl whom ho killed VJvcn aa ho nays when convinced of her guilt he still worahlpil the memory oi I l tilts girl but vows that ho I would commit com-mit till cjlmo again If l similar conditions arose UNPROMISING YOUTH Full of Interest and rxpnrlcnces Is the story of the lir > of Dutch Charlie Ob plhiutc and wilful as tho most headstrong of his Saxon ancestry he begun his career In a small Prussian hamlet where his father was si thrifty shopkeeper There were throe sons ono of whom Is r now confined In the State prison awaiting execution Another In attending the unl voiilly at llelclclbcig while tho third Is completing his education at Harvard When only a child the man who Is now a murderer refused to attendthe village Fcliool and Ignored all advice from his i piiiotiis At the age of 11 he left home i without consulting any of his people and was Lone for weeks On his return ho Jiqilu refused to attend the school or assist as-sist his father In the shop A year later i he had Jlnally become weary of tho vll las life and declared thar he Intended toSCo to-SCo the Aorld AorldWEDDED WEDDED CHILD ravine heard of an uncle who lived In i America he succeeded In making the voy age and landed In the country of which I he had heard so much For years he i drifted aimlessly through the Slates Miming TI livelihood as best he could lie finals drifted to the West and while in Li1d1lc + Colo met thn girl who a short < fmc later became his wife She was only jH l I but soon captivated the man who had 7dver known a woman and had only seen > tIe other side of life Believing Implicitly In the lovo of the gins nnd I overjoyed by his dreams or hap 1 plnias he abandoned the life of roving and settled In Utah In San Juan county far Lack l In the La Sal mountains he located I lo-cated a small tract of lane and built a J 3iut in preparation for the coming of the bride She went to tho placo and lived 11 there until as Botha says she was lured I from her mountain home by tho promises 11 I and blandishments of a man from tho i 1valley below CONVICTED OF MURDER 1 j Then the 1 killing l was committed In a fit mI 1 of blind and unreasoning Jealousy and 1 3otha was tried for the crime lie knew of no attorney but had heard of W F i WanlcsH of this city He Wrote to the attorney at-torney mid secured his services In his do fciKie Mr Vnnless airived at Montlccllo on the day of the trial after riding in a slaje for a day and night through the n1UllnlUlns The Jury was out but a short time and letnrnud a verdict of guilty The day of execution was net and Botha was sent to the penitentiary to await tile day when IJl + s should pay tho penalty 1 for the crlmo Efforts were at once begun by his at torney to secure a new trial on the ground that new evidence had beer dis covtrcd A stay of execution was secured and Hnnlly the Supreme court decided to hear the case bcfore the crlmo was ex plated It Is now pending in that court and will be heard during the fall term Whim the crime was committed IJothn owned a small tract of mountain land In San JUlin county That was sold to lc fray the court expenses and was soon exhausted Ills case then became a mat ter of charity on the part of the attorney who still used every effort to secure a re hearing MONEY COMING AT ONCE It was learned a sh6rt time ago that Botha had a brother In college at liar ward and liuiulrks as to who WUB payinu his expenses revealed I the fact that ho was paying them himself from an Inherit once received from the estate of hlj father Then followed the I Information that be tween 2000 and J30CO was In the hands or attorneys In Germany wailing the Hud Ing of another son who early In life had left hi home and emigrated to America Through the uYortrf of Bothas uncle In Muskfigon Mich Dutch Charlies Iden tity WHF established Letters have Just been received by Mr micas from tho attorneys In Germany announcing that the details of the transfer had been com plclcd and that tho money would be for warded to him at once Botha who has HVcd for several years m the mountains in the southern part of the State had never known of the death of his father and his people 1 In Germany had never learned the whereabouts of the musing Jon He woo informed Unit ho would Inherit the money and was in no WilY affected by the news of his l fortune LETTiSR FROM MOTHER He received a loiter from his mother a few days ago reproaching him for the IrillftcLcnco he had iihown for his family i but offering J every assurance of a moth ers lovo She told her wayward son of the money that he had and that all Fhn had or her other son possessed would be used to conduct his defense if any mitigating circumstances could be found Jt was the llrst 1 that t Botha has heard tram his family jilnco he l left Germany wiiflii a child in her lottora to tho attor I ney the mother prays that he exert every effort In behalf of her Bon pkndlng as olio would to a Jury for bin life The mothers idlros is Frau AndreaK Bnthn AUenwald Sulzbach Saarbrucken Prus I sin siaIt the i u believed by those familiar with the case that Botha Is likely to rccclvo a commutation of sontonce from the death I penalty to life imprisonment |