Salt Lake Tribune | 1909-05-29 | Page 1 | Had Left Salt Lake after Trouble in Court

HAD LEFT SALT LAKE AFTER TROUBLE IN COURT William V. Gavlor, avIio lived with his father a I 21?. liast First South street, left Salt Lake almost immediately immedi-ately succeeding his discharge from the police court on tho charge of obtaining obtain-ing money under false proteuscs. lie Avas arrested soon after the murder of John C. Harnett, his comrade and friend, avIio was killed in the American Ameri-can house, JG Commercial street, earlv in March. Gaylor collected a sum of money from among Iho frionds of Burnett Bur-nett for tho purpose of purchasing floral flor-al offerings for the funeral. The Bar-nott Bar-nott family accused Gaylor of appropriating appro-priating those funds lo himself. He was tried in the police court, found n,-i( ,..,;n,. .,,,,1 -i:...!.. ,i Henry V. Gavlor. painter, father of the dend man. said last night, when apprised ap-prised of the manner in which his sou had met death. thn he knew of no specific spe-cific reason for such an act. He said 1ha Iho life, led by his son, drink and haje companions, hnd probably resulted in a state of melancholia, which, combined com-bined with chronic heart, disease, had i caused him to take his lifo. Tho father received a letter from hiR son last Monday, in which ho said that he was sick in Dillon, but upon his recovery re-covery intended to return to Sail. Lake William Gaylor aviis ' 2S vears od" having been born August IS 1SSI, in tins cit3'. Ho had worked as -painter for his father. He is survived by a father, mother, six brothers.' Arthur Heber. Ray, Kbenc.er. Albert; and Carlos, Car-los, and one sister, filla Iaric Gaylor. Gay-lor. J The body is being brought to Salt Lake by Joseph William Taylor for iiilerinpnf.