| Show THE DALTON MURDER Emph emphatic atio denial doncal of gleasons gleasona Glea sons statements U E L clark ol of Ia carowan rowan writes write the fol ol lofting loing to the salt lake herold herald in relation to the slanderous 1 I against dalton by deputy gleason anil and others ot liers I 1 co in your issue of the lath dinst ire that deputy marshal gleason claims that edward rdward 31 dalton D alton deceased had been twice in custody anil and had bad twice tance ea escaped the last timo time by knocking one ona orton down i also that he had received letters from dalton stating that when hen lie ha camo came for him to come prepared as lie ho did not intend to be taken being an intimate friend of edward dalton and enoi knowing ong his affairs perhaps a as well as a 0 person usually knois an others I 1 thought it my duty to contradict us as far ar as possible the above statements ile he has haa been in custody but once and did pot knock orton or anyone else down in order to escape but quietly slipped his boots boot off then suddenly disappeared bidding lifeber benson the person roon who nho lad haj him in fix charge good night ni ye t this I 1 was vas an eye fitness to As an to tin threat etting letters referred to I 1 can only siy say that I 1 do not believe that E ed d ward INI al dalton ever wrote it word to gleason in his hii life of rither either a threatening or a friendly nature and I 1 feel sure I 1 never neur will unless sir mr gleason can call anti will p produce y aduce the letters tor for edward dalton ara MH s not a man of that kind but on the contrary was a man wha aho vho dil did not believe in the taking ol of human life and was a ver cry kind and peaceable peace abla man and tile the fact that lie ha was one of the most in muscular us cular active and fearless men I 1 ever saw baw and without a fighting record nor was waa he be looked upon as at 11 all 11 dan serous gerom or even 11 quarrelsome by his hia assoria associates t ea edw edward ard 31 dalton was vs entirely unarmed un armeil lie ho ws was killed a and nd further furt lier I 1 mil ill gay any that lie was in ins ilia shirt sleeves and had no way of concealing weapons and from tile the evidence of barbara bearns jyman v an iii eye witness ft and a irful lad v to my yan knowledge owl edward did bof not penn BOO or hear thompson until after it lie shot ill 0 t in clial regard to tho the important arrest t that thompson claims chima to have len been making R I 1 1 W W when lie he tired fired over the head of 0 the pen pon eon trying to escape in order to antimi date lit him m I 1 will say bay lie had a commissioners commission sio sion ners erB warrant and the accused was bugos supposed ed to be ba guilty of unlawful cohabitation ha ita t on and to my certain knowledge is one of tile tho most moat inoffensive men theia a la Is in this thin county and would not t inflict bodily harm harin on even a child a and tid lie gays that tha the ball passed so go near hini him that ho he heard it whistle over ilia lii head now in ill relation to Mara marshal lial dyers nervousness on account of thompsons Thomp sons hot I 1 will say bay at tile the time gleason and were working together herin in this country glenson gleason was e considered nai dared tile the more hasty of the tit two 0 and when L D watson was wai arrested in march last he was tick sick in bed bad and not able to sit up still gleason flourished his pistol in a careless manner very near Wata watsons ons face at the same time ordering him ta 0 get out of there such work I 1 consider nui uncalled called for extremely din dan gerotis I 1 consider tile the killing of edward AT dalton by marshal thompson murderous cruel and very wicked and I 1 hope that thai all interested in it will get et justice E L C LARK parowan carowan Pa rowan dec 22 1886 |
