Salt Lake Tribune | 1910-02-18 | Page 11 | Terrorizing Letters to Eureka Citizens

TERRORIZING LETTERS TO EUREKA CITIZENS Demands for Money, Supposedly Supposed-ly Made by an Insane Person. Special to Tho Tribune. EUREKA, I'CO. H- minium ji rcka's foremost citizens, among them bf-ing bf-ing Dr. John A. Ilensol, Hugh HefToran of the Ilcrrcran & Thompson company, and Lawrence Blackclt, manager of the Bullion Beck mine, have during tho last several days been tho recipients of a scries of blackmailing letters, demanding money or threatening tho lives of the recipients re-cipients or those of their families. Tho pollco believe that they have a clew to tho writer of tho letters and the theory has boon advanced that It probably Is an Insano person. A man wrote a series of similar letters here several years ago and was Ilnally caught and committed to the Slate Mental hospital at-Provo, where he Is now conllned. Lawrence Blackott. munnger of the Bullion Beck mine, went to Salt Lake C v today and turned tho mattor over to tl e nostofflco Inspector, the letters havmg cone through the United Stntea mall. However, It is almost certain that tho letters wore mailed in this city. Mi. RlnckoLt rccelvod a letter written In a disguised lmnd demanding ?300 In gold r the life of his children several days aco The letter was sent through the Piireka nostofflce and was received by Mr Blnckctt at his store with the regu- laThenietter was dlsgulsod aa much as noaslblc. the words being prlntc In a hn nil similar to that used by children ?,on sorting to go to school. Tno let- tlPyaTtii& ' BO'? ? ..n-tiiln sbeclned spot) at the old aban-S" aban-S" Knlgl tv Ue station, between 3 o'clock and dark tomorrow night, then vour children will be taken from you; ft? will be torn from your arms." "upon receiving the letter. Mr. Bhiekett immediately turned the matter over to i, " meurM It. was decided to carry out c histruutlons contained In the loiter pyo Place lwj-hers In a ag ,ou?ttMr? BI.?ckott went to the LpceMcd Lnnr and deposited the bag of washors. ?R VlV-ors being concealed near ly. The waited until dark and through-0,f.lci,2 through-0,f.lci,2 entire night, hut no one came for ?iut v of wor lilcBS washors. which lay laffrbed wC the dawn broke the f0Drlifen"erreceK'od a letter directing i.lm to lenvo $200 In the tunnel of the nio Grande Hallway company or forfeit P. utl et tern of the same churacte.r llB " ton fflcc ved by Mr, HefToran and ha.vo Snw of tbls Pbice. In some tUihom K?s of the use of dynamite wore made. The loiters appear to have FDan B. Cronln and Sheriff Gus J. Ilenrold.