Salt Lake Tribune | 1912-08-31 | Page 14 | Chief Grant Orders Release of Israel

CHEF GRIT ORDERS RELEASE OF ISRAEL Man Who Said He Was Murderer Mur-derer Is Proved to Be a Fakir. Failing to' receive the .further Instructions In-structions 'that had boon promised in the telegram received from the police of Topcka, Kan., relative to the ense of Stcvo Israel, tho man who, in a fit of delirium, declared himself guilty of a murder that occurred in Topoka more than a 3-ear :igo, Chief of Police B. '. Grant ordered the release of Israel Is-rael yesterday. in a telegram received from the police po-lice department of Tonuka, declaring that upon the date of tho murder, .February .Feb-ruary 22, lflJl, Israel wag in jjail for drunkenness, the statement was made that, a night letter giving full explanations explan-ations would follow tho dispatch. .Israel was held until .yesterday ponding the expected additional information, infor-mation, but no further word coming, Israel was liberated upon tho strength of the alibi established for him by tho first , telegram. Israel told a story of boing in jail at tho time of tho "murder "mur-der when questioned next morning after af-ter his hystorical self-accusation of last Tuesday night, declaring that he had no recollection of his confession of the night before.