| Show PAINFUL sid USES respecting ab ivo vvo ITO A great many humors are flying around town today to day in relation to the alleged killing of franklin B woolley esq b by y indians on the mojave river his ris f ather father bishop E D woolley has kindly placed at our disposal the information which chho he has received and on which the rumors have been based this morning bishop woolley received a letter dated april ath from Aless rs linforth kellogg fe rail of san francisco with whom mr fr F ba B woolley had done business while in san francisco enclosing letter from banning fc co of wilmington as the old port bof san pedro isnow is now called bless Aless rs banning co s letter is dated march 81 it states that they thoy have just been shown a letter fro from m a reliable source to a gentleman in wilmington dated san bernardino marcheth march th wherein it is stated that a mr woolley who had a train laden with worth of goods en noute route for utah was murdered by the pluto ind Jh lans j ians ans near noar bun laps ranch on mhd venier banning co say the latter further states that two mules had bad strayed away from mr Ws train and that he had gone in pursuit of them not returning when expected his companions became alarmed and went went in search of him at the end ond of three days his body was found in a gulch a few miles from camp his rl riding i ling mule was also found dead its throat having been cut tied to a tree nea near by av banning co add in n their bottei to linforth kello g rail rali 1 that they think this must refer to rr mr F B woolley who recently made extensive purchases in san francisco and received his goods at wil will L angton As is soon a as s Us tills letter ietter was n as this atod orning an inquiry was sent by deseret TOe telegraph graph alme L itz to st jGeorge asking a sll sil g if anything thil ig was known about dut P F B woolley the reply wai wal to the effect that ho he avent went back after hi hui hul shores lories to the nf vo ter loter ver and W dished wished tio alo other teams team s W which 4 cin cia waited w ad mcl five days for him win to come 0 oft 0 audi andi and aud if fhe he could notice not get got he would join garners teams which were bolea to leave teave vo los angeles for utah a week after his all his teams but the one he and his brother edwin ajr had stopped with had arrived at st george but garners tran tram had not arrived or been heard beard from an attempt has been made to obtain com oom by telegraph line with han san ban bernardino but up to the present writing the lino line is so much occupied that no further intelli intelligence reace geace can be obtained if tho the naino name of the author of the letter written from san bernardino to the gentleman en at wilmington and from which i banning co quote were given and the tho means by which he obtained his information were weno stated we adu would lid zid bo be in a better position to tojun judo 0 o of the value to tobe be attached to his stat statements emerts we lve are lire reluctant to believe the dreadful news even if the body of a man murdered by indians wad wai was found as described on the mojave river we can not suffer to think that it was the tho remains of franklin B woolley we wa would woula not consider the letter entitled to tho the notice at present which we have given it were it not for the telegrams frem st george stating that tet yet arrived at alt that place his non arrival give gives an appearance appe aranco of probability to tho the I 1 statements of the letter tut it does docs not q confirm on them lie he may bo to sound and I 1 well ell with garners train tho mojave biven biver is not more than thau miles distant from our settlement on the tho muddy this letter ietter from san bernardino was datel dated tho the uit it does not state when the remains found but it is 13 presumable mablo mahlo that thoy they were found sound several days before flip dato date ao of the letter say at least eighteen dayi dayh since it hau hay become a proverb that bad travels traveis fast nast and ana we can not think that thit a man so widely known and universal universally respected a franklin yr anklin B woolley is ouid coulbo be inu ind murdered on the mojave and the news not tra traverse v ekse eise the distance between that pint and his home lionie in st frh george in that space pace of time we may be wrong wrong I 1 in a our conclusions but in such a case ai as this in the absence of df thoroughly reliable ovide evide evidence uge we nel fel justified in not attaching full cedono cedo nc to to rumors however how ever much appearance may corroborate ro borate borato diem them j since sinca writing the above we havo have through r the courtesy of the daily telea r q pa soen seen the san bernardino guardian Ou ardlan ardian 27 7 our exchange for that date not haying baving reached r edus odus us and faund the foik folk following odinas I 1 stae f a e mont nent it is 0 evidently fro from ra the samo same source ur I 1 a as the letter referred to by banalli banning 61 pt we have just received a communication ii 1611 as 6 we are geini going to press from years fears ranche rancho giving gi ving tho the t 0 particulars particular sor af the mur afi der of a mr aix by the indians about bno uno ono one mile froin from where parish bemus emu apa whitesides were kigen three years arg arp thir mr W Ws body was found laiso balso hla hia 1 4 mule blui 1 its throat ahr git lai oat acut haying been heen much uch eaton eaten by th the 0 avens ravens r ana and wolves the tho body ody wa a convey anve pd to mhd house of mr earb pears ears er 0 his remains were pied pled phin PHIL Pi ili rii we have met during the last few days day many individuals who had con cou sider abig to say about then their luck in drawing draw i ng brizes prizes and nd hmong the number our oui sancti fied fled ed looking theatrical comedian Ir phil irdill lill U who ho has been very lucky at certain stages bf his life in drawing at one time according in to his own words which are ever truthful fui and pious against a thousand odds ho he d drew ew et handcart from salt lake city to the river Is there anyone outside of 14 11 ecclesiastically inclined who has beat that thal thai drawing |
