Show ft 1 ARREST arrese T OF edmson EDISON ST 1 i ittai arr ABR IVr ivl vat JN i ji i conversation WITH i i wl godbe U i 9 avi ap rl r in gi luence of pu bleill 0 our ur y Es creay r i aay 1 to the thie effect that Emerso ix iv hol vehor hor IF is alleged to have had bad a hand in young turner turners murde murder rhad had geen been been 1 captured and ond would arrive in salt bait i to city in irv the eve ese evening qing quite a largo large coicou concourse m of people gathered at 1 the depot in the hope of getting a glimpse of the prisoner in this however tb the crowd d were disappointed as the prisoner and those who I 1 had him in 16 charge were quietly dropped off the train a short distance from the depot at first it was intended to take Eme emerson rElon to the penitentiary but ultimately lie was taken to the CI city ty hall hau hoi hol arrived in in the poll police CO quarters about nine and was immediately accommodated with a chair he was of course handcuffed but as he sat gazing at the people by whom he waa wag surrounded I 1 eda he did not convey the impression that thata lie he was wag of the desperado tribe indeed emerson has by no means a repulsive look ho H ia is of medium height well built and is possessed of what ma may y be termed an open countenance prior to the arrival of the prisoner in the city hall our reporter had A tair TALK MOORE the deputy sheriff of park city who had apprehended emerson in carboni carbon wyoming how dilyou did you find out said sald ea idour our representative to tho the whereabouts abou ts of emerson he scho telegraphed me to park city saying he was at carbon have you got that telegram with you mr moore aioo Aloo lre ire 11 yes sir here it Is CARBON NI wy july loibl ath 1880 isso to mr irr afao moore deputy De sheriff 1 I see by the papers that I 1 am accused of murdering john turner I 1 can be found here at any time bosq carbou then you started off corear for carbon yes sir I 1 left park CRY city at half past ten on saturday night and arrived at carbon on dh sunday night a few minutes before nine where did yo you 1 u find your yourn man lan 1 q I found him in a saloon saloom was he surprised to see you no he be was sitting in a corner he rose up and came caine towards me I 1 spoke to him and he asked me to take fake a drink I 1 told him I 1 had come to take him back he said all ail 11 right I 1 am willing to go I 1 put the ahe irons on him and started off I 1 was only about fifteen min minutes utes in town 12 INTERVIEW WITH tue THE PRISONER our reporter asked and was granted an interview with the prisoner in his cell the following therefore is the result of the interview as phonetically taken down at the time the back of officer calder being in substituted for a desk 11 1 I am here as the thie representative odthe of the DESERET deseree EVENING NEWS and I 1 should like ilke to puta pdt put a new few questions bayou to you isyou if you have no objection object iop lop 1 I have no objection I 1 whatever Welcome who Is now imprisoned in the penitentiary here herp acci accused used you of having murdered young turner what have hava you got to say about the mattery matter 1 11 egyes yes sir I 1 read his statement in the newspapers As soon as I 1 read it I 1 telegraphed to mr ty park city pasing saying that fu salv bair rawl bawl I 1 was wab as accused of thie the murder of john turner arid and that I 1 could be found at carbon at any time urne 11 well Vell now I 1 should ike like to know your version of the story that li Is how you became becane acquainted with welcome and io so forth beuf 64 on the ath of july this mar mar man I 1 welcome CAM came 3 to me in doi dol do dogin dugin I n greeke greeks saloon I 1 an fn park city bild blid hild and said he be wanted to see me mior awhile awhile he wen went ciway away and anil came back in fri the ibe the course of an hour after that called me outside and tind hayg ys he ho 11 dont you want to go to tu Gunnison the country why says kays I 1 how bow are you going he says 11 1 I have got two span of horses Q and two teams you jou candrl can drive ve one ode and anex I 1 will diya diva iti ve the other 1 SR hp il wanted adjo meto start on ort the monday clay woud be bg the ath I 1 told him no that 1 I wanted to see the fourth of july over before I 1 went vent well weil said bald lle lie you had better betten start tomorrow to morrow morning 0 1 9 and jet let us get out of here hero 10 just u 8 t thal that R way ay I 1 told him I 1 would hotto hotbo and nud and aud finally he wewt went away I 1 saw baw next dax day about noon roton and he ask asked ea me if I would go up up to the camp and pee fee pee fee his bis teams I 1 went tip with hil fil him M and we went after the horses the horse horses were mile rom town he got on one of tho the horse horses 3 abd olid drove them down to the wagons and fed them after ho he fed fea them thern I 1 akad him if lie he was going down town he sald saw no I 1 that he ht bild not caco caro about goin gom 1 a down zwia bo I 1 wert went down nione alone sent seul went on to the tile race track and stayed there hero here until the races were overT over oter hat That nighta bont bout dusche came down and wall vail wanted ted me to go up to camp with him and start arly early in the morti morning ing I 1 told him there was time enough says hayg 1 I this is the ath of july 0 of course I 1 meant it was a holida holiday hollday time and n nd ke kept after arter mo me all night until abo it 10 I 1 then went up to his camp with him and slept with him that night the next hext mornin morning we started out about 5 that was the morning of the ath he drove the black and roan and I 1 drove the two grays who dro drove e the leadin leading team welcome well me we got to wanship manship and he sold some grain there for provision 5 then we got as far asE nse aa echo clio cilo and Vv I 1 anted wanted him to stop there over night he said no hewak e wag afraid of or asham a store keeper in park city as he owed him some money says lie we will drive live nive five or six miles further we drove on until very ner noar dark within an hour of dark guess and then unhitched the li horses besand ie sand and turned them out to grass well I 1 was a litt bitte sick from drink on the fourt fourth h a fifth and I 1 fell felt ike ike laying down welcome am e spread out the bed I 1 laid dowland down dow nand and he be cooked the supper I 1 took a cup clip of 0 tea ted and turned into bed again welcome did not nol come to bed for por about aboul inree hours atter alter wards we started again next morning and got as far a as J vanston Evanston where he took rome come grain out of hia his hi wagon wago nand and put it into mine and hauled it clown down toa to a store he oid old fold it lt I 1 forget now how many sacks bu but t 14 was what waa t I 1 it t fette feLte fetched hed and he be took book it out in provisions did hege he get tany any whiskey therea there 5 yes yes fes he be got a keg of whiskey there we camped I 1 should jude judge about tiya fira ies les ics out of evanston that night the tile next day we got to piet piedmont lmont he sold bold one team there the team of grays for 1 I signed the hyll yil of sale for the man that boug bought fit it as a witness the next day we traveled on until we came to granger we camped there over oven overnight the tho ahe next morning we started for green river we got to green river biver that night during this time at piedmont I 1 gave him 5 to make change when wo we got to green rive river r he be gave me 3 the next day I 1 asked him fora for a dollar he would not give it to me had bouany you any quarrel with him hina then well weil we had a few words and I 1 simply told him to go to toh h the next day well I 1 would not be positive tive whether it was the tile next day or not he sold the other team the trade came to 0 o next day he met a man by tiie name of roach and they went off on the train tram together gether gethen and left me there without a quarter of a dollar so that was the last not you saw paw of welcome We leome desir ye sir air you have llave not said any anything thing thinK about turner it never saw th the apoy boy that I 1 know of ho how can you al account then for welcome mall mail making mating nv the statements he hus has done 11 1 I cann cannot qt tell at thia this point of the interview there was a pause for a minute or two when Em emerson eison continued d chere is one thing that J forgot to mention that is that one mornin morning ml I 1 noties blood on the pillow slip 11 valiere ahr je wa that at vl 1 wt exactly remember just now navy when J I 1 did remark romark that well did you you cail call vel Wel welcomed comey comel attention to frycs sir and he said sald ho be guessed his no noe e had icen leen 1 een bleeding that passed gassed about the blood yes but now let lei me see the ille night that we camped at echo lubo he ha came callie a I 1 have already said paid to bed aboul about about three hours after me at that thal time I 1 made the remark to him that there waa s something om ething stin stinking lnor around here hene and he re markett remar keil that it must be some sowe dead carrion I 1 madg th the ramar remarks that teat I 1 guessed it wa was his feet well I 1 suppose that is all you haive have cot ot to say Is ja it emerson welly now my right name Is not emen Emer emerson sorl soil my namir name is john me bic cormick emerson ia Is my stage name that is when I 1 was jn frisco I 1 usel used to do a little opting 11 how old ar are eyou you wasal years old lath of last june 1 4 9 wh where ere ido you 1 I olaug to 11 1 I 1 was wai born bortt in glasgow scotland how ion lon long iong have you leen in this country bahout about 16 year 14 what oce occupation apat ion lon have you beell been 11 yr 11 following 2 1 I am a blas bias nith by trade anc and I 1 have followed that chat trade ard and min inc ins 11 iq here hero the interview closed dosed A large number of persons were while the conversation was going on and be admitted that emerson gave his version of the story in a very straightforward manner at this interview our represents ewas not aware of the fact that emerson when apprehended and at the present resent time now has on the clothes belonging to the murdered man turner desirous s of knowing lo 10 wing how the prisoner accounted for this our reporter called at the city H hall all ali this tin s morning and was granted another interview the prisoner was brought out of his cell eeli and was allowed to sit down in the tiie passage adjacent the following 0 conversation conversation then took place lace when f t was here last evening commenced 1 I was wag not aware of the fact that you are now wearing turners clothes I 1 have therefore called to see what you sou have to say in regard to the matter 11 well sir sin r commenced the thearis pris oner without the slightest hesitation welcome gave me the coat at hilliard the rest of the suit that is the vest pants panta and boots they were left in the corral at green river by welcome when he be went away awai on the train with the man roach that is how I 1 am in possession of the clothes but the coat welcome gave it to me at hilliard 11 well now emerson there is another question I 1 would like to ask while traveling along with the teams had you any knowledge that the teams belonged to young turner iano no siri sirl sir I 1 had not I 1 however made the remark to the theman man at green river biver who wilo bought a team there that I 1 thought there was something wrong that I 1 thought he had stolen the horses but I 1 did not know who they belonged to in our interview last night you spoke of a smell emell that you found somewhere on the journey yes that was the time I 1 noticed the blood on the pillow but I 1 cant exactly call to mind where that was did it ever strike you that etwas it was the smell proceeding from a dead body feno geno no sir tid you think it possible that a dead body could be in either of the wagons and you not know it jt well we stopped at echo and til there ere were people round the wagons they had a chance chante to find the smell we also traded at wanship manship Wan ship 11 were there many people round the wagons there not many how far would the wag onsbe be apart why ab outten ten feet at this interview as at the previous one there were a number of persons congregated around tiie the cell door tor mor id tot hear what the prisoner had to say mr turner is evidently of the opinion and we presume it is formed by evidence which has come to his knowledge that the prisoner is the guilty man the latter was not short in detecting a leaning in g and at the cioe cloe of the interview this his in morning orning he lip emotionally said 1 q I tell you I 1 am as innocent as the man roan that never was wm bom this man meaning welcome wanted a man to 0 o go with him and he picked on me and as for the clothe do you think that if I 1 had bad L known knowli nevii that they w pere were ere ore turness Turners do you think that I 1 would have havo put them on the prisoner w was ds again placed jn the cell eel and the reporter left emerson emerton or mccormack mcw mew mck w was brought broughm up before commissioner sprague at I 1 today to day but as tile pres presence ence of welcome was required as witness for the prosecution se the proceedings were rost postponed until 4 pm in meanwhile welcome was Tbt thu drought down from the penitentiary anif and pending the examination was locked up in lu tho city jail jall conflicting VIEWS uhe THE statements OF op IN ix ad addition I 1 dl tion to what has already been published in connection with this thih case there is nothing to add of a very material nature so far as solving the tiie mystery or fastening the guilt upon either emerson or welcome is concerned that one or the tho other of them is guilty there can be no manner of doubt but up to the tho present time when the whole matter is boiled down the case cake simply rests in hi this position that emerson emphatically asserts he never saw turner in his life and accuses welcome of having premeditatedly drag dragged ged fim tim him into this trouble to aei serve ve his own dastardly ends while welcome with equal positive ness nesa claims that emerson not only murdered turner but afterwards attended to the putting away of the body this then up to the present moment esthe is the position the case has assume assum assumed 3 the public of course continue to discuss the subject upon its merits or upon the statements which have been elicited from the accused many people are inclined to think that emerson were he the guilty paty t wo would uld have embraced the first my opportunity r of getting out of the country as soon as possible that he would not have been fool enough to telegraph his whereabouts to toan loan an officer of the law and allow himself even after he had done that to be apprehended in the suit of clothes clothes which have been identified as the property of the murdered man oar our reporter has had two or three interviews with emerson and on each occasion he has unqualifiedly denied any knowledge of the murder again yesterday afternoon while being cl removed from the cell in the rear of the city hall to go up to the penitentiary he seemed very much cut up at his position and just prior to going into the carriage while standing in the main passage of the city hall he quietly but very ver y pointedly said sald to ono onu of the officers 1111 t am innocent I 1 really am on the other hand many contend that emersons Emer bona sona story is very plausible but rather too thin to be believed dell deil eved and that thab Welcomes welcomed yam is more likely to be the true one thus public opinion dim dif differs flers on the subject and it will likely continue to differ until some further light can be obtained either through one or other of the prisoners making some sort of a 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