| Show LOCAL km UD OTHER mattera natt MATT birs fiRS frol DAILY JAN jax 11 sentrup the two blanket thieves th leves ieves who stole from nay day da co the the other evening have each been sent up for da days s pour four r vagrants ns also supposed edu to be thieves in league I 1 d with the two worthies above mentioned received 50 days each ibach an unequal match word has haa been b lenvent een sent vent sent to io this office of a strange affair 1 ahat is alleged to have bave taken place in in sevier county recently it was waa a clandestine m arriage marriage between an individual who 14 said sald to be a texan tramp rejoicing in the soubriquet of tex and a young girl giri 32 jars of age whose parents reside at monoe mon oe the tho ranger rangen obtaining the consent of the child but not of the parents repaired to tc the office of squire warnick mohave toh ave their mar i riago performed the squire after asking a few questions emphatically refused to boffl officiate clate elate in th the P transaction tex and his affianced thereupon started on foot for a place a distance of six or seven miles away arriving there at 2 in the orning morning rh it is stated they were married by the J justice ustice of the peace for the sum of 5 2 af pf which was paid down the justie justice trusting trustin tex for the balance the wa t 0 nesses to the wedding ceremony were were two small girls oft 10 and 12 years respectively the newly married couple after wending their thoi r way back to monroe found the tile parents of the child bride on the alert afert anda and a struggle agle ensued between them and the bridegroom nor for possession of their daughter the community j were were highly incensed und and mitu cause ause guse if the above account a c count is authentic 7 then tic and consider the affair afla iran an outrage we lve hope for the justices ticer ticey tices ti ces g sake that the tiie part relating to him is subject to modification who owns them D I 1 cropper justice of the peace at deseret writes write concerning the finding of a pocket book near the body of a man magi supposed to have been mur murdered dered derea about 20 miles northwest north west place the book boob conta contained in bd various papers I 1 among which Was wag a note hote for drawn ia ha favor of N V jones and dated at salt lake dec 11 1875 on the back were endorsements by mary jane cotton and D jM I cGuire lmcguire the following follo vying lying was s hig big aho abo among the tho papers 4 SALT SAIT lare LAKE CITY 0 may mr mcgaire McG iffe fire please plea let my brother fred have ve the foilb licad fi md of arii aril animals I 1 of yau oblige V an an owner owners is wanted for the papers pers s the th dead man iwan inan is supposed s u p P as e d to to haye haya been beegi murdered red by icen iben taker tasker roh foresti fy ing J against lim him at llis his last jast trial flie the file above was crowded out of yes y ter days issue since then we have been permitted to use nse a letter written ten b by f mr y X V jones joneil to just justice cropper explaining why his bihnam name e appears ap es on the dead mans mana papers following F 01 I 1 aw 1 ilg is a copy of the same SALT raice tiare CITY 1 jan 11 iss li j R capper cr desea deseret A in tb the e salt lake herald of ofsan sun day mor mot morning moaning ning january ath I 1 kiotic edan account odthe of the finding bf the skeleton of a man many also alpo some soffie papers upon which my fhy name naine appears and that the owner can have them thein by a applying ap pp lying friou lo 10 you ido nob not claim to be the owner of them but hs ag my illy name n am e appears appe ars ans prominently in them will explain explain my connection with the Alie same bame at the tile time the promissory note was given I 1 was waa eclas eais as deputy of salt lake county and had just returned from beaver county having in ln my custody a band of horses which 1 ahad had levied levie dupon upon under a writ of attachment from the ard 3rd district court in the case of mary jane cotton vs john IF tasker at that time mary jane cotton and her agent daniel mccu re claimed to have no money with which to pay the expenses of serving the attachment feeding r the horses etc butin 31 lieu eu thereof gave me a promissory note for signed byea by each ch of them which note I 1 hold today to day daty hence the note found with the body is avi dently a copy gopy of tha the note in mij bly possession se the other note to darci D meguire G mcguire aire signed by myself is pal pae br note undoubtedly i which I 1 wrote requesting destino ue stino him to deliver to my brother frederick jones four fout head of horses he had sold me in part payment of the note pote before mentioned the last I 1 lever ever heard of D mcquire was that he left here in company with ben tasker and that he wa was afterwards killed you prent preat are at liberty to toi draw your own conclusions clu ciu from what I 1 have sta stated tied and for any further particulars in my possession address I 1 I 1 N V JONES 8 L city I 1 f k erom FROM wednesdays I 1 DAILY J JAN AN qz 2 Beres beresford fora shown Show dp our readers are all pretty well acquainted with the individual who calls himself lord lford marcus beresford alias chas pelham clinton et caho ord erf who now how languishes within the walls of the penitentiary awaiting tinz ling his bis trial on the charge of forgery on tho toe london bank of utah since this one of his latest exploits captain andrew burt chief of police of this city has received a letter from mr frederick J stokes ofner of new york accompanied by another letter from ireat areat great britain all of which throw considerable light upon Beresfor Beres fords dys dyg career and will beof be of interest to the bublic public of salt lake city following IS is a CO copy py of mr stokes communication muni cation I 1 bennem building ISO fulton Pulton street new york city city january ath IW iso re ite chas pelham clinton clin tin under arrest for alleged forgery forger yv to th the e Ing ins inspector bector in chief chier of police salt lake lane git pit city i vp utah ufah doar dear ser sir x hit PIT i 1 1 when clintona Clin Clid tons exploits were made public through the thil newspapers printed and circulated in this city I 1 attended ohi ori one occasion at the jefne Jefre jennerson jefferson reon market police court there tor tty is ascertain certain by questioning him what knowledge he had of or earl barl 01 of dey devons ons family whose sori he represented himself to die tie and andl andi I 1 must confess til that it his answers accorded so closely with alth the real facts and particulars I 1 boug sought that I 1 suspected him hipa ta to 0 he be ad an off sprout of some member odthe of the F emris earls iris eirls family thereupon I 1 wrote to the earl eari england inquiring if ho het could shed fied hied any light orthis oty oti this mysterious lous ious being describing liis his stature features matures and complexion aa as well as I 1 could the mail from forn the old country brought i me nv two letters in 1 4 ae reply ply to mine and abid I 1 have made m copies coples of them as they are so inte interesting interesting and forward them to byoir when clinton lias has been tried and the case me despol disposed ed of or I 1 shall shail esteem it a favor if it you yau wll will send me a copy of the paper which publishes an account of his jils trial as I 1 would world like exceedingly to jo comply with mr drews request I 1 enclose six cents in postage stamps to defurr defray the cost coit fl and an hamde am dean dear su very veny respectfully f pred PEED J STOKES the exploits referred to I 1 I 1 in n the lib above ove relate to cliftons Clin tons practices while here in rew new york and other places laces where he pursued his bis frails frai fral idu rent pent lent vocation the public are aware that the tho defendant was brought from oyd ord new york right to salt lake ladd ave vve ve give below ta the letter of the steward of the earl of devon Dovon in in response to mr stoker letter of inquiry to him bim POWDERHAM CASTLE near exeter december 1880 jf J J stokey stokes stokes eq esq dear sir your letter of the ath dinst with paper came safe to hand and I 1 must thank you yoli very much for taking sach ach an interest in your old countryman all ati a ende endi endeavoring to sift int irn out who the is that represents himself to bea boa be a son of the earl of devon the answers how however ever that he is is able to give with reference to the family and the people of the neighborhood to any person knowing them like yourself yours youns eley elfi would be quite enough to mislead anyone that ivas was not exactly acquainted with his ills person ve we have no conception who he can be buthe but he must be some one who has resided not very far from this there can be no na doubt it is not I 1 believe the first have heard of him in a similar manner mannet he has been all over the world you may say practising practicing the same kind of deception about four years since he was coming from India where helas he was introduced and dined with mith with fhe the viceroy vicer OY and met at brindisi john lerry ferry bear whose father was a tenant tenant of bf lord devons when 1 I carrie came to powderham Pow derham 40 years since bufa bubb but lefta left lefi a year affer after vor for australia s where lie he did very yell well leaving the son conr 1 l have just named in high position at melbourne he was returning from england enola Engla ild iid to me this mal man kallir lir or his counterpart oil oll on board ship also bound for melbourne Melbour rid and he be then introduced himself as the son of the honorable and rev bev ah H H courte inay hay lord devons brother and from his knowledge of the family and hud the people of the neighborhood who bear of course knew to be all correct he upon landing at melbourne invited him to his hib own 0 house and introduced him at the government house route and to all the first people in the place it was not however very tong long I 1 think above ten days or a fortnight before an advertisement appeared in the mel mei hoube papers papera enquiring for such a person and I 1 believe he ed to give an account of himself which heald headd devould hev he hov could do but instead I 1 took himself orf off from the colony bear then wrote me a you have done now to ask if I 1 could give any ny idea who the man was but I 1 wasas was as much at a loss then as I 1 am n now 0 w buti have very little doubt he is s the same man john perry bear is in england now norand and I 1 sent him the paper arld and arid your ybur letter asking him if he be thought by the account he was the same man nan and I 1 enclose you his an answer awer in in which you will see eee he believes it is I 1 should be uncommonly glad to know who the fellow hs his no fool for certain by the way he is able to extract money upon which he has no doubt been living for years I 1 should be very glad if you will kindly send me a paper where it shows what has been done with the gentleman iam lam I 1 am deara dearo dear sir bir ir r yours faithfully J JOHN own OHN DREV DREW amri asi Afi irLEY COURT Ti verton I 1 december lath 1880 dear sir I 1 return the tilo new york laper and mr stokes letter about courtenay 11 the description mr stokes stoic 1 es gives of him quite agrees with my recollection of him excepting perlia perhaps pg that I 1 should hardly G call eail II Illis his hii complexion lt light but when wilen I 1 know him lie had llad been traveling a good deal in india and ceylon and was no doubt I 1 feel perfectly perfect lk satisfied however that he if is the same man I 1 wrote you about from melbourne was then passing himself off as a i son on of the honorable won Hon grable and reverend Reveren ct H courtenay his knowledge of devon and devonshire peo people pie puzzled me as much as it seems ia tor have havo mr stokes I 1 ont out nt to sed your brother and hope to be at your office on monday bondas Mon day daS before he leaves for worcestershire ire fre yours affectionately J P beah BEAR jotin drey army E esq iq 4 it will readi readily lybe bo seen after ader perusing I 1 the above correspondence how CP C pelham elham clinton as lie is called hi sonia way acquainted himself with matters pertaining to titled aw families whose representative he be has claimed to be and thus practice anew his game of fraud and deception we trust he will soon won be put 1 where he cannot 11 c impersonate again for some time thine FROM THURSDAYS DAILY JAN 13 mortuary from wednesday enquirer we take the following report of the sexton of provo city for six months ending december 1880 died from the following causes as reported brain fever 2 diphtheria Sc aneer ancer 1 croup 1 killed 1 whooping cough ai 1 heart disease 1 1 I 1 consumption 3 lung ung disease 3 cholera antum turn 1 genera general I 1 debility 2 old age 1 lung jung fever 2 inflammation flam mation of bowels 1 child bed ded 1 died at birth 1 measles 1 killed by accident 1 total 29 males maies 17 females 12 two of the above were I 1 brought ht from other places for interment JOHN GILES sexton shot himself this afternoon shortly dortly after 2 a young man named lee steinau a native of louisville kentucky who has been here about a month committed suicide in the shop of joe barker gunsmith on commercial street he entered the shop and asked to look at some pistols as though he intended to purchase and first picked up a small cartrie cartridge pistol and afterwards a colts drag dragoon ivon lyon this latter he asked e d mr barker to load for him to band nd agreed if he did so to buy it the gunsmith did so handed the weapon back and turned away for fop a moment to attend to his work he heard steinau revolving the cylinder and on turning to look at him ag again found that he had placed the muzzle of the pistol against his ills left breast in another instant and be fore mr barker could prevent lie he had fired and without falling coolly ald laid aid down the weapon and star started ted forthe for the door mr barker and another gentleman immediately ran to him and assisted him out of the door and down the street towards Wasatch the tho drug store when about half way there he sunk down and had llad to be carried the rest of the way while in the drug drum store torea after ftera a doctor had bad been sent for Ste stel inaus brother entered the place and was weeping the wounded ednan man said cry ery I 1 did it on purpose I 1 lam iam am tired of living or something to that effect it appears that he had had bad some dic dia disagreement agreement with his brother and this with other misfortunes prompted him to commit the rash deed he wa wag soon afterward taken to his room in a house at the rear of walker brothers store where at last accounts he kayin lay in a critical condition drs H hamilton amilton and bane are in attendance and according to their belief the patient has not long to live the bullet did not strike the heart but passed through the left lung and inflicted a d dangerous anger wound which bled freely the wounded man is perfectly conscious and ca can n speak with comparative freedom om |
