Gunnison Valley News | 1928-01-12 | Page 8 | Scene of Awful Crime is Visited by Hundreds

near, and after viewing the bloodstained blood-stained snow and the wash where Clark pounded to death his victim, stood in silence and wonderment. Sad faces were shown and the stern faces of men, realizing the dastardly deed that had been committed gave indication indi-cation of severity at the crime. No demonstrations, however, were made, the citizens contenting themselves in letting the law take its course properly. prop-erly. Sunday afternoon, when it was learned that the officers were to take Clark to the scene of the murder and have him re-enact his crime and go over the ground, more than thirty car loads of people had assembled, primarily to see the murderer. Attorney At-torney Lewis Larson, who has been retained to defend CJark, would not ! permit Clark to do any talking or leave the car in which the prisoner j was riding. I Saturday night, Clark, together with the Sanpete county officers, was closeted in County Attorney Edward's ' office, and for more than four hours, the self confessed murderer was put under a grilling of test questions. Clark, though, maintained the stolid, indifferent way and the officers have thus far been unable to get further confessions from him. SCENE OF AWFUL CRIME IS VISITED BY HUNDREDS Hundreds of curious, anxious to see the spot where Sheldon Clark, the confessed murderer of Don Salovich, committed his deed, flocked to the gpne. They were there from far and