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Show VICTIM CHLOROFORMED Clyde Felt Says Collins Was Under Influence of Drug When He Died, Boy Proved He Was Able, Unassisted, to Push Body of Man Into Cave-Henry Potts Exoncrated-Fclt Says Old Man Begged Him to Perform Surgical Operation for Him. . ,t F(,t's reputation for veracity .i inoth r drop etcrrtay afternoon, L he confessed that l.e hart Impll-Vs. Impll-Vs. Henry 1'ottn In the killing of old "" Collins metely because, ho mm E'iUn. In Jail and wunlcd to have H,nr nfr bm . . H , ...oncratlon of his playmate, was L nee "'" ns thcro wa8 not " difficulty In proving conclusliely Z I "Was In the vicinity of the Jl Fprln4 and looking for Clyde 7,M tune the latter was In Hell's ."oilier matters Clyde made sorno .Vrtatlon that bear the stamp of " 1 One of these was to The Trlb-i 1 was to the effect that Collins n ' hlm the day bCfr rt.traHy ' f"ti nn operation 3rH to " hlm ot hlS ttbnormal an"n ho admitted that Collins had ta chloroformed when his life was " Salt Lake police force will pro-niinct pro-niinct nothing nn Impossibility after Tlr cbscriatlons In the Collins case. rordaTs eierbody in town has pio-FiL,d pio-FiL,d that It as preposterous to sup. fthVt one small boy could push the GK of a man of Colllns's slzo baelc law the "tile cave where It wns found. i-lthout o ds'nnce Juit to show that It was not so dlf-craft dlf-craft the lad cstciday did that very Silh the miiig body of Detects "demonstration has almost silenced .k. ulk of an accomplice and the police ow nllllng to accept Clyde's stale-Sent stale-Sent that he did It nlone and all the ,renllllng because their suspicions of Henry rotts's complicity haie proved unfounded. EXONERATED POTTS. Qtde Slid Ho Was Lonesome and Wanted Henry's Company. It his shortly befdre 2.30 o'clock ies-Krdar ies-Krdar atternoon when joung Clyde italtted to FherIK Najlor that he had (illy Implicated Henry Potts, his rlaymate Preilous to that time he 4 made the admission to his fathor ud uncles, wh" spnt most ot the fore-ooa fore-ooa In the boy s cell, "Im sorry now I toll such a story allnr,' the boy said. "But I want ultar him now because h had no part .hteer In the affair. I wish you null bring him In hero bo I can ask in to forgli tne," the hoy added. ! ASKED TOTTS TO FORGIVE IIIM, In accordance with this request Icnry urn brought from his quarters Tan adjoining coll, When the lad was Unto the cell Cljde at once stepped . to met him ' What I said about ottllenr), was wrong and I want ou Jlorjhe me for telling such a thing," ! Uld "Tern knew It wasn't true when you "IJ It last night ' Henry replied, "well I wa? tired nnd didn't realize nit m hat I Has doing last night," was We i retort In Potts hoy was thn released from .Holy and taken In chnrgo by his ither, Hho escorted him homeward. GOT HIM MIXKD UP. Aihenalked along the street he said a reporter , 'Ikn i Hould get out of lt( becauso telling the truth " Haie )ou anj Idea why Clyde told "lory In the lint place? was asked. H replied the boy. "I enn't Im. im Hti he should accuse mo unless 'Mot Ilk- to be In It alone." Tiy dll jou deny that nllbl you 1 us je terdnv "They kept asking mo ,o many eiucs-,V.n.'1,Hni eiucs-,V.n.'1,Hni '"'""K ml" " " Tues-T Tues-T tnat I did Iho e thlngB until I got .!,.?. '"", thousht majbo It was CP.1ED WIIKN I.OCKHD UP. wSr-iihIs . 'rronco Clrte was tfr r. nllnemcnt cells In the Tnrfm,', ',''. "" J"" und he broke llble K':i ' '" '"",', ,,?I"K Plainly had Zn 'f mHn rorrldonr. After alnoa.?.1"0,"? for """.hour he wai ) but hi,1cl n t0K t0 tho Potts tn!S of,"r,n,ly m-'lntiilncd thq In-' In-' of hh iluymate. "V IIU IMPUCATHD POTTS. :tt,S'" " I "'now or for tell- iSe"'0''1 l0,lt9' C,"e said. """ l"enr i"'i? l0nc"0l' nd I ' Lui , InZ t0, kf,el' 'no company. 'lh titi i? V"rn cl,1"" nnd I "Mul w '''",, V" fUl18 "" '"'1 In WlhnK' n'f..h "" l(Kkcd ln "tl'nlnir L n""! "'W ld been Kto&tfJml ' 0l"dn't stand "loni 5f.wll5." : to11' thnt tbey "W tie mltr tny "t onrt got llrt , if'lnllnbmit It. and I was IthM.rh,1,"" l.h.dm ",0 ttU,n , woutht I ould wait till lo. '-nm.NnvTiiHBKcnET. Itoidnrh!;,,knr,V.'!,1'1,'out thomnU r,,.hl. , I1? "" ""' ,llly "' the In. ""Sour uif0"" rolnR ll0""5 nflcr 1 'eutth-nM ' "I"1. ' ,o1'' ,,lm "ll alon!"1,!'0 '""I Mispetted mo ""uldnt ten . ?lso Promised mo ,ulwllhoutBrh.P nooc for tt few ""Ma, "'.J 4 nKnwoid, the boy 1'llln i." ,""" Hinte thnt old ,l'tWn roh, .Kl.wtn ' L what i ,," , ' J"' I'-nln to ."'"I ll wa.1.'.""5. n.,", I'0 "ado Jot "' Intf fJ1",' ,J nmn thnt ' I Jutt he",, ? 'V"110" to mid ' mur, V, ,'c"l that he has t.ft!;' , M KD NOW. k '! "'"ke" m1m ?' killed a iVS1 m" I iilli i..."?f r,,d ''Itterly. .' "I,11"1 an h, , 1o ?l''y her in ' I I "ii- ,,"'" mnkes ma feel J;in h-e ?.''," If they should all1" km mjjel T.1" '""Id dlo. in i ni' lie r lh0l"Jli-rrt Just , ' "''I im. If . ' km' I would ' km.i '"iLh mi,.. .' m not E5Cl,TS"SWKATINo... , ,n ""ftihth what In Potts. experlcnco of "-ycar-old Henry Uut for the retraction of Clyde Telt Henry might still be ln jail, although ee, orre0ri?i?.lthn most P" ""bis ?i..!j '"" by n suspected person He Jimid a,?cou,n,1 f01 y minute o" the dTnf.hen Clydc """ nls'lns on Mon J8.?. afternoon At least eight witnesses Yef9arf'tl0i Crl(y. '"" tute,nents! ,Ji 5 ter an I,0UI f 'si eating' the K vy,"a" 5 ronfuwd a. to datcl hS.' .'i0 drcln"!n "l ovin com let Ion e?ni?i'ta.llc na'1 narrated as oe-cut oe-cut ring on Monday the day of Colllns's death, toally happened on Tuesday. EOTH UOYS CONTUSED. 1T Kn..a.nl1," l00k ""'0 'of the Kneeht"? llla boon ""upinlon. Hmll Knccht. who lias ono of the chief wit. ncues t? alibi, also became tonfuVA on the day of tho nCLk, und stoutlv !"a'la'n1d t the Incidents "ook ?loii? t?nZUZ ?y MtV ,,urh n'""ls-sipiis n'""ls-sipiis fiom both hon It did look us though the alibi had been p.eped "n adinnco by skillfully mingling the oilier" n rt0 W',h '"' n! mmiVJ"!1' JIenfy could not. after ad-tnlttlng ad-tnlttlng the day to be Tusday, remember remem-ber what he had done on Monday, and oga'ln," hrm."ne! lhS P"- t " l" XA It Y KVIDKNCE. .?f!1"te J1660 nPPcarances, Ida Inno-t Inno-t n" ou'd soon haie been established on better grounds than Clyde's ictluc-,...ni0r.tt ictluc-,...ni0r.tt c.l0r Inquiry into his alibi ueieloped that eieijthlng otcuned l 1'.IJ,;nr?' "a'd 't did ou the uftei. noon of Morda, Match 21th. 'ihe date is nxert by the books In the store of Edward Ilrook. a grocer, near the cor-ner cor-ner of Tenth North and Tenth West. WHAT POTTS SAtD. Henry said, In his statement to Tho .tribune: "I expected to meet Cldn when ho enme from school, but I mlsed him. 1 went over on Rronrt West nnd was close to Anderson's storo when I saw Clde obout ten jnrds south of the stole. I hollered to him und ho came up to whetc I lias We went on to. ward home together. Ud Drook cam.) along with his father on their delliery uagop. It was pretty well loaded and when he saw us ho got off und walked y llh us while his father droie on north to bcienth North, where ho got In with his father and left u. From there Clyde and r, went on nlone, "As wo went by the Wnsatka works we Stopped for a minute or tun and niv Collins. Ho did not say anything In particular that I remember of and we stned hardly two minutes. Then h ent on toward Cljdc's house. nen we got to the stone foundation bet'ieen tho bottling works and Clyde's house I told him I would stop thcro nnd wait till he went home, then meet him ib he tame hick, for we were go-Ing go-Ing down town logethet." nilOOK'S fcTATUMUN'T. Mr. Prook said last eienlng to a Tribune leporter: "I wet down town and got a load of potatoes last week and droie to the Wftim Springs and past the Wasalka works, where I turned west toward home. My bon Ud hod been riding with me, but when we were between Anderson'B store and the Warm Springs he saw Clyde Felt nnd Henry Potts and got oft tho wagon to walk with them. Cljde and Henry went Into the Waeatka works and my son got on the wagon and lode with me." Mr. Uiook's son, who was present, supplemented the statement of his father as follows: "I walked with Cljde nnd Henry to tho Wnsatka woiks. When wo got theto C'ljdo nnd Henry went In the front door. Clyde said he had J8 DO hid In the building, and that Collins was hailng n key mado for the side dooi, so he could get In nnd get the money. He said the key wis lost Tho front where Collins lived did not open Into tho back of the works. As we went on down tho toad I looked back and saw Cldo nnd Henry tome out and tun oier toinirt CIdo's house. Henry stopped at the old foundation while; Clyde went on." OTHUIl COnilOnORATION. In glllug his alibi Henry stated that ho met nnd played with Uiull Knccht. ltaymnnd Johnson, Hon McDonald and I'red Orcen nt the old foundation: that he went to C!de's homo and found hlm gone, that he met Uinest Pelt, Cljdc's brother, In front of the M'nstt. ka woiks nnd asked ufter Cbdo, and returned with Utnest to the woiks and looked to sin If Clj.ln was in theie. These nserllona aie confirmed by Unill. Itayniond. Don, Pred and Urnest. Mr. Pelt, Cljdo'a father, sent the fol-Urn fol-Urn Ing note to The Trlbunn Friday night. "I haie Inquliert carefully of Urnest In legnid tn tho statement of Hemv Potts In which ho claims thnt ho had innde Inquiries lor l'lrio, and there Is no question In my mind of un nllbl " Until Kr.eiht Stts that he approached tho foundation fiom tho t'rouse io&l-deuce io&l-deuce nt tho roar, tilkcd with Henry, hid Willi him fiom Pied ilrtcn, and, when Homy went to Clyde's house, ho passed down thu loud to go to Ander son's elore to post a lettci. On his wuy down tho load ho met bam Potts. ltajmnnd Johnson left tho paily he. cause he wns ufiald the dogcatcher would cntch his dog. After nssiu Ing hlnwlf of tho anlninl's enfety ho went baik to tho Warm fiprlngs, nnd there met Cljilo and Henry and accompanied them don ii town. Don MtDonatd nnd Fred Green, who wcrn questioned tepirutely nt theli homes last night, lcmemher the 1ml-dents 1ml-dents nbout tho foundation ciy well. Tho fm uiei inmo from tho foundiy with llnymond. Tho lattci hid been looking for his playmates. Ho sis they hid fiom him, and their presence una disclosed by a dog btlonglng lo one of them. Don nnd Pred went home together nfter Henry Potts went to tho Felt icsldent to Inquire foi Cljde. |