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Show Believes He Has Murderer. Shcrlir Ilaiiuou of Utah coiinlyjNp llrmly .convinced that llio limn under arrest nt Williamson, V Vn., IsGemRe II. Wright, who Is wanted nt l'rovo for thu murder of thieu boys nt l'ullciip Point in thu wuilei of IKtIO. Acting GovcinurTiiigey Tuesday cuiiiieuled to tho Issuance of requisition papers for Wriglit's return. ShetllV llaruioii will send a icprcscnta,tivo t Williamson m once wlio can identify Wright and upon his repoit will go at mice to West Vir giiiin, nrnail with pnpeis for his return. The Pelican Colin lunrder is (unions in the criminal annuls of Utah. Three f hH, Albert Hayis Kustrom, Aided L Ncllson nnd Albert Johnson, dhappt't r-ol r-ol from their homo in Kebrunry, isyf-. Six weeks later their bodies dulled mliore In Utah like. It wns evident that the hoys hail been mtirdeied nnd I heir budhe dropped thioitgh a hole in t .0 ice into the lake. After the finding of tho bodies Henry Hayec, stepfather of one of the boys, wns nrrciHul, charged witli the crime Ilnyes wns tried, convicted nnd sei -tenced to bu executed. Thu time of the esculiou was drawing near, when evi- dencu was produced which tended to tlnow n doubt ou Hayes' guilt. A com- ( imitation of eenteucu wnsgmnted him and latei the Hoard of I'aidons became convinced Hint Ilnyes was innocent and granted him n full paidon. Thu uiaiii witness in securing tl u pardon of Hayes wns tho divorced wile ol George II. Wright, ulins, Weeks, alfns Caw, alias Stevens. Wright hnd baoii living in that vicinity for eomo li mo and did not hnu it good reputation. reputa-tion. Airs. Wiigtit, who lias since married mar-ried u brother of Hayes, is enld to have stiougly implicated lui former husband in thu murder of the three hoys. Former Shei ill' ytorrs of 1'iovo worked hard on Ihu case nnd is en Id to hnve secured se-cured uvldence eorioborutiug the suite-mciilof suite-mciilof Wright's former wife, A it. ward was ofTercd for the apprehension appre-hension of Wright and tho Utah county officers have followed inmiy circs from dilloreut placis. ,Ai one timVultjaB in Oklaliomn and .Shciiir titorra went there with a requisition, only lo find that it was thu wrong mini. Again the olliecis were almost miru they had Wright in California, hut this also proved to bo n false trail. This time Kheiiir Harmon hits evidence which 1'iids him lo believe that hu nt last litis tlio right mini in custody. Wiight is about -10 years old and the mm of n well-to-do farmer ill Minnesota. He wits educated for llio law at Ann A'bur, .Mich., and Is pusaeused of mo o than ordinary intelligence. Ho posts ntvailous phicts as a lawyer, mining man, newspaper man and other orciipn-lioua. orciipn-lioua. He was nt one time arrested in tltah county on u charge of horse stealing. steal-ing. Later ho is nllcged to havecom-inilkd-iuuidcr in Culora.lo. ills former wife is notv living in Salimi, Utah. Wednesday 'oTiibu ne. |