Show w wac 1 4 abby murderers written vr confession j 1 kanab kane co utah may v 16 46 alvin F heaton jr ar the HT young schoolboy who shot 17 j year y earold ear old mary on the I 1 y V i afternoon of april 20 has made mad a complete confession I 1 of his crime in writing the details v of w the tragedy as set forth by i him show that the affair way was premeditated and that the boy murderer endeavored to build up an alibi in case the crime were traced to huh the tragedy has deeply stirred this community located nearl nearly y 2 on the arizona line for the parents of both the boy and the murdered school girl are prominent in kane compty mrs heaton is ia prostrated with grief over her wayward son for prior t ato io the confession wrung from e t him by the sheriff and associates she stoutly maintained the innocence W of her boy the confession in full written and nd signed by the boy follows kanab kane co utah may 15 1908 with my own free will without promise of rev reward vard or without fear or threats on the part of any person or persons person I 1 confess with my own free will and ana choice ch pice that on april 20 A 19 9 dt at about Z 01 P 1 I m J 1 to death mary 1 I put her in awash a wash i in n the rocks and covered her ber body with loose rocks t the following are th ane e facts fact at led up to the deed I 1 had had ad unlawful relations ciui j he her r she wanted me td marry I 1 refused she insisted and we quarreled I 1 told her I 1 did not want to marry her ber and she said ahe J could make me so T made mad e alp ilp up mygind to kill her if she 1 11 still continued to gomsi that I 1 anargy her monday I 1 afternoon wo we made an appointment ou on the school house porch to meet up in what is known as gordon gorden hollow 11 on or about 5 p m 1 I then went to the store IL stayed there s some time then went home ate dinner dannor 1 got 9 ot my Y 9 gun I 1 un out same e od out t on 04 the porch mother molher called me ine to io drive some coys coly out oia of the lot I 1 drove them out mother told me tofia up the fence but I 1 did not do it J I 1 went over to t the barn instead and looked at ai a setting hen bep went baek back to the house stayed there a few minu tes than th en wei went t tig right bt hek buck of ou the hill ove avei into gorden gordett hollow waited here a few minutes ini then mary came we then walked up the t hollow to the place where hot her body was found she again in aisted that I 1 marry her I 1 said that I 1 would not I 1 said wont you lot me off and not noi make we me marry you she said no I 1 can make you marry no me by law 1 I then pulled out mya gun and killed her after cov covering oring her up with rocks I 1 wenc vent back down the hollow on a trot and walk I 1 left the wash just above the flume went aloric the ditch bank to ane fence 0 crossed the fence over into the yard went through kesiah espling Esp lins barn down through the lot to the ibe east door of the house ho tise I 1 then asked for charley then started home d down own the side walk I 1 ran part of the way I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 was conmy way home fred Heat wm win heaton goo geo burchum Burk hum I 1 ferry pierr y burnham i i i i uncle fred was vas outside the J I 1 others wore were in in the house also saw joe on the opposite sidewalk I 1 went to the barn I 1 had the cartridge shells in in my pocket and threw them thein out in the west bent of the barn I 1 then went to che he house and put my gun gud in the trunk f changed my clothes went to the barn and cleaned outtie stable went back to the house changed my clothes c stayed for a little while and talked to ma then ihen went to the store stayed there i e until homer esplin ba cameal in V along went home bome with him the rest of the i ALVIN F HEATON JR witnesses 4 1 JAMES A BROWN t i r THOS chamberlain HANS SORENSEN 7 H S CUTLER |