Show sensational SUICIDE I A t manfrom From salt lake city kills himself in san francisco ami and Con confesses resle an oilier murder the body of a nian mail was found dead on oil the morning of thursday last in the vacant lot en oil the northeast corner of seventh and harrison streets san francisco lie ile lias has been identified as that of F frederick rederick bond bates who arrived in ill that city from salt lake city about a month ago F from roin ane the coroner berand and the police authorities have h been cognizant of the fact that the strange and mysterious circumstances were connected with the death odthe of the deceased and it was not until after they had made a most moa careful iii investigation esti I a tion and obtained all the desir atle information that AN INQUEST was held at the tile morgue it seems that when hc the body was found by deputy coroner platt he be made a cardul til search of the clothing and found two letters one addressed to the coroner of san francisco and the other to the editor edito of the chronicle i the following note was directed to the editor ortho chronicle SA SAN cal may 23 1881 earton chronicle dear sir I am this night going to take mv life tile third one in in three weeks three weeks a I killed a man all B B bates at from froin S salt aft L lake ake city utah territory suppose lie ile lived there by letters I found iu in his and in lib his trunk it seems dockets y the tile letters that lie was engaged to miss mary P box no salt lake city so after going through with his ill s money and concluding to kill myself I sent ii his i is trunk to her but did not explain about his death Ifo hope yon will inform her of the facts till through oil i your vAlti valuable able paper I followed ta this ais mr bates from Winnemucca c I f fur his money I also ASSISTED IN KILLINO KILLING ANOTHER MAN IIAN ho he was traveling fur for an ail eastern castern firm and had lots of pa papers ers and account book which I destroyed Tes destroyed troyed the tile men who helped this man are still I in ll 11 the city I s baw div them both not an ho hour aco and can call be easily apprehended ay baying paying strict attention to tho the fol following marks the tall one has a crooked crooke f front rout finger on oil his left liand hand turning in over the other fingers on the centre of his left hand back ab is an india ink star blue ink on oil liis his breast these those words de do da de los the other accomplice is is short stout about pounds 22 years aldand old and a little cros seyed brown hair re b both oth in town and have no idea ofay r MT intention and have lave another robbery planned for the middle of next week both bodies of the murdered men are w where here th they will never be found all I ask of you is to notify mr bates intended wife of III CRUEL MURDER she must bo be nearly crazy as the letter he lie wrote tier her on his arrival arriva I was not sent until I sent his trunk he was a nice little man mail and had considerable money but hut it did me no good his trunk lias has nearly all his clothes in it watch ring etc I bave written to another paper east about the other fellow we killed I am very sorry I had an anything thing to do with it but that docs does not better r matters now these there are my my first murder but not my first stealing I am a stranger here have four or five ii affisco s I lind to le leave ave helena and butte montana to avoid imprisonment also boi boke boie e city now I am miserable mig erable am borry and ask t llie I I e f forgiveness of god and people and take e my own life my re real al name is IV 11 II ward and ani am 27 years of age was born of t good parents arents and fail families lilie in st paul linne gotA came west to montana four years ago no post mortem is n necessary ecos sary as I kill myself to re vengo ali alie murder of the two inno cent and good men above mentioned your miserable man and unfortunate W 11 ward iniard my last word is do not fail to tell mis 88 sin zer box salt lake lak city utah territory about the death of FH bates W H W TRACING HIS 1119 IDENTITY both of these letters were delivered to chief of police crowley Crow lcy who at once sent the following telegram to andrew burt maehl marshal of salt lake city chief of police of salt lake city sec see li lizzie azle S P box no ask her about bates lier her suitor I lave information that he was killed may ad by W 11 ward and his clothes sent to her I want to know what truth Is is in it investigate quickly and answer P crowley Crow lcy in reply to tai this is telegram an answer came back from marshal BurU tating that Misa MiEs had received a trunk containing bates clothes and also aho a letter by IN W 11 ward in which alie writer said that lie was the murderer of bates the letter itself was obtained and sent to chief crowley it waa was evidently written in a disguised hand land with execrable spelling and was evidently intended toa to mislead ead its recipient by inducing in her to believe that P HER uen AFFIANCED WAS BEAD I tho tile followill following t is is a verbatim copy please forgive me here is mr bates trunk ilee I killed him on oil second of this month you will BOO see it in tile paper W H ward in addition to this several other telegraphic communism communications eions passed be S the tile authorities in this city and those of salt lake marshal burt procured a photograph and a tin till type tye of bates and sent them by mail to chief crowley the faatu features res of the pictures corresponded exactly with those of deceased and no reasonable rm anable doubt was felt a to his identity to inako make assurance murance doubly su sure re a photograph raph was was taken of the ren remains ianis and sent to salt lake city with the request that the authorities there at once telegraph whether or not the like ness was that of bates early last evening the following owl i ng telegram was received by chief crowley salt lake slay may 31 I P crowley letter just IS t received bates photograph gra andrew burt city marshal THE tim INQUEST MT tuesday afternoon an ail inquest was held at the tile coroners office at which the following testimony was adduced captain lees of the detective force was the first witness examined and after testifying to the vari van pus ou postal stal and telegraphic communications between marshal burt and the tile police authorities of this city deposed as follows in answer to the different communications sent a photograph and one tintype tin tint type t ype of the deceased was received from salt lake city to the tile jury also a taken after the death of alia the deceased telegrams were are CZ fi oni salt sait lake city saying that the photographs shown were those of frederick bond bates from prisons of tile memorandum book of F P B bates received from salt lake city and the letters found on the body of deceased dec cassed we arc are confident that F B bates misrepresented his financial condi condition tion to miss at salt lake to ordered iriM y t i and after leaving salt lake o city lie ie went to winnemucca to engage ill in business aa aaa a clerk and was to be a partner on the afy day of may 1881 as the time approached under the pica plea of sickness he lie came to san francisco california from all the information I can call gat rather lier lie had something aver over 50 upon his arrival here I am convinced from the entries in his diary commencing at winnemucca april 1881 and ending about may ath were written at t kllc same time and intended to misrepresent the facts toll to miss liss silly regards his financial condition and surroundings and that tile deceased is known in salt lake city as frederick bond bates aged about DO 30 years and nativity unknown alta |