Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1922-02-09 | Page 2 | Mother of Man Held for Murder Reported Very III

Mother of Man Held for Murder j Reported Very 111 Gilbert L. Brighton, who' last night confessed as helng one of the trio implicated im-plicated In the murder of Charles Faus is believed Innocent of the murder mur-der charge by his mother. Mrs. Thomas Brighton, who rotides at Logan This information .was jflven out by W. M Tirnmons. brother-in-law of Brighton who arrived in ugden at 12:25 p m today en route to Salt Lake to lend what aid he could to Brighton Mm Brighton haj been very ill for the past few months and Is now In a 1 i critical state." said Tlmmons. "The first news of Gilbert being implicated in the murder reached the family at Logan early today. "A moinlng paper cnrrled the details of tho affair and was the first Information In-formation received by Mr. Brighton regarding the murder. Tho mother, like any mother, naturally believes CMlbert innocent of any wrong doing. He ha always been a loyal son and had a good clean record- "Gilbert's mother la at a loss to understand the motive of such a crime and as much of the story' as possible was withheld from her owing to her serious condition. "My trip to Salt Ixikejs being made In order to secure an attorney for Gilbert Gil-bert and to aid him in any way possible pos-sible We realize the seriousness of the crime, which reports state Is one of the worst In Utah history. "Gilbert served in the army during the world war and has lived in Utah during the greater part of his life His associations with Angellne Wacaiter were unknown to the famll His mother has stated that she will always believe him innocent of tho crime"