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Show GOOD NEWSPAPER WORK. This paper Is entitled to a little self-praise. self-praise. Tho story of the disclosures of Mrs. Preston and tbw confession of .Jp.ni.es Preston in Salt raKe, ror the first time fixing responsibility for tho I murder of Deputy Sherlfr Seymour Clark,: and explaining how tho mur- i dercrs worked, what tney armed to. do ! and how they escaped, :s one of tho biggest scoops scored in this tstato ' 6lnco tho Salt Lake -Heraia, several years ago, published the first account of the unearthing of a number or murders committed by a preacher in the basement of ono of tno cnurches in that city, or since the standard Itself It-self startled the Jilgh officials of Utah by printing fac similes or telegrams exchanged between .Federal Judges Merrltt and Smith, during the Coxey amy stay In Ogden In 1S93. which proved a conspiracy berwern those judges to railroad the leaders of tho "army" to prison. The "scoop" in the case of Clark's murderers extended to Salt L.akc, as tho papers of that city should have been awaro of Preston's nrrest and they should have had nrs conressron, but even after the publication of tho story hey were unable to obtain confirmation con-firmation and allowed themBejves to bo put otf by an ofllcer'a deliberate lie. The sherirf and police rorces had been warned not to take the newspaper news-paper men into their confidence. Tho information had been carerully guarded, guard-ed, and thi3 is truo notwunstanding a certain paper tries to prace Sheriff Wilson in the unfavorable light or disclosing his secrets to a member of its staff and of discriminating against other newspaper men, including representatives rep-resentatives of Salt Lako papers, all of whom deny they were maae privy to the developments. The "scoop" was legitimate in every way. Sheriff Wilson or any officer on the case had not spoken one worn, to any person connected with this paper, disclosing anything m relation to PreBton and his arre3t and conres-sion. conres-sion. No one on this paper was :n any way obligated to refrain from publishing pub-lishing the news. This statement Sheriff Wilson will confirm. No promises prom-ises of any kind were made ry any ono on thlB paper or the Examiner to any one engaged in ferreting out the murderers. A clue was obtained an? tne story was traced to Salt Lake where the desired de-sired information was secured. The particulars of the crrmo wcte published pub-lished and the names of the participants partici-pants given because ln publicity tuero Is a greater prospect of capturing the criminals now at large. Where a rew officers were quietly worxrog now wholo communities . are aroused and are watching for the men who are still beyond prison bars, or course, It burns docs not know Preston, his confederate, con-federate, Is under arrest and If Burns is Btlll in Salt Lako or Ogden. all unconscious un-conscious that the officers aro waiting wait-ing to pounce down upon him at his first appearance, then in tnat ca3 publicity may have the effect of driving driv-ing Burns from his piace or concear-nient concear-nient into the arms of the oncers or beyond their reach, but who believes that tho ex-convlct Is thii3 Insisting on placing his neck in the nooso or a i rope dandling from a gallows? i Thid qtH'jtlcn of publicity In crrm-lnal crrm-lnal cases is a mooted one. Many of the best detectives in tho United States advocate tho publication of an I detAlIs of great crimes, horaing to the conviction thnt by eo doing tney bring to their aid the searching eyes ana tne recording oars of the multitude. In this very cae Mrs. Preston was prompted to ask her husoand If ho killed Clark by reason or having read in the papers that the murccr was committed by box car thieves and she know her husband to have engaged lu box car robberies. |