Show MARSHAL he ile denies ilia he charts charges bade nade by lalie the comity county prisoner mr metcalf waa was in salt lake at the time of the interview with alien allen the alleged a wertz holdup hold up and could not be been seen on saturday lie returned on Sanda sunday yand and yesterday he was been a about bout the statements made by alien allen in reply be tarnished furnished the following in reply reely to an article in your esquo 0 I 1 octo october er 25 1891 from one alien allen confined in the county jail as one of the alleged wertz holdups hold ups allow rna to eay that the statement is that of a belt self confessed tramp prompted I 1 perhaps etha a by v a someone meone elee else who ia is an u unprincipled narl el li prevaricator I 1 positively t iveli deny e and defy anyone to show t that hat I 1 e ever v r received I 1 at anytime any time a notification from chief detective howe of denver or anyone elso else that the parties alluded to by alien aien were under der arrest and that I 1 r refused f ed to go after them it is unqualifiedly falee false mr ilowe did rive give the statement 0 of this roan man alien allen to him in which be alien allen imparted the names of those who he claimed were the men who committed the act and the conree course they took in getting away an ay burnever but never a word did I 1 receive as to their being under arrest 3 my I 1 y letters to mr howe ilowe of ju jane n Is at ath h and jath ia li and which in my let letter ter to him ot of october loth I 1 requested a ted him to return are now new 1 in my possession and can be seen by anyone who desires to re read a d them they are a vindication ol 01 the charges 0 f lack of interest on coy my part he lie also peaks speaks of a party named gordon gordon was tried on the of april and sentenced to 30 days he lie served 29 days and escaped while in jail ul we learned be was wanted in spokane falla falls and the authorities were coming after him bad had be not escaped among others I 1 notified ilowe of bia his escape giving bia his description and where he a was wanted some time after mr howe ilowe informed me be ahad had aa rested gordon and that the spokane officers refused to come after him ile speaks of my entering a a block astock carat car al eano this on the of may when loo looking kingi or gordon gurdon and a dozen men and my not discovering them aa as they were bang ing onto the hayrack bayrack above how ilow any railroad man reading that must have bae smiled anyone atall at all familiar with the height of block stock cars knows it would be a matter of f impossibility he ile gives give a the route they take until final finally y they landed in echo via park city and then we have him coming into echo on the train from ogden the letters to me from mr howe flows I 1 allowed mr wertz to take he now informs they have been misplaced and be is unable to find them in the event of their return I 1 shall ask the police commission commie Bion to review all the correspondence in the matter and consider my alleged neglect and it will afford me pleasure to ebow show the al ame to anyone else w who ho may desire it I 1 know some people who believe this mans statements where they relate lareto to me but hia profusion sion of innocence in the holdup hold up dont go with them J W city marshal |