| Show iett 1 I is apie 1 n I ed in tile lie fans falls murder der ell anc found nt at monroe and delivered to the salt lake ot bleers bovier county jumped into tile the lime light last week when sheriff anghis ang its fillmore arrested the hotori ous ona charles chick chich Went herbee wanted in n salt lake in connection with the faus murder case was said by the salt lake police to be the third man or lookout in the holdup of the faus fans home on the night of february 3 it will be remembered that two holdup men entered tile the faus home and shot C A faus wholesale druggist while hile the family was at supper upper fa subsequently it developed that tile the holdup was staged hy by a street car conductor named brighton DrIght on an ex ec e c soldier named donnell and the domestic in III th defaus home a girl named beighton was taken in charge together with tile the girl after the latter had iden tidied two ex e convicts as tile the men who entered the alie faus fails home the night of the murder on oil a tip received by the police ail and they subsequently c confessed on to their share in the holdup and d murder hut but placed the redpoll responsibility lity for the shooting on donnell donne I 1 1 the hattei was nas arrested a few di days ays later at yermo california and confessed to the shooting the mau man arrested by sheriff fillmore was named in connection with the crime although donnell said lad had nothing to do with the holdup of the fans falls home tile the salt lake officers hold to the theory that is a material witness and may be connected with a series of holdups that have occurred this winter last wednesday sheriff fillmore received a tip that the much Nv wanted anted chick was in monroe and thither went the sheriff with his deputy dell sellers they found at the pool hall called him out and asked him its his name ho he gave the name of bendow thi the sheriff said to him you are a r e chick and the young man turned pale but denied his identity the sheriff then searched him and found among some papers an ail army discharge from co L infantry and bearing the name of charles F this paper the man mail maintained was not his but other papers confirmed the officers offices 3 in their suspicions and finally acknowledged his identity and admitted that lie he was the tha man mail named and wanted by the salt lake officers in connection with ohp th faus murder case ibee was brought to richfield and lodged in the county jail and tile the salt lake officers were notified of the arrest among the papers found on reat herbee was an letter to a girl named vida in which lie he told her of the faus fails case and declared his innocence of any participation in ill it the letter was evidently addressed to a sweetheart swea theart as it was couched in endearing terms and he begged the girl to believe him when lie he said lie hoi had no part in ill the murder case he admitted to her that lie he lad had used dope but that he had quit that habit he advised her to address his letters to chas miller monroe utah A reaper representative was permitted to interview pt at tile the county jail where lie he gave an apparently parent ly straight story of his movements during the latter part of january and the early days of february he stated that he was born in reno new mexico and that lie he was 22 years of age he joined the army at ft logan colo in april 1920 1020 and was assigned to co L infantry that lie he was sent with his regiment to fort douglas and received his discharge there on oil november 4 1921 after leaving tbt tb army he got employment at the daly hotel for a month almonth or six weeks when he lost that job lie he lived is best lie he could around salt lake his headquarters were at a pool lull hill he admitted knowing brighton and donnell the latter belonged to the same company in infantry and he was well acquainted wita him he met brighton on oil a street car and was N as not well acquainted with him although lie he had beon been in his company at times he admitted that he chummed with donnell ane and often roomed with him coming down to the latter days daya of january lie he said that he hd last saw donnel on one of the three last days in ill january the day the soldiers at i the fort were paid donnell was on his way to the fort to either collect money due him or to borrow money he declared he had not seen brighton tor for two norths before leaving salt lake while loafing around a pool hall in salt lake he bad met mei a man who is well known here nels johnson johnson told him of being married to a monroe girl and that he was going home on a visit isit he also told that at monroe there was considerable activity in amateur boxing contests where easy money might be picked up Whet herbee decided to go to monroe with johnson so n they left salt lake on one of the last days in january walked to midvale where they spent the night with george pappas another well known character of unsavory memory to the people of sevier johnson and pappas served time in jail here awaiting trial the former for issuing bad checks and the latter tor for sheep stealing it was waa while they were inmates of the jail here that pappas made his escape from jail and johnson Is alleged to have assisted him in this next day according to weather bees story they boarded a freight bound down the sevier valley branch and this landed them at mt pleasant on the first or second day of february here they stayed with will johnson brother of nels and were at mt pleasant until february 6 or 7 a they then went to ephraim and a I 1 id stayed at the home oi of johnsons parents a couple of days and eventually made their way to monroe is something iome thing of jofs a boxer an dhe as trying to break into the fight game he declared that he took look tile the name of bendow in order to prevent his parents ever finding out that he was engage engaged cl in fighting it was while engage din boxing that the first intimation of weather bees identity developed A bundle of papers had fallen out of 0 his pocket and one oil of the boys saw the discharge paper with Weather bees name lie he tipped Mais Alais lial roy hoy lloyd N lio in turn passed the word to sheriff fillmore is an in innocent look ing lad and lias has none of the distinguishing gui shing marks of a bid bad man mail he uses good english and spoke freely of his movements he stated that lie had intended going back to salt lake lahe as soon as lie he could get a little money and of going to the offic officers and offering his alibi deputy sheriff karl riedheim friedheim Ried heim arrived hero here from salt lake on friday and tool took back to salt lake on saturday where he is held for investigation |
