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THE DESERET WEEKLY.17its A, E, I, O, U. Under certaingrammatical conditions B nayt of should he, pronounced as V, Das soft TH, F as P. etc. The vowels may io Hebrew be supplied by certain dots or marks, but seldom are in Jewish books, oousvqueutty difficulties will arise as between the American who claimed that neither should he pro-ootineed neether and the Englishman who contended for niyhthzr^ while the Irishman who was ap-pi aled tosaid that nayther of them was right. But what especially constitutes had Hebrew is thepruuoimc-ing oi words accurdi ug to the various sounds of which each letter ofthe word is susceptible, except the proper sound. As an exa mple: It, in the mouth of English or Americans is often but a dull roll of the back of the palate. The Latin races and Irish roll the R strongly. The Parisians, some Germans andthe Northumbrians pronounceR with a peculiar guttural sound known io philology gb, gr, ghr, or R grawaye. The Banes and most Germans speak an, so weak or attenuated that it might more properly be representedby a w., spying waUtvoad instead ofrailroad.80 also the Jews, coming fromHe-_ _______________ .. wordspoken wrongly now and then lat other* for 4the other,* matters but little, hut when sentences follow each other and each word is a triflemutilated, it Is hard to understand anything at all. With book in hand, mjwever, the language of their «eni Israel compares finely. Many ephardim (Spanish Jews) live here and next to Beni Israel speak the best Hebrew. When I revealed Mormon’ proclivities I was immediately useless Io them. I was told to be silent or Bpeak of something useful. They are Christ-baters.. 0. U. L.BiiAWA, Ahyssjnia, May 25.— w- maow LUC 3j UUUiJUg 1^arious parts of the world, Bueak brew with vicious.accents. A vmiles fawcett.The account of the hanging of Josiah and EllzaMh Potts, at Elko, ■oevada. published in the News 00♦ k ne ?*brouirht to resideuts in t is city information which they1 ave been seeking for a long time, ut have been unable to obtain.this information whb to thewhereabouts of Miles Faw-rv wb° . w*w lat in Utaho it? * .having previously been to^ahfornia, where lie had purchased some property. Mr. Fawcett wasn Vpan rtlurdered by Mr. and Mrs. Potts on the 1st of January, 1888, at,Atr*' Nevada. He was the uncle or llobert and Miles Aveson, of thistk '1 -j* n® ^beir mother’s brother, inn dispatch regarding the exceu*ton of the Pottses merely gaveof Hie vi^ni} but L'Ahrornia papers give his age, occupation and sufficient of his pre-otis b]gtory p]nce the matter huyonti !L|I dnyl, , He li«er| foro„((“ fP» « Wtnoonsln, where tlip HI” f«r«iiyn]so leHiUeu, but soldffnu-i« 8 i?rrn^berlt;3 and ^ame west,en-8 J5 g in his trade as carpenter.Regarding his uncle, Mr. R. Aveson says: “He first visited Salt Lake City from Wisconsin in 1878, tayed six months, then went to Los Angeles. In 1875 his son wasdrowned in Wisconsin while cross- [ ing on some ice. A few* weeks afterward, Mr. Fawcett’s wife died through the shock of her son’s death. For several weeks I tried to obtain information of the whereabouts of my uncle, hut failed, until the spring of tbut year, when he wrote to me Iron* Los Angeles. He-then went to Wisconsin, sold his farm and married again, went west and then returned to Wisconsin, got a divorce from hie wife, started west again, and bought several acres of land somewhere, in California. He came to Salt Lake City, Nov, 1888, and stayed two days. Here lie saw his sister Am, whom he bad not seen since he was a boy. He went to Connecticut to Id** brother, Wm, F., stayed there until the spring of 1884, and then came west again. We last heard from him in New Mex I co.Following is an accountof the circumstances connected with the murder:Josiuh Potts, his wife Elizabeth and two children resided in Carlin, Elko County, Nevada, two years. Potts was employed as a machinist in the Central Pacific Railroad shops at that place. Miles Fawcett, a carpenter, lioarded with the family for several months, and in 1887 he purchased a ranch seven miles from Carlin, known as the Hot Springs ranch. Alter he removed to his ranch Mrs. Potts baked his bread and did his washing for him, which made It necessary for Fawcett to visit Carlin frequently. On January 1, 1888, Fawcett informed a iriend that Potts and his wife owed him Borne money and he was about to visit their residence to col leet it. Fawcett further stated thathe knew enough of the past life of Mrs. Potts to compel her to settle with him through dread of having the unpleasant details of her former career revealed. At the time Fawcett went to collect the debt due him from the Potte family he had above $1011 in coin on his person.Fawcett and his friend Linebar-ger, an Elko business man, visited the Potts residence, and Mrs. Potts iuvjted Fawcett to spend the nightat her resilience. Fawcett accepted, hut Linebarger departed after seeing Fawcett’s horses put in the stable at the Potts residence.This was the last time Fawcett was seen alive. His sudden and unaccountable disappearance was a subject of comment, and an attempt to fathom the mystery resulted in Josiah Potts showing a bill of sale from Fawcelt of alt of hte effects, Potts and his wife stating that Fawcett bad been suddenly calledeo at on hu si ness. The following summer Ihe Potts family removed to Rock Springs. Wyoming, and a family named Brewer rented thePotts residence in Carlin. OnJanuary 18, 1889, George Brewer, the head of the family, discovered In the cellar of the premises a mutilated body which was identified as Fawcett’s.Sheriff Barnard, of Elko, telegraphed to Rock Springs, Wyoming, to have Josih and Elizabeth Potts placed under arrest, and they were brought to Elko and indicted for murder in the first degree by the grand jury. They were tried before Judge Bigelow and convicted on that charge, and sentenced to suffer the death penalty June 20, 1890. An appeal was taken to the Supreme Court, which affirmed the decision of the lower tribunal. Subsequently the State Boaid of Par* dons was petitioned to commute the sentence to life imprisonment without avail.Eli/.at* th Potts waB a native of England, 42 years of age. She was of large physique, with a ruddy complexion, light blue eyes, and weighed probably 200 pounds. Her maiden name was Atherton. From ■ the time of her arrest at Rock Springs, Wyoming, and during the trial for murder she maintained astolid indifference.At the trial she testified that she discovered Fawcett in an attempt to assault her little daughter a long time before his disappearance, and that Fawcett had threatened to kill her if she exposed his attempt. Soon afterward she said she wrote a letter to the constable at Carlin informing him of Fawcett’s attempt and demanding his arrest. This letter she claims was discovered by her husband, and when Fawcett visited her residence a violent scene occurred between Fawcett' and her husband, and to settle the matter Fawcelt offered her husband a bill of sale of bis team and ranch: This her husband refused and threatened to have Fawcett lynched, but as her husband was leaving the house to carry out his threat she said that Fawcett* In a fit of deperation, drew a pistol and shot himself dead, and; fearful of being accused of his murder, she and her husband hid Fawcett’s dead body in the cellar of the premises.The saddest feature of the affair is that children are left to bear their parents’ shame. Charley, the eldest, is 17 years old, and lives in the State of Washington.* The second child, a girl of 13, lives in Utah, while the youngest, Edith, only 8 years old, has been adopted by an Elko county resident.When a young mau is obliged to call in an interpreter to do his courting for him be may he said to be playing in bitter luck. Yet this was what Fred Weinberger, of New Haven, was forced to do when he wanted to court the prettyGustine Abenal. He was German, she was Italian, and neither could speak the language efthe other. Of course In this case as in others “eyes looked love to eyes*that spake again,” but it did not entirely fill the requirements. Fred asked a friend to step in and do a little talking for him. Th© affair was presently arranged to the satis faction of all concerned and the wedding will take place in two weeks.It is presumed that the Interpreter has been relieved of his delicilte duties and the young people are getting along as best they can.
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Salt Lake City Deseret Weekly
Salt Lake City, Utah, US
Sat, Jun 28, 1890
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