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atn,dic-enelt;lcrinUIf-ccofasroia*orua-nlieitISli2y\XH10k.3aL*U'iffQ-inIsUofh1I-)rlo*m9IB0«t-:1a0’0)*fi)L.ndItitJ?tleaders and porbnpi yoursolf^ wo don't know yoa vory woU, except througli tho od(i' oa crvstc^ are aousbtns forluaes and carry ins them away to build olegant hcmce and CBtnhllbli vast rnlGrprisee m Iho F.o6t and boyond tbo waters. Wo oxpccted vhcu you opcnod into tins branch cf your arj^umont tlu.t you wouldbrios out IhisfacLj but herein had weover tifjlimated ycur stutddity-pictured in ^{lo?v;ne term a the wcalih which your brcthnn wore ]:roiiucin to which you added th^ plausible lie that they were 45 |ior cent, cl thetaxes niid keie yuu Jacetioiisty dropped the subject. Your meUiod^ of developing ibe Tcsoiirces oT Utah ro* mUidiusof tho Ubore of fcrtain mag« na III mo us Etif^Uslimon who took pih griiuaeua to the farl^at to eivUJze uud deTcIo|vbarbarouv InilU. It is enougli to aay tbrlt oiler guUing the pomneubv and ruJucing llio nfltircs to a stab of the lilust pitiable atirvation tSiey (cck their Vavc ui it were la the ni?ht time with Ihclr misaloiiary (.avings oiul Uieir huira to-day living in princely allhi-unca ciii Uio lultjkM of Lho llhino ni;d other fair localities tliatdcli|,htotll most l]ioaouUofaui'h a pbilonthopist as our '‘viftiiing brotlier'* ilr* Major Kb M. Ilynon you linow*—IN mEMlLS.UlU OFFER mumOl'T X tOS'FESSm-FROai 8. tl. GILSON.Hoidiulls TcJJin; ihc 31all Robber lo f'Slcpe’* and Ilcl{i03’ lUui 10 Do ho,aU.iIr*r-;qD«Jt10*Cofatr*a-idrt:UStIS0.ceItreanPI111retoof8-«T*ia43aiiiIdhtryofidJoidn,kW.01utaded:U•prds.n-IV»dcbilnii-181tIII Oilier itcspccis ilic Quiisl l)dcc UvD !^.thJhlis iiii ImjicrrectMcjitory,lu nn Kscicinan Kxtraj issuoJ on Mciidiy. and ngiun iucur'fcgular Issue ofTuemy evening, Iheris R}»penrcd an AdverliaeiDentaiTerig a re ward whether sioIUrs 01* cents it failed how* ever lo Btute^for tho srrcut of one James U« I'ulleu uliOp it is alleged, Lad robbed the U» S, oiail in 13S« ani^ UchL to Ca^tie Valley tor refuge, and the man who had slfordodJdm that refago and eecurily against arrost. On the arrival of cur Kxlra hi i^dl Lnke on Monday ulgbt, no JiUle ejdlsmerjl we* crcWed among certain elaast^ of tliociti/ens. The ad* vertisement bore a sLrikiiig inccJkaniQal resemblance la one wliich hsJ appeared ia the Salt Lake 2ribune for several dnys alTering u similar reward for the arrest of iVcsidents JohilTuylor imd Uoo. Q. CJannon. Somehow people seemlt;Kl to connect Snm (jMsori, llie uoCcciuus Deputy IT, S. Mnrsliil, inforjaer and iircLendcd Su[)criUtOMdeQt cf thu SaltLsko Detective liurcau. with ^‘tLo man who encretcd llio said Pallea at his ranch ih Caatlo Vnlley.^^ Jt was tence*ally understood that bam W'as llio aatlior cf llie Tribune aJvidUlaement^ and taken In comiccllod with ctlice cSrcmnitsncei ' aIko pretty generally nnderstood^ it was only natural that nu .totereuco of this sort would be drawn, Anyway, in yen-lerday morning's Tril^btn/^ Sum, wlio l^ad evidotrliy been startled by therevelnticn and possible eirects of liie notoriety this *'hCO IteTrarir^ olFor hadNrojiehow given him, adniUs hia connection w'ilh Iho grave olfenco ofconcoaHMg Lhe m^l robber, but atl^oipta at thu sftina ti:xin to Justify hmiaejl tor tho part he playcsl in the budnvi^aB ruUowing is the letler fruin Sa\^, which wo clip from ycsicrday’a JJlr. /, L\ Gmhom, Provo Ciry—DxAij Sriu^I notice there ia a reward olTuruolor Mr» Jamui 0-Fallon and the party that accreted him. I Ukn thte oppor* tunily to aay that I am somewhat at (tuaintcd with Ibo circamatAncea in Uiatcnsc^ and L cnn possibly be of use to you ill ferreting out the parties wanted, and 1 take picusure U\ assis^ng you In }*our laudable Uhdertnklng. James O. Fallon Tvaa so drunk at tbo time of the robbery that ho could nob give an accouat o1 I lie atTair^ and ha was not adjudged by Mr« Culver and anotlicr United btates dclcc*live who w'09 detailed from ban Frauds^CO to Jnvcstigato the matter^ to be re-apoDiiblo fur UiC nut. Mr, 0. Acord, who has soFvod a turm hi (ho Fcnj says that Follcin nos so dranic that lie had to help him on h!s Jiorse, nml that he fell oiTih^horBoaud lay in the i a vine whilo hu did the robbery, if you want the xusn us badly aa you repieseot^ 1 wiltfiive youhis aJlt;hcsi, and yoa asd bhenlT Clark of Sevier coanty can go and bring hm in and receive the Oov^ ersimont reward o1 flAX), v.hlch^ lias so troubled Xirothcr Clark ever suico the robbery, payourrouto lo where Mr, Fallon is yoti migtit stop at Bishop Jack* son }tU8SdlI'i of IjQOBebcrry and iirreet him AS the other party ^Yl^nU!d fcr se-oretisg tbe said ImJIon. I arn positive he is the man you wantj T know am! can prcve by sevcrsl wltDeascs that l^bjp Ilussel] and Jtxother Cook f^ark) came lo the ranch e|okeu of with FaJlon; they went into Sheep Vul* ley nnd hvcd ia en old sheep hoiise^ FromUiere they went to Gooscbrrty, where Fallon acmd Lll he left the ceuii* try, Fallon's wife Uved at (lie BIhIiop's liouse; and the Bishop fed Fallon dnr* ing Ills stay at Gonsebe rrv.TIib Salt Lake of YesterdaypublislicB tho advertisenicut'* and our espfanAtSon of it, ncid then says:rveryone at once divined that Sam Oilson was the indi\iJiul aimed at, and a*'llmld'' reporters ho metb fmin the AlarshnFs oflicc during the day« i^ked him il he had seen thu bills.^'Oli yc9i'' Lo reapomlcd. I set one out ol Ujc mail every toorJimg, JJo you wauttokcoMT how tho tiling shuidaT IVe about this way. Some aii Dr seven year^ ago Oliver Acord^ who got out of ihu icn recontlyj Qfur a five years term, robuuii a stage down south, OTallcn was jiiilicted si ith liim lor being engagedlu 111 A Siiine crime. Down aoulh sro^d Saiina and GooseLerry, OTaJlcn ^alt;t bacn rsnchingi ond ht was well known both by the bidhops of (hose places and a gui.)d many othir lt;dil settlers as a hftTtiilcss fellosv. oxi*optwhcn he got a lot ol whisky aboanh Acord got hirti helplessly drunk-^so drunk that hs had to hft him on hia horse dtuI took LIdi off to help him III the robbcry«’3ie knew no iiioru ubout what he vv*aa doing than if hu b;rl been a pcriuct idiot. Acord ivaaI'Apturod and went to the Pen. Thero wn« alewniil oi|L\XlofTertdfurO'Falkn, and Clark, the tihcriirof Sevier County, was oil Ills Much and wanted to gel U, UTallen w-is detrriiiseJ iie ehoiildo'b and he ctrue out (D my ranch anogave hiinsell nn to ;ne. The mail in-Boector and atUtccdvo from San Frn-cisco rimo down (a oxuudno Into the robbejy, and I toUl Uioin how the whole thing was. 'they advised me to come up (0 tonn and lay Um* matter before lt;)i)mncr Howard, svbowns llien Prose-L!udng Attorney. Iceuie up. saw Howard um) informed Inin how the lliid l.vy and told 1dm also that OTalUn wabwilling to give LImaetf up as an accessory. Ite said ho couldn't help mo, tbut O'Faileu had been todictud^ae one oltlieprinoJpAlsJo (be robbery^ so 1 went back, and at GunnisOQ I met Uietnnil Inspcclcr and thtf detective, told then) what ITownrd had said, and they advised me to toll O’Fallen to slope, ^ did ao, and helil out. It was ail well Lnowu to the bishops ct Salina, Gooseberry cad Qvcrvone clue arouud there at tho tUAQ. ile la in Oregon now, and if he's wanted, I Enppose I cc^d getAs wdll be seen by QilAon^a state-mcuti-^tho first one appeirliig over hisslgnatiira andtho second giveii (d the JJerald reporter—‘ho makos Ibo following ntjmtasLoas;let—That ho lias been acquointed with tliu circiimstancci of the casa from the tiiAO tho robbe^ was committGd.dl—That lie uill take pleasure in as-slsling to ferret out tlie parties wanted.Jrd-*lt;Iha( liQ knows Fallen participated I u Iho robbery, ibougk he (FoJ-If 11} ms drunk at Uie time.4tli—ThatJio (Sum) was knawingCo tlie concea!ineut of Fulleu at my:h3n Cnsllo Valley,’* blh-^Tlmt ko came up to Salt Lake to consulC with l^ujniier irovrnrd, U, S. Jiitricl: Altdrniy. on Iho advico of a couple of Unroinijitint detectives, in order to Imiucu that ofGcer to ict Fallon go.Gth—That tho Uislrlct Attomev told him it coulduH lu done; that Fallen’ waa cne of the iidncipats in the robbery,I Ih—That afterwards the two United Status detectives ailviacd bim {Gllsoa} to tcirFallen to slope/'£llL'~That be (Gilson) told him to do BO, and ttiatrallen lit out.’* tnh««Tbat B. II. Qilson all this time was lilmeelf o U.Bf oBlcer and supposed (0 have taken an oath to eee that the lawSi so fur oe his epkere extended end his duty to Itis superiors retjafreJ him, wero enforced, *Ifow here il n nice S. U, OilBon has got him mI fin to I Ilo owns up that he knew Falleo (who by tho byi^ was a friend of ilia) wu guilty, and that he aided hioi to CHCspo Irozn puniatiDsenC, He usBuruca to excuse Fallen ci responsibility on the ground that he was drunk when LO robb^ tlie msjl, Would it not havo been tnon} in the line of bis duty to have left that qucsliou to bo eohlcd by UsaWy cojujlltuled aaibotlly—a jury for instance 7 ^Vhat busmesq had as a cSttsen, much ksa a sworn ofUcfr^ to clodde on the r^jsponAibilitYor Jrmppn-libility of Fallen or any other man/ la not S, II, Gilson, on bis own con (ess ion. convicted of ahicldiog a crlndiitl legally indicted by a grood lory and aiding in hin BBCQpe from Justicer And are nottbe two goveiniDent oflicerB wLo ate accused by GiUon of having adviaeit tho slop-of Fallen, accussortos in (hocscQpcoi that criminal?U.Gikou, In his statcmeuta to the Tn^unr and Jferald, baa not told all Llie lecta—not by a good iles.1, as certain afTiJav its end otlier docuincntB in our posseseioit will prove,. Uan Bam deny (hat it iJ]l be iuipossiblfl to pro VO that lie secreted Iho inuil robber about hU plan r*«cA/ur#^rsra/tC«ill? Will he denytoatJiu ever told certain partlca bat *'it he could avoid It Fallen should lever bo orrestod?'* IVill ho deny that Fallen wen concealed in Uie foot hllU loring the day and would go to Gilaon'a lOUSA in the^ evening and get supper 7 Will ha deny.that on 0 night when Fallen stayed at hia house, ho (Oilson) kept Guard? Will be deny that he sent his boys down 5u Iho meadow with food foe Fwlen ? Will Le deny that he deceivedtlie oHicees who vl^^ited his bouio insearch oJ Fallen usloths lattor’s whore-abouis and even misdirected them iu or-lt;i(^r tfSlcad them oIT Fallen's track? Will lio deny that he haa time and time again earnestly lm|orluned certain parties knowing Uie facts never to breatho vrbat (bey know 7 Will ho deny tkat he never tcl^ n pcrBon thotil it was known he itelpcd to get Fallen away he would jiHve to go to jaif ? Will ho deoy thkt he never told a friend tliat be wantoil to keep Fallen from gclUng ATrested until bis (FaIIcii'i) wife could BCll out and could leave the country 7 WIU ha, under oQikt assort os Ud liaa asecrted in his stulcmcnU to the newapapora men, that Iki ever went to Sumner Ilowfttd,United BtnlGs District Attorney, and lold (be raalter before him ? Will ho under oath still assert tliat bo eaw SumnerHoward Lit 1885 (the year oi the robbery), or at any iicue Btoco tti^ roblery occurred? Cornu now, Sam, ro* fresh yoor memory a littte, and see if you cin't remember that Sumner JIcw-ard was not the Kstrict Attorney At tbo Umo named by'you and liad not been supb ofliccr for eome years before tbs occurrEncQ cf Um mail rubbery. Don^t you think that if your memory la so very bad in that respect that it can bu quite as fauUy In some other particulars?Tills will do to-day, Bam. NVu expect to huvQ 8011)0 niOTO for you by ami by. Still, we cannot help but admire yonr snggestiot) tn regard to bringing iLecaao before tbu next nrandjury o( the 'First Diatrl(J. We think eotnebody ought tc see to like matter.tUTHRTELKGUiUS.A CrkanH AI4^uipiiA ao A|or np AUcllne Futu wubiijuftuilie.ban FranciscO/ dramatic andsensUonal episode occurred to-n:gbt at (iTsnd Opera IIouBSi wJiero Adalina Fatti WAA giving her last concert of tbo ueABon, and which was also announced AS lier last appearancQ in the cUy, The tncidentalll (end to make hot urcwull perforraanco memorable. At 10;h] o'-* clock, after Fatti hod twice Appeared in front cf the carta ia In response to re-calls at the concluffion cf Ait Aria irum Traviata/' anti just as she rotlreil again to the wings atremendoua exi^loBion wb cleuriy heard above the vociforuus applause and a cloud of Bitioke was Been to ribe over UiQ ratlinj; of the top gallery. luaUnlly every lorgnette ia the liouae was fucussed pa (hat portion where the oxclllDg ficeue was traneplring and a panic was imminent, Tho peo|^o ia tbo callory were rushing about, seekins tlio quickest tnKins of eiit, and it was only by Lho eelf poMSiOlonof tbo nowspa^or menprespotiu iho box, coupled wUb that c( the diva, that the stampede of the entire lioUiW for oqUIoqtb has prevented. The newspaper men were in the Btago boi| and quickly perceived that no aerecus reault had occurred and that the danger was over. They comnia-nicateJ by nods and motions wilh I'atT, wLoirautill ia Alght iu tbo tlica, to come before the curtain, blio cojupre* hendeil tiio aitoatloti, camo lorwaril and giving the cuo to Ardlll began to eing llotue. Bwcet Home/' Tliisbnd a CAlmlng street on Che suJionce, and tiiuuyb many left to ascertoiu the cause and slfect of the ucGtpectod punctua-iSon to the periorinance,lhe Concert waa CAxricd on luaconcJiJBton, As aoori as the location of the trouble could be leaf lied (lie policemen rushed to iho aucne nod found a man with a bsJIy burned face and liands, moaning wUb oaony, and the rcnmini of an infernal machine 'About liim.Though he Wts V «1y burned about the face and hands, U lt;e beHcyed Lo to-ceivednoBeriouAinjoneer Nootherper-80ti ia known to bo hurt. He gave b!e UAme Os Dr. James itoiJzGS,udyspepaiA
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Provo Territorial Enquirer
Provo, Utah, US
Fri, Feb 11, 1887
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