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Local and Other Matters

Under the above caption the Emery County Pioneer says:

Despite the positive identification of the man who was shot recently in company with Walker as Butch Cassidy, the fact is now pretty well established that it was not he. It may be remembered that Messrs. Shultz and Thompson, who were arrested at the time the other two men were shot, stated that they knew the man who claimed to be Cassidy only as John Herring, and it now appears certain that this was his real name.

On Tuesday of this week Sheriff Tuttle received the following letter which  explains itself:

Catula, Texas June 4

To the Sheriff of Castle Dale:

Dear Sir- I have been informed that my brother John Herring had been killed at Castle Dale. If so please write me and let me know the particulars about it.

                        John Herring

One the same day the following letter was received by Mr. S.H. Thompson who is being held to await the action of the district court:

Oakville, Texas May 31, 1898

Mr. S.H. Thompson, Castle Dale, Utah:

Dear Sir—Your letter to the sheriff of this county was handed me today. You write relative to the death of my boy John Herring. You write as if you were my boy’s friend. Now please write his sorrowing father all the particulars relative to my boy’s death. Did he live any length of time after being shot? If so, did he talk any? Who buried him, and where was he buried? Who was he working for at the time of his death? Who took charge of his body and effects after death? Please my friend, for if you were my boy’s friend you were mine also write me fully in answer to my questions, especially as to how long he lived after being shot and if he was conscious at the time of death, and what he said. By doing this you greatly oblige.

                                    Curtis Herring.