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Provo, May 30—Maxwell, the prisoner, continues in
his social mood and talks a “blue streak,” telling
anything but the truth, it is supposed. He is
without doubt the sharpest and brightest criminal
local officers ever handled.
Deviating from his usual talk, however, he today,
apparently with all truthfulness, talked to the
officers on some subjects. He was shown a picture of
the outlaw, “Butch” Cassidy, from the rogues’
gallery and said: “That is a good picture of him.”
He says positively the man killed for Cassidy in the
mountains some time ago is not Cassidy.
Sheriff C.W. Allred and County Attorney J.W. Warf of
Carbon were hereto identify the dead robbery, but
can not do so positively. Allred is inclined to the
belief that he is Jones, an outlaw of South Dakota,
and both say he is too tall and heavy for Jack
Moore, although bearing a close resemblance to
Moore.
Mr. Warf said; “I’ve played slough many a time with
Maxwell,” and from other experiences with him, says,
“He is the smoothest man of that character I have
ever heard of.” Ward has a photograph of the
supposed Cassidy, taken thirty-six hours after death
and cannot be said that this one bears a very close
resemblance to the one Maxwell pronounces good of
the bandit. Mr. Warf, however, says there is not the
least doubt but that they have the man who
terrorized the mountains under the name of “Butch”
Cassidy dead and buried. To a Tribune man he recited
all the facts brought forth at the inquest and made
the above statement.
“Charley” Taylor, and old-time acquaintance of
Maxwell talked privately with the prisoner for two
hours this afternoon, but when seen afterward would
not say that he had learned anything further.
Maxwell will be arraigned before the District court
tomorrow morning.
The prisoner still refuses to disclose his partner’s
identity. He said, “ No the man has a wife and
family, and when he does not return to them in a
certain length of time they will think he died a
natural death, and there is no need of having them
think anything else.”
Sheriff Storrs interviewed Maxwell today and he
admitted that “a man” had promised to meet him with
horses at the mouth of Hobble Creek canyon. He would
not, of course, say who the man was. The Sheriff
discredits the statement.
When shown the Ogden department of The Tribune this
morning, relating to his being seen there a week
ago, he said: “It’s a mistake. I haven’t been in
Ogden since 1887.”
There are new surmises as to the dead robber’s
identity. The latest is that he is Pete Nealson of
Joseph City, Sevier county, which is the name on the
rifle he carried. The Sheriff is inclined to this
belief, and will follow it up. |
