Show TOLD now COLLINS DIED Remarkable Statement of Clyde Felt a Boy of f 15 Years t Said Collins Suicided and Told in Graphic Manner How He Disposed I of Collinss Effects and Walled the Body in the Cave Dead Mans Grip Still Missing I I V V V V i V b t t t 3 fJ t ft ° l y t D J p STATEMENT BY CLYDE FELT AGED 15 V Collins told me he was going to kill hlmaclf nnd naked me top to-p pile some rocks in front of tho cave where he did it and hide any V thing that was left outside I finally consented I stayed down V the hollow half an hour Thcn I went back Tcok his clcthcs and V hid them behind a rock I found the razor and a towel in ths front t > of tho cave I wiped the blood from the blade with my fingers p closed it and threw it up ledgo of the cliff I put the towel with t f the clothes After walling up the mouth of the cave I found tho L v collar necktie and suspenders and shoved them under a rock at S > tho south side of tho ravine I overlooked the shoes entirely Ii V Then I went down the hill and washed tho blood off my hands inV t in-V > tho ditch beside the road 1 tt Ir tr r tP t IP t P tP t t 4c4 = 2 I I1I I I r 1 k J j1 h1 I I Clydo Felt From a flashlight photograph taken In Tho Tribune Art Rooms at 1103 last night I A few words from a boy yesterday I afternoon laid bare the grisly secret r of Hells hollow and made clear as S day the Intricate web of circumstances that have ham d all who atlemplod to i formulaic a reasonable theory of how Samuel Collins came to his death Had any reporter ventured to nusr Eeat as a possibility the fact contained In tho narrative told by this lud his eanlty would have been Immediately questioned 1 Even a novelist who strung togoihrr such a plot would have been regarded as too Imaginative for his profession RESISTED FIVE DAYS The explanation or the tragedy was Wrung from the unwilling lips of Clyd Felt by Officers Roberts nnd Glllcsple by the artifices known to the police l > lnr convinced that the lad who claimed lo have n Collins for thf < > lat limn on the summit or Ensign I peak know far more than he had nar I fatwl oilher to the police or on ins witness eland these officers had ques I tioned hiri persistently and patiently For fiyp days this process was kepi I I I UP without result Clyde clung to hid i I story with the utmost persistency NOI I wmleslons were made and no contra dictions discovered that would serve M an entering wwlge to force further disclosures but from the facts of the tragedy and the demeanor of the lad the pollc < were Induced to continue the line of investigation y YIELDED AT LAST Tho successful attempt to gain his confident was made at 430 ycslcr ay ufiernoon Clyde had Just boon int rvleva bV County Attorney Chrln tPnYeu and stuck lo his original story Trio rporllrs then talked to him by till fnu e of his fathers home and he lola nothing he had not related bs Corl He was then taken In hand by BObt5 and Glllesple They had ar raDJtIIthat Robotta was to coax the bolnd Glllcsple to go after him roughly and they carried out the pro brUnme in a few sentences Roberts would coax then GlIlcBple would growl and threaten Yinflpr this double fire Clyde grad H ° llv wakened und at lout a trembling Ill p and a choking in the throat in auatcl that the battle was nearly Jon Without waiting for him to re COVCr hII composure the officers said Co on now and tell It all IT WAS A SUICIDE blllrtr Wchl Ill tell ouIt was a suicide blUtcp0 4out the boy ThA 1 was broken b but before ho trou1 1MrC1 Clyde wanted the as CUr < 1I1 that the 8tor would be from M0 story kept mon the ncwapapers so his father and mother would not hear of IL Ilh The proml = 1 was given doubtless n mental reservation and the rat of the talc was unfolded TRIP UP THE HILL tu l3rI4i1y C1Ylln ion told the officers that i-on etl1ten1ant of the trip to the peak Monday afternoon was practically CQrTtcl That Collins had called him 1h to hln house and offered him twenty He Cents to carry his Grip to the nouk the acceptd the offer and went with oM man 1 to the IInPole Here Coh UI13 gave him watch chain and charm and bidding him goodbye started along the path to the north Clyde Bald that he then started for home and reached the bottom of the cliff The remainder of the story was heard for the first time by the two officerS as they stood In the warm April sunshine In front of the boys home I and glanced now find then at the greenclad entrance to the fatal ravine and the slender flagpolc of Ensign peak outlined In the sky almost above them SECRETS TX GRIP I had got part way down the hill Clyde vcnt on when I heard Collins call to me to come back I went back and he told me to go down to the point of the hill where II slicks oul Into the hollow and wait there for him Ho gave me my mothori hatch H which he had been carrying and told me to take II along Ho said he was going lo hide his grip which contained con-tained some secrets he never wanted to be known and he knew of a goodhid ing place In the hills where It would never be found SAID HE WOULD KILL HIMSELF Well then I wonl down lo the point I of the hill and waited there about half I an hour I guess T could not see whfic Collins wnt after he left I me for he was out of sigh When he came down the hill to where I was he said ho was going to kill himself and wanted me to cover up the place with a pile of alonea WANTED CLOTHES HIDDEN I said 0 Golly I wouldnl mix up in that Well he mId ho had been talking about going to New York and he did not want people to know he had not gone and he did nol want any of his clothes to be left around so they would know who ho was so hI wanted mo to close up the cave and hide the clothes clothesDIDNT DIDNT LIKE TO REFUSE The old man had been good to me and I lid not like to refuos to do a little thing like that for him so I told him I would do it He gave mo 60 cents saying It was all the change he hud and took me up to show me the place After I mw It I went down the ravine about whore I had been before nnd walled around about half an hour Then I went back to the cave I took his clothes which were all In a pile and stuck them under some rocko by the big rock where they Averc found and went back to wall un the cave DISPOSING OF EVIDENCE There was quite a lot of blood at the entrance to the cave His razor was almost outside and so was the towel I took the towel back and stuck It right In the middle of the clothes I went back and picked up the razor I wiped the blade with my fingers and threw It on a shelf of the cliff at the south Bide oC the ravine Then I piled up the rocks in front of the cave The boy that sold they were clear up to the top were mistaken for they were not quite lo the top SAW OLD MAN IN THERE I could see the old man lylrasr In there dead befOre I closed up the hole After I got through piling up the rocks I noticed the puspenders collar and lie ovor by the cliff I laid a rock on ihcrir and left them there I did not notice the siocs at all and I dont know how the knife or lire pocknl book got up isalnst the side of the ravine where they were found I did not know the old man had tho knlfc with him nor the plaices < I did not notice the rope around him either I left the hatchet down by the point of the hill where 1 walled for Collins and forgot all about It when I went back down the hill WASHED STAINS OFF After completing1 hfs girucsome task the boy sayj > he went lo the stream of water that runs south to the Warm Spring bathhouM at the foot of the mountain and wasbcd the stain received re-ceived from the razor and towel off his hands Some of his small playmates play-mates noticed the blood and asked him whore It came from OH I KILLED A HAWK was the nonchalant reply Such a tale from the lips of a 15 yearold toy almost staggered belief but It seemed impossible to the officers I that a lad of his years could devise such a ficllon If the nlory were true the corroborative evidence the razor rested on the ledge of the cliff al that moment t Do you think you could find the razor ra-zor asked the policemen HI guess so was the reply and the trio started at breakneck speed up the hill to verify the narrative of tho youngster RECOVERY OF RAZOR When they cached the cene of the tragedy the boy pointed out iho ledge and cost a stone about where he believed be-lieved the instrument to be The first stcne struck thc razor and brought It into view The only way to gain possession pos-session of It was to climb after it Started with a boost from the olllceia the boy went up the precipItous place In Imminent risk of his neck sticking hIr toes in small orifices of the rock until he gained possession of the weapon a blackhandled < wld bladed razor The officers expected every moment mo-ment to sec him fall and stood with outstretched hands to catch him 1C he did They enid afterward that the ledge was fully thirty feet above the ground and that If the lad had looked down he must certainly have fallen RED STAINS ON BLADE One look at the razor confirmed the story to the ollicors Tho blade was almost covered with dark red stains which the rust had not obscured without walling for anything more the trio faced about and rushed down the hill where the Chief of Police County Attorney and other officials were walling lo learn the result of the hurried climb into the hills < HIt was a suicide and we have the evidence was the welcome news heard by the Chief who bad persistently persistent-ly I clung to the suicide theory even when the facts seemed very much against it His sullsfacllon wasre flee led in the faces of Detective Chase and the other officers who sharedThls opinions POTTS IN SECRET The young wllrcss was placed In a buggy with Deputy Sheriff Cummings to be taken to town while the officials followed on a car At the police station Clyde was taken to the Chiefs private office and closely questioned A llllle later Henry Polls Clydes boon companion com-panion was brouGht In and examined separately He said Clyde had let l him fftothe3ccretjihe night t beforc andfl that Clyde had taken 15 from the clothing of the dead man This was ad milled and explained by Clyde afterward after-ward He said that HIP money came part way out of the vest pocket while he was handling the garment and he took it because Collins had no further UBC for It Possibly Collins as he took the CO cents from the same pocket believed be-lieved he had brought out all his money including the gold piece YOUNG FELTS NERVE Did Not Once Break Down in Telling Awful Story Young Felt exhibited remarkable nerve while undergoing the course of questioning to which he was subjected by the officials During the hours he was being examined on every phase of the affair he did not break clown once and he discussed the most morbid details de-tails In a calm and collected manner Ills demeanor in every respect was that of a boy undergoing an oral examination examina-tion at school STUCK TO HIS STORY With the idea In view that the lad might be holding hack some Important factor of the grim affair the officers questioned and crossqueslloned him on every minor delall but he held to his slory well Ive told you the whole trulh about the affair just as It happened hap-pened he asserted when urged to conceal nothing which he might fear to tell Why didnt you tell us these facts In the Nlrst place and save us all the trouble weve hudV queried an officer i FEARED BEING SENT TO JAIL Because I got lo thinking about what I had done and was afraid of being be-ing sent to Jail for my pnrl in it Iho boy replied I came pretty near tellIng tell-ing the story Sunday and Intended to loll It all but by tho time I had told of the trip to Ensign peak I got afraid again and Instead of telling the whole truth I said Mr Collins sent me home and that I knew nothing of what had become of him T was afraid people might think 1 murdered him MADE APPOINTMENT I What I said about him telling me togo to-go home when we reached the top of I the peak Is true though he maintained I main-tained lie told me he wouldnt need i me any more and I star tod down the I hill but I had not gone far before ho called me back He told me then that ho had something else for me to do and asked me to meet him down in Hells hollow He told me to KO light straight there and that he would be there by the time I was Well I didnt think there vns anything wrong until he said he was going off beyond the peak to hide his vi lie I wondered why wanlod to hide the grip but did not ask him any questions STATED HIS PURPOSE I ran down the hill to Iho hollow Clyde continued and waited there for half an hour beforo he came He came off the mountain from the north and started up the hollow motioning me to follow him Ho walked up the ravlno without saying a word until WP reached the cliff and eave Then he turned around and said Ive made up my mind to kill myself Gee1 thai made inn fool fun f S minute because T could see by the look on his face that he wasnt joking GAVE NO REASON Did he say why he wanted to die asked an officer No he dldnl the boy answered and I didnt ask him the reason I nsked him If he badnpt gone crazy He didnt answer that but said he wanted no one to find out that he had killed himself Then he led me around to whore the cave Is and POinted i Wiy to It 1 s ty ing he was going to crawl in there and die He asked mo to pile TOCks Ovei Continued on Page 7 TOLD HOW COLLINS DIED Continued from Po 1 he cave after he was dead so people wouldnt find his body and learn lie had nOL gone to Newlorlc ADVISED AGAINST IT Didnt you try to talk him out of the notion was asked Well at first i told him I wouldnt dolt Clyde anwered but he kept Coaxing and coaxing until I told him I would do a he said I thought I might a well do It as he wanted me to and that there wouldnt be any harm In I WANTJDD IDENTITY LOST Did he say how he was going to kill himself asked an officer No Clyde replied he didnt say He told me to go down the gulch for a while and then come back PIo said I hat everything would be over by that time and that I was to pile the rocks I i < j X < l I t t i d i ty 0 1 L I III Ii 1IIu 7A I 7 7 1 Clyde Felt as He Appeared Last Evening While Telling HisStory to His Father I and Chief Hilton over the entrance to the cave and hide everything which might show who he was In case his body was found He had to keep coaxing me or else I would have backed out As 1 started down the ravine he told me to be sure to leave nothing around which would cause his discovery As near as I can remember his last words were I dont want anyone to find out that rnd Ive not gone to New York As I walked away he was standing several l feet from the cave and had all his clothes on He stood watching me as I left FELT MIGHTY CREEPY For half an hour I stayed down the gully C few hundred yards without hearing any noise of any sort You can bet I felt mighty creepy when I came back up to the cliff and found his clothes all piled In a heap I looked at the mouth of the cave without with-out seeing him and finally got up the courage to walk up to the cave KEPT EYES SHUT I was terrible what I saw the boy added with a shudder His bare legs were sticking out and when I glanced up at the naked body I could see that he was dead I didnt seethe see-the cut In his throat but say thc bloody razor lying right by his feet Remembering his Instructions I reached In and got the razor Then I began piling up the rocks across the cava and I kept my eyes shut as much as I could so 1 wouldnt ace the awful sight Once or twice I couldnt help looking in and then I saw the paper and the wooden stakes alongside of him and the awfullooking body Werent you sorry then for your part In the bargain was asked of the boy boyDISPOSING DISPOSING OF THINGS Yes I was sorry Mr Collins had killed himself Clyde answered but I knew he was dead and I was in a hurry to do what he had asked me to do and get away from there aa It a beginning to get dusk I gave the r zor a throw up among the rocks and then began picking up his clothes in order to hlda them As picked up his vest a 5 gold piece slipped from his pocket and I thought I might as well have It as leave It lay there so I put it In my pocket 1 felt in Ihe other pockets of his vest but here was nothing In It and I didnt search have any other pockets I wouldnt felt In his pockets If the told piece hadnt fallen out 1 didnt lose anytime any-time carrying the clothes down behind be-hind the rock and hiding them I put them and the towel with the blood on It in the place where they were found Thc blood got on the towel from Mr Colllnss hand where he had fallen down on a rock and cut I GAVE HIM HORRORS I didnt Well you can bet that lose Vei any timo getting out of there I kept seeing the body every way I looked and couldnt get rid of the coultnt sight After I sot home and In bed sight rcr I could it WHS several hours taoforo get to sleep and then I had terrible dreams I was lorn thn then that I had ever seen Mr Collins PSYCHOLOGICAL PHASE Collins a Pervert With Influence Over Boys death of Collins will One phase pf the oColns at his tend to dispel any serIous regret nt the community and demise the part of on mentioned m the causa tho case to bo mentoned cns ono of the most rc medical reCOnl9Q50no markable psychological tucllns In tho history of the science 9s confessed that Col Several boys have ietac a 0 9 demor has sexual pervert and had lns was a s pC In the allzwl of the y ounsstcrs nltd many youngsters living neighborhood of hlo homo 1fng theio hsrdlv a month Commenting i J0n feature oC the coso 9pnel ng on 1 ftMTv sald lost night County Physician Mao HaiI everything The boys That everything explains thlnl Tha Collins lo patLtd who were nduccd by Colns pllcl subjected to became pato In this practice becmU His will Lie hold thorn In a grip of iron wi from the and they could not break away y0 evil Inlluoncj aa long as he had an op e1 Inlufnc ai vIctims4 undor portunity to exert It The vlcLms such clrcumntnnccs cxprt realize their bo nand n-and It become hateful to them I can why under the clr easily understand undcrtund tiew mans couldlew a ho 1 cumstnnCI even a b satIsfactiOn The her sntHClclon roror the deed woUld not eem so 1 peat whoa compared with the horror or the slavery of sin 31avcroC ludgmcnt formed on facts Thc nsccrtpined physIcians aL the postmortem has been vindicated In a most remarkable way ecn At thit time he u said it would haVe been Impossible for ColilnO to have put a hIs own wall after cutting stone the cutLn on wal knife Im to have cast the thront or even hlc kway Herald At tha inquest that the nt near the cave was butchorknlfo found cvowas loud nCnr thc instrument that was used for not Instrument that tho making the cut He also said bmUrs that were taken by many to In dicate violence wcro caused by the pros sure of the rpcks on which the body lay Thcro Is I nothing In the boys story said Dr Mayo last night that lu Inconsistent In-consistent with the tmllu the body On wih contrary most of It Is continued by the appearance of tho remains re-mains I am not yet prepared however to nay that I consider It suicide Dr Mayo was with the la In tic Chiefs room nt thu station and questioned ques-tioned l him from a scientific standpoint Although very reluctant to discuss the matter Clyde disclosed the character of tho dead man and confirmed In mal rc spacts the conclusions of tho best authorities author-ities on such matters Will Not Punish Boy No ntlcmot will bo mado to punish Clyde Felt for the part ho played In the tragedy It Is doubtful If thnro IH I any statute I would make him liable and oven If ho did moro than ho has admitted feels that County Attorney Christensen lhat the ends of justico would not be forwarded forward-ed by prosecuting him The crime of which Collins n guilty would be In the eyes of tho law very similar to tho offense of rape ana the hors would stand aw tho victims Hence anything which they might have Inflicted on lho deceased would probably bo regarded re-garded as justifiable bnrlc We will hold tho boy until wo are satisfied sat-isfied that he has told us all he knows and then wo will let him go said Mr Christensen last evening Mystery of Stakes nnd Hope The police have not yet ascertained the meaning of tho two sharpened stakes and the piece of broomstick found In tho cave with Colllnss body Onp theory Is that he took the stakes ropo and hatchet as 1 means of hanging himself if i thc boy refused hanJhlJ fused to assist him by walling up thc cave There aro no tall trees In thc neighborhood and he may have Intended to drive stakes with the hatchet attach the ropo nnd throw himself over a cliff This however does not explain tho presence of tho broomstick or tho fact that his two ICS end ono arm were wrapped In thc rope when he cut his throa Vhe stakes have been fully Identified asa as-a part of a pair of buggy shafts found at tho Wasatka works Knife Not i the Case The finding of a kconcclged stiletto under un-der I rdck near Ensign peak was reported report-ed to thc police yesterday afternoon by two boys who made the find It was thought at first that tho knlfb had something some-thing to do with tho Collins tragedy However all this was dispelled by tho appearance later of Joseph Clark t messenger boy who established that he lost the weapon from his lunch basket while on 1 picnicking expedition on Easter Sunday Thc knife was according Iy turned over to Its owner ASSISTED BY FAT D P Felt Aided Officers in Getting Statement of Facts D P Felt father of young Clyde had no intimation of the knowledge his son had of tho affair until ho was Informed last evening after tht > boy had been taken to the pollco station Mr Felt was deeply deep-ly grieved upon learning of his sons ntatomcnts upn he assisted the police In every way to get a complete statement of facts from the boy urging the lad to hold nothing back from the officers Tho boy has always been honest and upright and I am at a loss to fathom hlo actions In this case1 mild Mr Felt Ho would never havo done such a thing had not lie Influence of C man who had unusual un-usual control over him been brought to bear DISCOVERY OF CLOTHING COT1q Lay Close to Trail Traversed by Hundreds Tho dead mans missing clothing which has been Urn occasion of extended search was found yesterday morning about sixty paces below lie cave In which tho body was found i It was secreted behInd a huge boulder which stands three feel from the trail along which hundreds of nlonS J > coplo have passed since tho discovery of Easter Police officers and other search cm admit that they have paused to alton alt-on er tho rock and Chief Hilton says ho looked behind f but did not discover the clothes which were covered over with cIOlhc cobbles The and was made by William Ryvera and Ernest Wight two young men who were visiting the scene out or curiosity Ryvcrs noticed n portion of block cloth cropping out from t spnco between be-tween two cobbles behind the rock a he was passing down the trail and an Investigation plssln tnl vestigation rovealcd tho missing clothes laying In tho brush C few Inches distant was lie bloodstained towel and n5 It was plainly exposed tho view of those passing along the troll It regarded as pa5slnl tri remarkable that It had not been noticed previously An Inventory of the clothing developed every article of apparel hitherto unac ednrVg 0v n a3 h g counted for WhIle thc clothes I were somewhat damp and soggy yet they did not appear In thc opinion of the police to have been exposed for any great length of time Tho officers sere Inclined at llrat tmc tho belief that wer clothes had been deposited during the night but that theory was abandoned after Clyde Felts story hAd bden heard 8Tho valIse which Collins bro with him Is still missing but tho officers hope to locato It today with tho help of young Felt who will bo taken with tho searching search-Ing party ATI clement of mystery surrounds sur-rounds tho vallee a Collins has never allowed anyone ao far oa known to view Its content Tho officers believe that the Ilconlent the grip may develop something some-thing of Importance Mistake in Day The authorities came very near to being I misled by tile positive statement of Mr and Mrs Pago that they sow Colllno on tho Tuesday after the Monday hw was supposed to have disappeared Their mistake was In the date when they saw him Mrs Pnxe fixed the time by tho fact lr her husband attended a trial flct t police court Ho told what tho trial was and the pollen found It came off on the Thursday preceding the death of Collins Aa lo liIO mysterious woman mentioned men-tioned aa a visitor ut the bottling works It Is learned that It was almost n dally occurrence for women to go there after tho mineral water 1 |