Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-06-03
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San FRANcIsCO, Juue 2.-rhe police
arc Still looking tor tue murderer oil
Misa Harrington, whose mutllated
BODY was found IN her house GU Ellis
street yesterday. The woman had been
stabbed ana beatou TO death by some
blunt instrument, which has not yet
been founu. Other occupant, OF the
house told the police Of En elderly uRu
who called frequently on Mics uar.
rIngtou and took DER out driving.
ln the murdered woman room was
found photograph oi cX.Slate Senator
l.. w. BucE, one Of tho most pToui.
inpnI fruit growers VI the statc. The
people VI tho house identified the pic.
turo OF Buck 40 InAt Of the man who
called to sec Mics Harrington. Senator
Buck was at his homo In Oakland yst-
totdAy between the hours OF IL and .
O'Clock, aud II IL known that the muir.
der waa committed between II and
O'Clock. A young Japanese who had
engaged n room Ia the house has been
detained ponding investigation, but II
Ia not believed no had anything 90 do
with the murder.
IL. senator Buok'J physicians said
tonight that the injured man COuld not
pos bly, survive, aud his death Is only
\ question OF = few hour. When
pitrned out oi the buggy Mr. Buck
struck the ground on his Luau, irac,uf.
Ing the saul.
Whilu the poiior will not say def.
nltuly that they suspect Senator Buck
VI the murder, their actions lead -
tho belief Lns they think he knows
| something about ". IL mas been
/ a
CT ON Misc Harrington nnd hni taken
nor drivlrg aud 10 yatlods resorts.
! Tho police soy inst the murder was
committed by siuIr uns Intimately
acquainted with Miss Harrington an
her hHbits. Whoever commItleI the
murder lot himself In at the front
door with hoy CT rang the tell. IL
Mics Hagiii g ~ let tho man In 10 wa.
undoubtedly SONS ono with whom sur
was on Intimate ttTmp, as shp wa
| only partially dressed Whon the muir.
der was committed.
Tho police searched thr0ugh tho
papers found In Msi Harrington
room, IN the hope VI flndiug some
Clcw. When asked what thH rtsull oil
the search hnd been, Captain Lues
said that he ha1 found cerIOin uvi.
rcnes which he could NOT mako public
at this time,
Tho murder Of Mis8 Harrington Wa
| y most iiahJlIchl crime. Bhe occupied
an UPPER nat NJ lOl7 Ellis street, and
had been outraged aud murdered IN
her bedroom, The door iOGznd avn hor
| clothing and the furniture OF ths
| apartment set ON IRE. All tho drawer
| and boxes in the room were open ana
had been Tlneackrd, several articles oil
Jcwolry and hor purse had been stolen,
When her door was broken open, the
bedding piled IN the Q inter- OF the room
was found TO DO on IRE, and bpaeath
the amUulIerlug clothes MSS the blnnl-
stained body VI Miss Harrington. TbV
lower part was badly burned, but the
Tao, had escaped the flames.
Tbs theory OF the police In thSt yhIle
| a thief wAa Ia tho room MiBs HaFrIny.
ton entered. Tue msu then murdered
Aud assaulted hut, set nrB 10 the bed.
ding to conceal his crime, aud, atitr
loOting the room, escaped, lgckius me
lUor AMI carrying of the key.
MHs Ill arlington rented r3uns and A.
10 said that "a Jupapess was lcdItr
last night. He lott the Hat today ana
tae pOilce are looking for hiu.
TIC police ere ANXIOUS for Blatn