Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-08-10
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open the door wide enough 20 got into The
room.
| could hardly rcprcss an exclamation OF
horror. The body Of u heavy looking man
was lying against the door the head and
shoulders proppod up by the door itself.
Blood wns flowing from an ugly looking
wound in the right temple nnd there was
n pool Of blood on tho floor There was
clock in the room and | noticed that it
wns exactly minutes to 10.
The victim was pronounced to DO not
dend, and was removed, Unconscious to
the hospital The police took possession
of the room aud proceeded to mako in
auirios and deliberate.
Tho facts In the problem--f0r problem
It very soon appeared to bc-woro these;
Ono Of the walters snid he Ind been sum
monod to tho smoking room by the bell,
and that three gentlemen wore then In
the room. one, whom he identified Us tho
victim, was sitting Mt the table In tho
middle Of the room, with HIS bnck toward
the door, reading. The other two were
in the two opposite corncra Of the room.
lie could remember nothing Of th0npucnr.
nnco Of the two men, who were strangers,
but the unfortunate man Mt the table was
familiar to him as a frequent visitor. He
remembered the clock In the room striking
quarter Of 10 when he brought tho
drink.
IIc thorght he sbould hive pot,oad Thorn
law, a. ~, hn,t ,o,,,, ,,o,s,, ia. r,ss,,,n
from tho smoking room into the bur, as
he had not left the bar and Ind not been
ut all busy during the ton minutes. Be-
sides, the position OF the body against the
dror ,,ndr 4, i,nu,ssitlc finn, ,,,,y and could
bnya la,t fto rnn,u nftcr il mad fallen with.
nut ,nnyin,,tt
ma rnnIr ,y,, ,t,ut IA f,o, ti,,b and
Ind mn ,y,n,i,,,, H., I'M. ,y,lIs II ,yns l,rbt.
cd bv n styli,bt nbont 3 fcot nv 1. ininc.
di,tciy ovnr tbn ,,hIr mis- rouIJ n,
oncrcI nI,nn, fo,,r nr gyc inches bv npnps
Of !, corL or ,,,,iiry Inn II ,yns alnt Eycn
tbc verv taiIost MN. st,ndinp an. the tnblo
and iui,nino cnmId nryrr rr,,cb H. mo
cbInncy ,yn. I,,nnssiIlr If tho two mon
Ind nh gor, AMI nj tho ,loor bn,v mad
,bcv loft thn roouny II scanned "A bouolrss
,,,,,Io
Nn,t cyr,tr, f,rnd ,p,, frIrnd ,hc
aunrrIntpnl,nt who tnld mo Inc lntes, d.
,,oinn,ncpts irhr xictir, Of tho ontry,t,o
,yss nnt e,,.i,nsIy ininrrd ,frnr all liz
h,d rngnincd ronscin,,sn,.a nnd had bncn
Mi, 80 ,ou lts y,nry
Uc bnd thai cynuing conrIctpd n very
sntisfnctory ,,ul and had Tia, ,,rorocds-
.nyo,fi,,,sy.,n hia rncl.rt n. Ind s,t
do,vn M thr tnl,lc viii, hIs hncl. toward
tbo door and tnltc, nm nm ovcpin, ro,or
Snddrnlv hn frlt himself srizrI Inv tbc
thro,,t aud s,,,,n,, fin bia fpct. nnIy IN bo
forced bnrk nrt,inst tbp door He strup.
,,,,.d i, yni, Loir, rlnnrd IN EN-, dnn. II,
ono ,,,n rbon, Ir irsrriIc1 no bn,ir,, ,
0a,tI or,,,,,avtnr I'D sh,rt f,t. M
,achc while th, ofhcr n syvnrtbv IooLIny
rclio,, rIn,i ia ,,oci,rts Ibnr Ia, foIt n
violent hIow
In tho f,co of tbls tho thcorv OF cscnn,.
from, ,ho dnor EMBODIED II, met hnyo
faIlon ar oncr Sn tho mo, could nat hnyo
Irt, tbr room Inv tl, door
We r,,vo mn tho skvlIyht thcorv ,pninlv
bocnusc IL srrmnd wholly imnrnrticnhln In,
.,,v ,nnr ia rcnch thnt n,,,ict Ty,n "A
,h1ir an tho ,,hi, ,,o,,Id no, h.y,, dnn,, A.
md tberc ,vng M indirntinn M INV rbnI,
bnv,n,, heen ~, tho tnbIc
A ,ycol. n,sseJ ,rd M o,o was nm,
rooror soir,,,, ,i, ,,,,s,.r,. ,i,,,,, o,,,, irho
Injured mnn now very much h.ttor md
Noon ahis In ,,dd notl,ino r,ntcrini 10 III,
or,gIrnl stony
1 bnnncncJ ,b,t eva,,,, :, s,-oll int,
,bc Dncbcss tbcotcr of v,r,c,ics n,ralv
dec ,,iru,,s, VIII rror,. C,t,int,i,s viii
n fr,ond nbnnt a o'clock
W. ,.ro ,s,ohirs, ,,,o p,r,o-,,s,o,
brothers a mar Of ncroh,ts whose cont,,r.
tions and fcn,s NJ strnnotb wore exc,,ins,
ronrds ~ nn,ionso ,bi,l ,h, Sea. ,,hi.i,
,ionsod r,o., ,rns +, io,rt ,,orfn,,,,,,o,, a., -,
b,,t,,,,,,i hnr .nho,,. a., t,,, -, ia,
Vrouud ono snrnny nImhIy an IN tho
Shoulders ~ tho other and ,rnsrod ,Ln
hnr mo Other so,,eJ ,b, ,ri.,ns ~ tho
t,rs, aud ,vos drn,,,,, nm nntil h. zoo c,,,,Id
rancb n
I waa thornuy,Iv on iovin, tbis cxb,,i.
,,nr ~ s,,enyth ana sliIi yhsn r,, tr,,nl
ron,rlcd.
"Thcsc ,oro,,o, f,,Io,ys ,ro,,,J ,,,,t.,
short ,yorl, NJ yoI,r ii yIisht rnnnG M Gin.
intti's a. ~t,ilcs NM =
iontot caroT,I,, n, .b, ,,o, rr,o,,
,yoro ,nII ,yol Inilt and ,,,iot,o and
,norooyor ono ,yn. dorL ',nd ana ,ras ,,,r
n was not ,nnch IN on ,,,,nu hut 4, ,yna
enounb m ,nnl,a mn, rest,ass
I'M ,.xto ycnin,, sn,,, tho. s,,rortr,ora-
or, and thon,h no ridl,,,IrJ H., ,in, ~,
1rst he ultimately prnnisrd IN nako en-,
ouirics ,bont Nh, man II, srg,cstnd ,hot
a. rr,t,n,inn,, ,tan tl,n. til, ~, t,'a
rohIery shn,Id 40 90 tbc nncbcss ,y,,b n
,,e,v 10 idcrtifyinr, tho mon
connlc ni dnvs lnt,,' h, want h,,
wor,d sny n,tIin,, NOR, Ion,,tt. ,L,,, ,b,,t
thov cortaInIv leaked ns N the, ,,i,ht nc
tho n,sr I'M hn rn,Il,. cn,,idn,i 80 80,
Mcautinc thn sn,,,,i,,,enJn,t b.d rnc,,
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