Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-08-15

with his wife for some time past. In
fact they had separated soon after they
had been married In the previous July.
POLICE ON THE SCENE.
As soon as the word came 20 police
headquarters. over the telephone. that
man was being murdered at its west
South Temple street. Captain Enaling-
Ct and Ofncor shannon repaired post
haste 10 the scene, \ dark ulIoywny
led TO the scene of tho murder and
along this thorouEhfar. the officers
went. reaching heutlcra room % few
minutes AFTER the summons had been
omccr shannon reached the door
FIRST lie vudoavorcd 90 open the
same when he discovered that there
was some h. Wy body against g. Push
INK tho doc, open by their united ,f-
forts, the two officers squeezed ln. As
the door swung back the body uf man.
that had been blocking the entrance
rlid back 10 lta original position. The
hfHt glance at the dead mans face be-
tokyncd that he lad met with violent
death. There was
WHITE RAG STICKING
out between the parted lips. shannon
reached over and found that this had
been stuffed down his throat as u gag.
The rag was pulled out. hut the muir
dcrcd man was beyond all human aid
for the heart action had entirely ceased
ana thu man was undoubtedly dead.
NORRIS STORY.
Joseph Morris. a bill poster who lived
next door 20 Boutler'a. told the ON.
cerH the following story of what he
saw and heard, About 3 o'clock said
Mr.. Morris. ~ was sitting at the table
eating my supper when heard
knock az Houtlcr's door. The partitions
between she cabins arc very fruI. So
that most every sound can be distinct
~ heard Now they must have walked
very softly on that board. Tor / never
heard q sound until they knocked. Then
heard brutlcr walk across the floor
turn the latch and almost the same
Instant hollcr murder two. or Tine,
times. Then I heard a HCunic I WAS
q tfiic afraid 10 20 out tho front door
sn ! lust pushed up the back window
ana Jumped out, Intending Co raise an
alarm. ran around ON Co South
Temple and struck the Holt bows ont
I'm front. We stood there for aIout N
minute talking about the trouble. sun
posing u was q row between BgutIer
ana mis- wife, A. We stood there. two
persons came out one uf them was
about three or four inches taller than
nv, other, and both were dressed In
dafk clothes. The smallest one looked
Hh' a. n-u-farmcr, us near as I
could see. Their faces were turned
away from use, ana We couldn't see
Who they We're. a RIG had Just driven
INTO the. alley 20 deliver some stun az
one OF ne houses, and In about a min
ute or less these two came out"
one of the Holt boys followed the
men, whom, he says, turned east ON
Suuth Temple, they cut across the strttt
toward The Valley house, and walked
rapidly down the street. Evidently
discovering that they were followed,
lhey puickencd their steps and were
almost running whom they reached the
pain that turns Into the old Nntntn-
rum. Down this they turned and
We're soon lost 10 view among the
buildings,
The police were not slow to act In the
case, ~ FIRST they were Inclined to
think that the wife ~ the murdareJ
man might be able 60 throw consider.
able light on the tragedy for Beutler
had domestic troubles and was cndony.
oring 10 obtain divorce from his part
net she being woman whom he could
not get along with, because % her In
temperate habits,
MRS nEuTLER ARRESTED.
Acting on the suspicion that Mrs.
Reutlcr would In OH probability know
something uf the murder the officers
repaired 10 Murray that same night.
where she was living, and found her al
with a Mis-. pahin. who occupied the
Thirdc cottage. Mrs. BGutlcr was
awakened and Informed that she was
wanted. She got M and dressed her
SELF expressing regret over her hus-
bandH murder ana saying that Il was
too bad that his NE had been taken
Detective sheets In the meanwhile.
had followed clue. lie found out that
John Rice who lived on North Temple
between Eighth and Ninth West strcts.
mad been very anxious 20 ascertain
whore the old man llcutlcr lived. In fact
he had that very day asked his wife
and failing to obtain n favorable ans
wer from her bad iourneyrd an the
way down % Murray and obtained the
required Information from Mrs Pafnn.
RICE IN CUSTODY.
Acting on this Information Rice was
arrested, on suspicion, at his home az
4 $40 on the morning following the muir
der, lie was kept IN the county IAN
for six months upon one charge and an
other TO De ultimately released without
shedding any light upon the tragedy.
although, % tfls day Detective Sheets
hints that were Rice To tell all he
knows that thero would be no doubt as
20 wrong was the pcrpetrator OF the
deed
GRIP MISSING,
Af'ur the murder II was found that
the little hand grip, In which the dead
man carried his tools ana was sun
posed 20 keep his tore OF cash was
Every effort 10 locate the same
was In vain, Undoubtedly the man
who committed the murder was the
individual whe carried away the grip