Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-12-18

JAMES R. NAY
MURDERED AND ROBBED
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1.-Two boarded the patrol wagon aft
started for the SCENE
me new team purchased for the de
nor,ment seemed 20 realize the HI.ua
,Ion and almost from the start ran n
ivMe wagon tore down 70 Seventl
conih thence to Fifth East while rek
deris along the route gazed In Oppl
nonih wonder at the spectacle Belos
Liberty PARK the horses were allow
IL qet lhelr breath and then DrIvi
Armstrong applied the whip and dro,,
Gin breakneok speed TO Seventh Ead
and Thlrtcenth south
FIRST PERSONS MET,
ma FIRST persons the officers MI
were prank I.indquist the young MAJ
,yho made the gruesome discovery, anl
peter Mottchsen the man whom m.
poIlce strongly believe Is responsIb.
ion the murder ~.
"aThSbody is down there" said youp,
rlndoulst pointing west along the ran.
,oad track a mound " dirt freAhl,
novel could be plainly seen from M
sned AN OF the party with the et.
'enfion of the patrol driver ran dow
,be iraek 10 the point where the trach.
in the snow led into the field
BLOOD STAINS.
BEFORE an examination Of the fell
woe made. the tracks were examindi
md search made for blood stains
On the south side Of The track at N,
foot of the roadbed was q bIoich y
Hood about the size of an Ordinary
sancer A little nearer the south raj
wore several drops OF blood and SON,
rocks we're stained. on Tile rail- Il
sef there was blood and some hair 4
Indicated that the unfortunate youa,
men had been dragged or carried TO a.
SPOT and his head beaten upon ~
rail
LIFTED OVER FENCE.
From that point across the trad
down Inc embankment on the other aid
blood stains were easily traced to CA
barbed-wlre fence enclosing the lied
There was small pool of frozen blood
All first the officers believed the bod
had been dragged under the fence, b1
a more thorough examination disclose
the fact that the snow had not been diA
tnrbed in the least The body wii
lifted over the top wire The statemeM
IA bourne out by the fact that a smas
blt Of cloth. matching Hays oyercod
was caught In one Of the barhs,
The 0nicers ana Marty wont down aoYl
etal yards from this point 20 as nd
10 distnD ,he uacAs there, and climb1
over the fence
BODY EXHUMED
when the hole In which Hays bodd
lay was reached, Detective Sheets tod
Officer Brown 10 uncover the body. It'd
officer seized o shovel and went to worn
rapidly, but carefully. In less than I'd
seconds one Of the dead mans feet wag
uncovered Then the dirt, which wa}
very loose was removed from tilc hcu1
and shoulders, Hays face was covered
with a portion Of his overcoat.
CHASTITY SIGHT,
AS Sheets pulled the coat ffHin TN
dead mans face those present started
back horror stricken II Is safe to sa
that none present had ever witnesse
80 CHASTITY sight 10 all thair liyea
Even the officers who are accustomed
to scenes OF crime and sorrow c0ul4
rot help shuddering,
Mortensen was first TO speak; "yesl
that's him, mat is poor Hay. Poos
boy, he's done for. he said.
This Is awful, exclaimed Sheetu'
THE murderer was kind enough "a
cover his face, but what a gravel
UNDER FIVE INCHES OF DIRT,
The body was covered with not Owed
I've inches OF dirt and one Of the feet
was scarcely covered at all The dead
mans hands were folded across HIS
breast his face was turned slightly 10
the south.
The head and face was covered with
blood and the hair was matted togeth-
or. The lower part Of the face was
partly covered With a black handker-
chief, This WAS carefully removed
There was slight bruise Just under
the left eye but there were no other
narlSs dlscernible on the face
FACE WAS PEACEFUL.
Officer Brown and Sergeant Janney
raised the body and placed II on a
stretcher Then all gazea for a mo-
ment In silent sorrow al the dead man.,
the victim Of as foul a murder as ever
lend in human form committed, and
Wore than one person present turned
away TO hide a tear Their thoughts
were OF a once happy home robbed OF
us soy, Of grief stricken wife and
bree faulefless children. On the poor
mans face was an expression OF peace
and a holy calm
The body was frozen stlff In the
pocket Of the vest was found lady's
gold watch and chain. one of the In
side pockets Of the overcoat was
turned inside out. After examining the
watch Detective Sheets made
STARTLING DISCOVERY.
There were no side pockets to the
coat Il win be remembered that Nor
Jensen said when Hay got the money
Ne placed II In his oyercoat pocket. He
made that statement again today. Bot
there are no side pockets at all. Had
the money been dropped into the holes