Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-12-21
MURDERED WOMAN
STILL UNIDENTIFIED.
Police Are Working Hard vut
Have No Clue TO the Cutler
Mountain Mystery
MANY INQUIRIES RECEIVED.
Excitement 10 Colorado Springs Grows
talk oil Lyuching Murderer
II Found

Colorado Springs, Colo, Dec 2l.-The
police are as far from a clue to the So
luton of the cutler mountain mystery
az ever but the efforts are being re-
doubled.
The last clue that was In their hands
played out this morning when Ona D..
Hoyt. a pretty hair dresser living IN
this city, and who was reported to
have disappeared, was found safe at
her room In the Clinton hotel in this
city
Inquiries continue to come from 9TH
err cities for detailed description OF
the dead girl, but In no case has the
sending Of the description resulted in
the receipt Of further information or
inquiry,
The coroner has In his possession no
less than 40 hairpins that were taken
out of the coil OF hair that remains
on the head OF the dead girl, or picked
up AT the scene OF the attempted ere"
nation of the body. These hairpins are
all on stiff wire, there being no small
flexible ones and the number and
strength Of the pins are taken 10 indl-
cate that the growth OF lar was uh-
usually heavy.
An increased number Of officers Is to-
day engaged In the search through the
hills for evidence that may lead to the
discovery Of the identity OF the MUIR
dered girl or Of her slayer Al their
meeting today the county commission
ers will offer reward Of $1,000 for the
arrest and conviction OF the murderer
The excitement In the community over
the crime Is growing daily a demand
being made on the officers from the
citizens today that every effort be made
30 run down the crime. Talk Of lynch
Ing the murderer should he be FOUND
out Is heard freely today
Coroner Law buried the remains Of
the girl today In Evergreen cemetery
IN a lot provided by the county. The
body was put In a coffin and the latter
encased In a box, the county commits
sioners offering TO defray the expenses
OF a decent burial for the unfortunate
girl rather than permit her 10 be buried
IN the grave OF pauper.
The Jaws and the hair Of the dead
girl have been saved for Identification
purposes. and the coroner Is confident
that II any one who knew her I'm life
appears the girl can be identified be-
yond any question by these evidences
and the description OF her that Is on
record with the coroner.
AZ noon today Sheriff Grimes de-
tailed six more men TO go to the hills
surrounding the scene OF the murder
and Join In the search for evidence.
The sheriff stated that this time that
the men who had been at work since
Sunday morning had completed a
search Of every square foot included in
about four square miles OF country and
that the search would be kept up until
at leafs ten square miles had been thor
oughly searched,
The ground on which this search is
being conducted Is rocky and precipit-
GUS and the search fraught with no
small amount Of danger to the men
engaged therein.
George W. Childers who with w. s.
Maunder, Is enga ged in mining in Bear
Creek canyon, west Of this city, today
gave the police department descrip-
tion OF a man and a woman who were
seen twice IN Bear Creek canyon by
himself and Mr. Maunder two weeks
ago, Mr.. Chiders thinks the woman Is
the one who was found dead on Cutler
mountain and that the man with her
was the murderer.