The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-05-05
May BE MURDER
DONE FOR MONEY
Body Discovered Near Murray
That of 0. ]. Long.
HAD $500 ON HIM WHEN ALIVE
CASH AND PAPERS MISSING
WHEN CORPSE WAS FOUND,
POSSIBLE murder is the theory ON

DOSSIBLE murder is the theory ON
which the local authorities are
working I'm an attempt TO clear up
the mystery surrounding the death OF
%. j. Long. whose dead body with two
bullet wounds i'm the skull was found
near Murray Tuesday morning The
body was identified as that of LoHz.
who is foreman of construction of the
Western Union Telegraph company uE
Manager A. II. May OF salt Lake lar4
last night The body was also viewed
by a number Of liuemeu who had for
merly worked under Ions and was fur
Their identified by them.
Long had upon his person when last
seen in salt Lake city Monday evening
about $500. His coat pockets were filled
with papers. some of value. Upon the
corpse was found only $40 the rest Of
the money and the papers having dis
appeared.
The fact too, that there are TO pov-
der stains to mark the place where the
bullets entered the mans mouth Isl
looked upon as am additional evidence
of foul play. Long was not drinking
man. and the theory of suicide as The
result of a prolonged debaueh IS not
given credence by those who kuoH him.
Six hours previous TO the time his body
was found he was looking for liuemeH
to work along the San Pedro His iu-
teutiOus were, according to Manager
May TO go TO ogden OH Tuesday
morning
Statement by Mr.. May.
Long had been i'm The employ of the
Western company for several years il
this city, said Manager May last
night. He was paid Off Monday and
had i'm his pockets several hundred dol
lars belonging to himself and as much
again that was coming 10 the men I'm
his gang. Inquiry has developed the
fact that the men were not paid OFF.
last saw Long I'm the office here ON
Main street. but believe that he left his
room i'm the Albany hotel Monday ufgrr
and spent part of the night uptown. He
was TO have gone 90 Ogden the next
morning. Tuesday. to attend 10 some
work there for the Western Union.
II had no reason to- doubt that he
was there until today, when some of his
men reported to me the fact that he
had not turned up for work as usual
I Immediately thought of the Murray
case, and went TO the undertaking par
lOTs / was quite sure 1T was Lorg
but had several Of his men fully iden-
tify him later i'm the evening.
Usually Carried Papers On Person.
Long told me only a few nights ago
that he was a single man. 7 have wired
TO general HEADQUARTERS al Omaha fn
order TO ascertain If possible who his
parents are and where they reside. A
record is kept there of all f0rameu. bu1
/ hardly expect an answer before to-
morrow morning. I am surprised. u1t
alone at the discovery of the disau-
pearauce of Longs money, but also at
the fact that there were found uuor
him no papers He usually carried his
pockets fun Of orders and railroad
passes"
The dead man was about s. years OF
age. For the past few months he has
resided at the Albany hotel.
The matter is to be investigated bv
Sheriff Emery and the local police au-
thOrlties. Tn the meantime the body
viii probably be Inferred at the expense
OF the Western Union