The daily sentinel., 1906-10-27
LOOKS LIKE hURDER
Indicates That the Man
Who Was Found Dead Near
Iona was Robbed and
Murdered by Ho-
boes-Mysterious

Developments that have occurred
in the mystery surrounding the find
ing of the body of a well dressed
young man in an irrigation ditch,
along the railroad track near Iona,
on Tuesday, indicate that the man did
not die from accidental causes but
was murdered.
For several days. in fact since the
discovery of the body, an officer has
been making careful investigations
and the result SO far bring out the
following facts.
For several weeks past young
man named George Sullivan has been
employed as workman on the
mountain water pipe line being con
structed by the town of Fruita. He
came to the lower valley stranger
and his friends and acquaintances
confined mostly to the men employ
ed on the pipe line.
On Monday afternoon Sullivan
went to the First Bank of Fruita and
cashed check for $50, this money
being due him for work on the pipe
line. He did not work on Saturday
afternoon but spent the time in town.
He was seen by this officer and sever
al other parties during the afternoon
in company with three men who had
been employed on the pipe line but
who had either resigned or been dis
charged. These three men from all
accounts were pretty tough charac-
ters and it is said they have rather
unsavory police records.
These men informed several peo-
pie that they were going west and
Sullivan also informed several peo'
pie that he expected to go west. 1t
is known positively that late on Mon
day evening the three tough charac-
ters and Sullivan boarded the west
bound freight train and that each
man gave the brakeman one dollar TO
allow him to ride through to Salt
Lake in a box car.
On Tuesday morning the body OF
well dressed, nice looking young
man was found lying face downward
in an irrigation ditch on one side of
the railroad track near Iona sta
ton. There was a bad wound on his
head, his shoulder was dislocated and
other injuries had been sustained.
There was nothing on his body that
would lead readily to his identified
ton, He had about seven dollars in
silver in his pockets. The remains
have been held in the Gourley morgue
IN this city since Tuesday night await
ing Identification. Tuesday after
noon several Fruita people saw the
body and were certain that they had
seen the man in Fruita several times
but none of those were acquainted
with Sullivan, the man who worked
on the pipe line.
There is but little doubt that the
lead man is Sullivan and steps are
being taken this afternoon to fully
| they left Fruita Monday night the
three men slugged Sullivan, robbed
him and then threw him out of the
car, either killing him outright be
lore throwing him from the train oil
throwing him out in an unconsciou;
condition and he fell into the ditch
aud was drowned. There is no doubt
h;,t what the man was thrown oil
| fell from a west bound train.
1t is known that Monday afternoon
when Sullivan cashed his check he
put several bills in an inside pocket
of his coat and some silver in his
trousers pocket. The theory is that
the three men took these bills and
left the small silver.
Men that worked with Sullivan and
knew him well will probably be asked
to view the remains at Gourley's and
see If 1t is that of Sullivan.
AFTER THE NEW ROAD.