The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-29
VIM. MOrkinson May Have Been
Murdered by Plan.
Others i'm the Conspiracy Are
Still Being Sought.
THE OTHER MYSTERY
Little Chance of Identifying
the Second Victim.
Visits of Unknown Woman to
MOrgue Explained.

All of the energies of the peace Of
ficers, including the sheriff and his
forces and the members of the police
| department, are being devoted now to
running down such clues they pick
up which tend to show that there were
one or more accomplices connected
with the muder of William Morkinson,
the fruit peddler, and for which muir
der wilbur V. Van Horn, the hack
man, has been formally charged.
Not anything in the way of definite
results, at least results which it would
be proper to make public at this time,
have been secured as yet but that GER
tain and definite results along this line
will lie obtained is the opinion of the
sheriff and the other officers who are
working on the case.
= There is a we'll defined idea among
the authorities that a regular plot was
Matched to do away with Morkinson for
the money he had with him, or was
thought to have with him. And while
the officers believe that they have
placed the murder just exactly where
they believe that there are some per-
sons who were at least accessories to
the crime and these are the people they
ale now after.
Sheriff Wilkerson was called out of
the city today on other business and
so his work on the case was inter-
fered with for the time being but 1t is
known that he has several good clues
on which he is working in connection
with the murder of Morkinson and it
is his opinion that before long there
will not be the slightest shred of mys-
terry surrounding it. AS matter of
except for the finding of others who
might be implicated in it.
Other Murder a Mystery.
A shroud of the darkest and deepest
hue surrounds the second murder that
developed in this vicinity within a
weeks time. Since positive Informal
ton has come that the body of the
murdered man which was picked up
on the Union Pacific tracks the other
side of the three bridges on Monday
morning was not that of William Zook
there is small likelihood now that an
Identification will be made. The body
of the murdered man has now been
buried for forty-eight hours and I'M
less the clothing worn by the man can
be Identified positively-and there is
little chance of .this-rnere does not
seem to be any hope now that the
mans identity will ever be. known.
One point In the case. which has baf-
fled the officers has been cleared up.
On Tuesday morning woman called
at Shellabarger's undertaking room
three times to view the remains of the
murdered man. At the times that she
called her iden tity was not learned
ing sort of mysterious. 1t has been
learned that this woman was a Mrs.
Templin, who lives on Adams street.
Her husband from whom she is sep
arated, informed her through friends
that he was going to Kansas City on
Sunday. The description Of the MUIR
dered mans appearance which was
published fitted her husband fairly |
well and she thought that perhaps he
might have met with foul play. So
she went to the undertaking rooms to |
look at the remains. She even thought |
after looking at them three times that |
they might be those of her husband, |
but it has since developed that he is |
among the living.
The opinion of the officers is gain
ing strength all the time that this |
murder victim was killed in fight In |
a box car, either with some member
of train crew or some hobo compan-
ions and that his body was thrown |
from the car at the spot where it was |
found.