The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-04-24
TRAIL Of ASSASSIN
LOST ON RIVER BANK
Dastardly Murder Of Arthur G.
Marsh Is Mystery that Posse
Is Unable to Solve.
SHOT DOWN IN OWN HOME
Threats of Lynching Freely Made
by Indignant Neighbors of
Bereaved Family.
SHOT DOWN IN OWN HOME

Special TO The Tribune.
THEODORE, April 23.-Posses search
ing for the assassin who murdered Ar
thur c. Marsh in his own home Thurs
DAY night have returned from their long.
but futile chase along the Duchesne
river and the crime is as much OF a
mystery as ever. Footprints which at
first seemed TO afford a promising clew
have led to nothing tangible, and while
the tongue OF suspicion gives voice to
many rumors the officers do not know
the guilty person
The assassination was described in last
Fridays Tribune. Readers will remem-
Der that Marsh was sitting In his home
on the north side of the Duchesne river
n quarter Of Il mile from the center oi
town and was playing solitaire TWO
neighbors, Charles Cummings, OnVcr
Mont tgomery. Mrs. Marsh, Miss Myrtle
Marsh. grown daughter. and 5-year-
old son. Robert Ducbesne Marsh were
in the Marsh home, while just outside
the door We're two younger daughters OF
the Marsh family were playing with oth-
er children. AT tho card table was Oliver
Mont gomery with the little Marsh boy
on his knee and opposite was Marsh.
The others In the house were chatting
while the card players were each alb
sorbcd in his own game OF solitaire
A glass pane had been broken out OF
the west window Of the cabin and sud
denly a shot was fred through this hole.
The bullet passed through the entire up
per part of Marsh's chest and lodged In
his left arm.
and beckoned to his wife and then fell
to the floor. These were his last words,
for in four minutes he was dead.
The echo OF the fatal shot had hardly
Ing out of the Marsh home. ran to Theo-
dore and gave the alarm, Constable
George OdclSirk quickly raised posse
OF twenty men and posted them on roads,
bridges and foot bridges. This guard was
maintained until daylight, but no trace
of the assassin was found, The guards
detained three shecpmcn. but they were
soon Identified by Forest Ranger Thomas
L.. Woolstenhulme and proved alibls,
Minute search revealed two sets OF
footprints. One trail began al the bank
feet of the Marsh home, giving rise TO
the theory that the assassin may have
come and gone by boat, These steps
indicated that while the person who made
he ran he returned. The other foot
prints began al the well l-travclod path
To the bridge and after continuing some
distance toward the Marsh home they
returned TO tho bridge and were lost in
the many tracks found there.
II * generally believed however. that
Gfteen minutes 'intcrveped between the
time OF the shooting and the starting
of the posse and this would have on
ablcd swift horse 10 bear its rider
considerable distance from the scene of
the crime.
County Attorney Willes and Sheriff
Wall were leaders OF the posses that
returned today. They frankly admit that
they have no clew TO the assassin nor
any knowledge of his motive, None Of
the Marsh family Is able TO assign any
cause for the murder. The family is
among the pioneers OF Theodore and is
highly esteemed.
Justice OF the Peace Charles Dicker-
son impaneled q coro1er's jury which
quickly returned verdict that Marsh
had come to his death by gunshot wounds
inflicted by some unknown person.
II the assassin had been caught with
in twenty-four hours after the crime II
would have been hard to prevent citi-
Seus from wreaklng summary vengeance