The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-01-13
THINKS MURDERERS
WILL Be CAPTURED
Police Confident That Slayers
of j. C. Morrison and Son
VIII Be Taken.

| Though there were important deEcl-
opments yesterday IN the search for the
murderers of John c.. Morrison and his
| son. John a. Morrison, Inspector of Po-
lice Carl 4. Carlson said last night that
| he ms reason TO believe that the men VIII
| be captured within the next few days.
All members OF the department have
| been working double shift since the mur-
der took place in MorrIson's grocery
store. rs South West Temple street, Sat-
urday night.
In addition to running down all ciews.
the members OF the department have been
active in picking up all suspIcious-lookiug
characters More than a dozen were held
yesterday and last night until rigid ques-
tioning had eliminated the possibility
Of their being implicated In the murder
W. j. Williams who was arrested on
suspicion Saturday night because OF pc
culiar actions in the neishborAood Of the
crime. was released yesterday. the police
| becoming convinced that he had no con
nection with the killing.
| IT Is understood that those who arc in
charge OF the search for the slayers have
definite suspicious as to who are the
guilty persons. and that by process OF
elimination they are trying 10 narrow
| down the situate TO where il VIII justify
| the arrest OF the suspects.
| Governor William SDry yesterday made
| formal offer OF $500 reward for the cap
| ture OF the murderors OF the Morrisons,
| The proclamation c%empts ministerial
| officers.
In the effort to pick up again the trail
| OF blood which was followed nearly to
| Tenth South street from the scene OF
the killing. members OF the police depart
| ment found blood marked trail that led
to disappointing and somewhat humorr :
Gus discovery. Considerably south OF
| where tie trail OF the supposed wounded
| ba ndlt was lost. blood marks were found.
They were followed to house where the
owner Of the place explained that they
were the tracks OF his dog that had cut
tralers found the dogs tracks plain
where he had been digging out cache,
! a piece OF jelly cake. frozen hard and
| left by aim as unpalatable after he had
unearth Ii 1t appeared that the anil
nal had cut one of its feet In digging at
the frozen ground.
Examination OF the riginal blood trail
on which was found a handkerchief like
the ones used masks by the SlayerS.
| showed that the blood must have fallen
| from considerable height. In places where
stopped it had splashed considerably The
conclusion OF the police is that the man
must be wounded in the upper part Of his
| body or In the face.
NoIu WIS ltlepHuUcu 70 SdpldlH ophD
J. Roberts last night by ". C. Burton Of
220 South State street that two men We're
seen going southwark on the track of the
Salt Lake route Sunday morning. ono of
them llmping badly while his compa MON
helped him along. The lame man had ono
foot bandaged and showed plainly that
travelling distressed him. The report
reached Mr.. Burton. through q nelghbor
y. J. Hcndrickson, whose children saw
the men. While the police are trying to
check on the whereabouts of the lame
man. yet II is not thought that he could
have been the wounded refugee. because
OF the fact that the blood on the trail
did not look as il II had fallen 10 tho
ground from so slight an elevation as
would be tho case in a wound In his foot.
Funeral services for the murdered ia
ther and son will be held at the Eagles
hall, under the auspices OF camp No 81
of the Woodmen OF the World at .
o'clock tomorrow afternoon. Two Iearses
viii be employed to carry the bodies 10
the City cemetery, where lnterment VIII
take place.