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Show RANCHER SHOT DOWN! His Mother Found in Uncon-' scious Condition. SHE WILL PROBABLY DIE J. S Conn, a Wealthy Farmer at Willow Wil-low Creek, Montnni, Mutilercd Killed While Endeavoiiug to Protect Pro-tect His Mother, Who wns Badly Beaten Bodies of Both Found on the Ranch by Neighbors There Is no Cluo to the Guilty Potties A Posse Has Gono to the Scene PlULLIPSIlt ltd Mnnl Oct 2 Word wns trielvid Inst evening that J S Conn i winllh) lumber nl Willow Cteek, thill) live miles uottli of Phil llptburg had been miirdetcd and that his motliet, Mrs Pnllemi Conn who has been tesldlng Willi him wns found In nil unconcttius mndltlon the bud les of Conn anl his tnothei weic ills lovered nt the Conn much In the uftir noon b) Home filemla who line in thit in Ighbot bond Conn mine lo his death a gunshot wound und It la thought s wns nnd nt the latuhcr whin he was iiideavnr Ing In protei t Ida mother Mis i mm s bod) Is bull) btatett and b ulsed and It Is fin rod that she ma) not survive bet Injutles No ilue ns to the Mlllty one has bet n found Jolali t ami an uttorncv of this place Is a btothtr of Hit inuulelid iiutn He has aiiinnpinlid Sheriff Melinite and a posse of men to the sietie A memttr of n thnshliig ireu on an udj lining ranch liu 1 oitnslou to vlelt the Conn riimh an I when ho rnlinil the farm house u trrrlllo sight prtaelltcl iteeir On the tUwr with Ibe brnlns nosing Trmu bis head 1 1) James Conn dead Willi n rtggi I bullet hole ihrniti.il hl temple Nenr him 111. hl mother litr btad irushtd lu with a blunt Instrument, presumubl) the butt At the time of the hold up of Ibe North em Pacini train hlnorih i mils wire put upon the trull of the robber und Un d its followed ll for sen nil miles In the dlrei -Hon of the Willow i nek tlltrlit Inn loat the scent riioat familiar with the loun tr) derided nt the time of the robber) that In all probalilllt) the roller nmill attempt tn cs ipt that nil) as the ioiiii-tr ioiiii-tr la sllih as tn nfford nn eeeent nn porlilnlt) tn evade culture In Ing hi ll ll) tlinbtred Ibe aeorrhria mrl a iblnenled woniill who hat Hied with the Iran ramll) fir some lime Thla worn in kill .1 her hue hind about tiventi lenls ago in I It Is suggested thit peril ips she lommtttcd tho IraMd) |