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Show ALLEGED SLAVER Of BliS MEI Salt Lake, Jan. 2. Four hours after af-ter Edward Barnes, the elgbtccn-ycar- nlfl 5nn nf Mr "nnrl Mrs 7nnn nnrtiPR dropped to the pavement in front of the Wilson hotel, mortally wounded by a stray bullet from the gun of a New Year's celcbrator, J. II. Odekrlk, proprietor of an auto cab, was arrested arrest-ed by Patrolmen J A. E?bert and H. Betz, at 4:45 o'clock yesterdav morn-, morn-, ing, as the man who fired tho fatal shot. Ho Is held at the police station sta-tion with an open charge against his ) name, though according to the police , he will be charged with involuntary manslaughter today. He refuses to see nnyone but his attorney, E. A. Wordsworth, who has made the only statement offered In his behalf. Odeklrk was arrested in the Rex rooming nouse, where ho had rented ' a room for the night, according to tho , Information given out by the police. J Though they say they have no eyewlt-j eyewlt-j nesses that the fatal shot was fired I by Odekirk, they claim to have suffl-; suffl-; cient evidence in their possession to 1 nrove that the fatal shot was fired by him. Gun Not Found. When taken io the station Odekirk gave his age as thirty years. No gun was found In his possession, and though efforts have been made to locate lo-cate tho missing weapon the police claim that no success has been had. , Odekirk -admits to the police that he was In the vicinity of the Wilson hotel ho-tel when the shooting occurred, and' further admits that he was ono of soveralwho were shooting loaded cartridges car-tridges at the time of the accident. Ho denies, however, that he fired the 'bullet which struck young Barnes, and claims that he does not know what became of his weapon. The police po-lice say ho was sober when arrested. Native of Vernal. Odokirk is a native of Vernal, where j he lived until about three months agoJ when with his wife he came to Salt Lake. Ho Immediately engaged In tho auto service business. For many years Odekirk resided In Vernal, where it Is said he was well and favorably known, having been engaged en-gaged in farming, th0 bakery business and had also been a builder. His parents par-ents and brother and sisters still reside re-side In that city. He had come to Salt Lake to spend- the winter and was driving a service auto for a temporary tem-porary livllhood. He has no children and lives with his wife at GC1 Third avenue. |