Show a S SHOT THROUGH THE BODY lewis price of nephi was murdered was evidently placed against the fire while yet alive and mana managed ged to crawl away A nan man named jacobson arrested tor for the crime had quarreled with the boy and hl father nepal utah sept SO 30 nothing for years has caused so much excia excitement and cast such guch a shade of C bloom boni over t the h e cl city t y 0 of f in nepal ep hi a as s the ca cold d bloo blooded ded m murder u rd e r 0 of f L lewis ew is P price ri ce on last friday lewiss father charles price Is a sheep ranchman lewis a boy of 0 16 left home friday morning for the camp in the ike canyon four miles cast of town to move the camp some ome distance to the man was wag who had charge of the sheep herd the herder without provisions waited until saturday morning when hungry and uneasy about the boys failure to come he set out in search of him railing failing to and him late saturday night lie reported to the paternal root roof that lewis had not come with the provisions and could not be found A posse of men started in search and found him early sunday about a quater quarter of 0 a mile from theold the old camp the men hastened to the city and tim foote a justice acting as coroner with a coroners jury we went nt out to hold an inquest over the b ody body on arriving there and wl with th only a casual investigation they said that the burro had fallen on him and that it was not necessary to hold an inquest they gathered him up and brought him home A wound was discovered on him and they supposed a stick had passed through his body but did not investigate it enough to ascertain whether it was a stick or a gun wound at home on dressing the body it II was waa soon determined that it was not a wound caused by a stick and lr dr miner allner was summoned who found that death was caused liy jy a 44 ball the che ball entered jut just above the cross croaa u af f and in the fork of the suspenders shearing one of tile suspenders ranging downward and passing out just below and to the right of the navel the murderer built a ore ire by the body to destroy it and cover up his deed the body was burned in several places and quite a bit where the bullet passed pa ased out however there was life enough for the boy to crawl away from the ore and avoid any severe burns there Is no telling how low long he suffered as aa it was po possible for him to linger inger tor for a day or two the boys father Is lying very low with typhoid fever on saturday the boys grandfather came in to see how its his son eon charles price was getting along and said lewis Is late getting home the father said 1 I have no lewis he will never come home alive at this time he had not yet heard that its his boy had not gotten around to the herder all day saturday he felt that lewis was waa not among the living the bereaved family are wild with grief who did iab it who could have the heart to shoot down in cold blood one of best and quietest boys the charge Is laid at the door of one jacobson who had been working for charles price and with whom mr price and the boy some time previous had had some words A mans track about the body and the tracks of a horse with three shoes have been traced to the hut but where this man was lodging jacobson came into nepal and went into the house when the boy was brought home mr price ordered him out immediately and in the evening he left tor for the north on horseback an officer started in pursuit today oday t and tomorrow he will bring him back and he will be given an opportunity to rid himself of the cloud that hangs over him jacobson was wa arrested at payson and the sheriff will be here with him at 10 tonight |