Show ROMANCE GALORE MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF AN AGED RANCHMAN His Throat Was Cut From Ear to Ear But the Motive of the Crime Was Not Robber Fort Scott Kan March 16Louis Strevil the aged ranchman whose Identification Iden-tification last July by a 28yearold son whom he had never seen was published is a remarkable romance was today found murdered in his house on the ranch He was lying on the floor of one of the rooms with his throat cut from ear to ear about 9 oclock this morning The murder was committed some time last night On his person was found 10 in gOld and currency which leads to the relief he was not killed for what little money he had A deep design is suspected sus-pected and hih excitement prevails The coroner is Investigating Srevil left his first wile in Bates county Missouri many years ago and came to this city where he married another woman wo-man without having secured a divorce He left an unborn son in Bates county now Noah Strevil 2 years of age livIng liv-ing near Fulton Kansas The first Mrs Strevil married James Baling fifteen years ago and is also living near Fulton this county The father was Identified b1 the son by a broken finger of which his mother had told him He had been living alone on his large farm and was evidently sitting before his fire smoking whea he was killed He was 8 years old > < Jf |