Show AFTER SEVEN YEARS MURDERERS OF A SALT LAKE MISER BEHIND THE BARS an am almost forgotten crime brought to light by the betrayal by his wife of one of the murderers it Is believed that a murder mystery ot of seven years standing Is about to be cleared up tip in salt lake city three men georgew george W muncy john rice and abe hunter having baying been lodged in jail charged with the murder on the night of february 25 1897 of fred Duct buetler ler a miserly umbrella mender who was found strangled to death in a cabin in salt lake in a signed confession made before sheriff emery and county attorney westervelt 1 muncy states that on tho the night in question he and john rice and abe hunter went to duellers Du ellers cabin for the purpose of robbing the old man ot of 1000 in money which they understood he had concealed in the house that he Il Ml luncy incy threw cueller dueller on the bed and held him down while rice rica stuffed rags in ia his throat to stifle his cries for help and that after proceeding thus far they were frightened by time or the murder but was beleas re leas from lack of direct evidence soon after his discharge john rice kice went to lo tooele thoele county where he be engaged enas ellas in the sheep and w was as later married having now a wife and ami several children and with his departure tho the murder of dueller bueller was practically dropped as an mystery both rico rice and hunter deny all knowledge of 0 the crime with will which ell i they are charged but it Is claimed that rice nice has let fall several remarks which it will be hard for him to satisfactorily facto rily explain it is salt said that when lie ho was found it at grantsville Grants ville and informed that Sherl ll emery wanted to see him he exclaimed what in does docs the sheriff want with roe me it must be about that buetler case tho the statement is made that muncy and his wife frequently quarreled and that he had threatened to have her sent to the insane asylum she in a spirit of revenge gave the officers a clue which led to arrest |