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Show MAD INJ1 DITCH. Tie Body of Esnry Arnold Found in a Farrow on Hit Farm on the Other Side of Jordan. STBANGE A0TT0N3 OF A HEIGHBOB Ha Deolined to Atiiat in the Eamoval of tha Form Became "Bad Blood" Existed- At 1 o'clock this afternoon two horsemen horse-men rode hurriedly up to police headquarters head-quarters and announced that n Kliort time before they had discovered the dead body of Henry Arnold a farmer and ranchman residing west of the Jordan. Horrified at the discovery the horsemen oue of who is named Taylor reported to a neighbor w ho advised them to hasten to the city and notify the authorities. author-ities. Tho (dory told by the couriers is very unsatisfactory. They were coming in from (iarliold when one of them delected de-lected the body which they at first thought was somo thirstv wayfarer drinking from the ditch. Not a muscle of the body stirred however and pu-h-ing up to the fence they found the face Juried in mud and water. Dismounting Dis-mounting they pulled the body to one sde and then proceeded proceed-ed to sound the, alarm. Learning this Marshal Voting hastened to the coroner' coro-ner' and that ollicisl started at once in company with an ollicer, whose purpose was to follow up any sius of foul play. 'Ihe couriers. when questioned further by the marshal, staled that they had not takon time to scrutinize the body closely and did not know whether it bore any marks of yiolence or not. hat did the neigni-or do when vou asked him to assist you?" was asked of the messenger. "He refused." "For what reason?" He, stated that there was bad blood between him and Arnold and that he did not want to interfere with the remains." Did he indicate that he knew the dead body was there before you informed in-formed him of it?" "Apparently he did not." This was all the information that could be derived from this source, and the couriers mounting their animals, ani-mals, conducted the coroner ba'-k to tho scene. The fact that there was bad blood" existing between Arnold and a neighbor does not necessarily give the allair the color of a murder although in the absence of other facts it has led to suspicion. Tho coroner went away determined to probe the mystery to its foundation and a large troop of witnesses will be brought in should there be good grounds to suspect that Arnold was the victim of foul play. The country is inhabited by a large num'er of industrious people of the name of Arnold, many of whom reside in Salt Lake. Additional information will be had on the return of the coroner and submitted iu the next edition of The Timks. |