| Show r h jeJil fo t GUN STILL MISSING toitd t Fatal Bullet Did NOt Come From the theti si4irl Weapon Found by Police K in j Today tho police will renew their lit llad search for the gun from which was etkrulj fired tho bullet that ended Hays life rii r55i A rumor which gained some credence yesterday to the effect that the gun I found In Morlcnscnn house was fitted xtec by tho bullet taken from Hays brain SwiS upon Investigation proved to be absolutely jittj UXc I J abso-lutely without foundation Chief Hilton I Hil-ton made the positive I declaration that I dJ mal the gun was a 32callber weapon while the bullet removed from Hays I hoad was of 3Scallber As the bullet al In question weighed HI grains It is U obviously Impossible that It could have I l been fired from a 32calIbcr gun lfUf t am satisfied that the bullet could iiJbl by no possibility have been fired from SB thin gun Maid Chief Hilton last night ccrflT St1 Tile gun in a 32callber beyond the peradventure of a doubt I have had It examined by exports and they all say tho same The gun was found In a l combination bookcase In Mortenaens house tho place having been desig Al nated to the ofilcorfl by Mortenscn = him Zi self With the weapon was a box of v cartridges In a box marked 32 I have had the bullets from Homo oCtheBo j cartridges weighed and tested and examined c ex-amined and I would take my oath that the bullet In Hays brain could not S have been fired from the gun we now I have The discrediting of this rumor In no way affects the value of he discovery 04 c by E Chrlatcneon of a Scallber cart I L r Jiv4fv m tm iruKU UL me stl walk be agi twecn Hendrleg store and Mortcnsens R Dfla back yard since the bullet In Hays llJ ro head has btcn shown to be of tho R I i name caliber The cartridge was un discharged and appeared bright and st new It IB being carefully preserved by the Sheriffs olllcers to bo offered In ck evidence at the proper time Its Im g ft 1 portance lies In the fact that It Is on J the route that must have been followed sr by Mortenscn If he IH the man heard F running past Hendries two minutes uirJ k after the shot was fired that killed LI1 pr Hay The Sheriff thinks he may have been carrying his revolver In his hand r f I und dropped out one of the cartridges ti Y or he may have had the gun In his I t fi pocket a cartridge slipping out Into the pocket and being drawn out with 1 tlr a handkerchief when the runner took c 60 the handkerchief to wipe away the per f1JfPlrnllon caused by his race against filrutlon Sheriff Xaylor luis a strong belief I that the missing gun la I In the slough wwt of tho place where Hay was builed 1 This slough la fed by a spring and the water does not freeze all win L ter long The bottom Is filled with soft D mud There facto arc known to almost everyone In the neighborhood It la therefore argued iy the Sheriff that the munlorxr after disposing of his r victims body noxt carried out a pre toncclvcd plan for concealing lha gun il The tracks found from the grave to the III slough give the hint that he threw It Into the water and mud Mr Xaylor In not alone In his Idea and If tho task rA I t la not rendered needless by a cortfosr slots from Mortensen or Iho discover OR 1 of the gun that killed Hay In some t other place It Is probable that tho Ore Wj department will be request to send rr down one of the fire engines and pump r out the slough if 111 |
