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Show I. J. Long, Man Found Dead, j May fie the Victim of Murder Email found dead near the HJgh-R HJgh-R i jajtf. Boy srncltcr at Murray on jj Tuesday morning, with a bullet found in his head and a revolver jsMe, was not Nephi Vaughn, as supposed, but was O. J. Long. a construction gang In tho t of the Western Union Telc-AcomiNiny, Telc-AcomiNiny, and there is a very probability that he was foully Win. seen of Long by any of his JJces, as far as could be hsl night, was about 11 o'cloek f "tent, at the Albany hotel( iit? a frlend that h a so- ufw n th0 m,dneht train. He ,JJtt time eober and in his right j. U body was found about 11 iV?laymornlnf: In a secluded &vTt 17,5168 Eutcafit of the iHns mushrooms. Irge Sum of Cash. ain7ndaybyA. II. May, gnntendent 0f the Western of u?C'y havlnK bce 'or the tetton dU, thc len or twelve W LS?'3 clothS. when ft ana he W' Was buL $LW ln R5UBM of nntISC lowing K3 U S ,i he body lasL night, mr plainly SlTVQr.a lnat m c to the hxaa aa ft r3o would naturally hold one in committing suicide by shooting. After thc- discovery of the "body Tuesday Tues-day it was taken to Murray. There some one who appeared to know paid that It was the remains of Xephl Vaughn, a railroad man, and, acting upon this supposition, a Coroner's Inquest In-quest was held by Justice of the Peace Joseph J. Williams of West Jordan, tho verdict being that the deceaiied met his death by a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The body was brought Tuesday night to the undertaking establishment of S. D. Evans In this city, and yesterday two brothers of Nephi Vaughn visited the place to identify it. They declared that it was not thc body of their brother. broth-er. The identity of the dead man was then enveloped in deepest mystery. How Body "Was Identified. Late" last evening Manager May of the Western Union Telegraph office happened to read in a newspaper tho account of the mysterious suicide near Murray. It brought to his mind tho fact that during thc day members of tho construction gang working under Long had called to report that their foreman was missing. Thinking there might possibly bo so mo connection between be-tween the story of the suicide and the circumstance of the mitring foreman, although, he considered It highly improbable, im-probable, May went to the undertaker's to view the body. He wa horrified to find that It at least bore a striking re-scmblnncc re-scmblnncc to Long, and, to make assurance as-surance doubly sure ho sent for several members of tho construction gang, who positively Identified tho body nB that of thplr late foreman. Then a further examination of the clothing, revealing tho name on the shirt, left no room whatever for doubt. Little Is Known of Long. Very little is known herb concerning Long, except that he appeared to be a sober, honest man, this estimate iolng horuo out by. the fact that he had- been for several years a trusted employee of tho telegraph company. He was about C5 years old and Is believed to have been single. He was sent here about two weeks ago on orders from headquarters head-quarters in Omaha to take charge of the construction gang which haa been working on the line between this city and Ogden. At the time of Long's disappearance his men wero stopping with him at the Albany hotel. It is not known what the husiness was on which he Intended to go to Ogden Monday night, but it would have Decn very natural for him to havo been called upon to make the trip. It is known that during Monday afternoon and evening he was engaged In hunting for linemen to go to another gang at work on the San Pedro railroad, rail-road, and this is offered as a probable reason why he did not see his own men to pay them off. It Is known that he could have had no business In the vicinity vici-nity of Murray, where his body was or Murder P There is, of course, the posplbllity that Long may have lost the money by gambling, or in some other dishonorable dishonor-able way. and decided to kill himself rather than face the consequent disgrace, dis-grace, but those who knew the man during his brief rnay he?o arc not inclined in-clined to accept this theory. They be-llevo be-llevo that he was either enticed away or for.clbly abducted and killed and robbed, the small amount of change, the valuable and the gun having been left to give tho appearance of suicide. Not only Is the absence of powder burns suggested in support of this supposition, sup-position, but it Is pointed out that had he himself been attempting to destroy I all means of Identification ho would hardly have forgotten the name on his shirt. Manager May say.i that . Long invariably carried his pockets full of letters, i-allroad passes and other documents docu-ments which would have u.ulckly identified iden-tified him, " w |