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Show : Serving Time ' for Another Ian Strange Story of Crime Brought -to Light by the Confession' of " the Murderer. Special to Tho Tribune. DEER LODGE, Mont., June II. Dur-: lng the auuimer of ISSi, John' Edwards, a biukcman, was found on top of a car of Colo's " circus train with a bullet through his back. The body was sent to Salt Lake., where It was burled. One year later. "William "Wil-liam Murphy walked Into tho police station sta-tion at Mlnusapolls and Informed the officers offi-cers that he killed Edwards. , Ho was taken to Montana, triod, convicted and sentenced to life lmprleonmcnt here. That was nineteen yonrs ago. Today ho Is a hclplcES, hopeless lunatic within tho walls of tho penitentiary here. In Ivansns Cltv another aged man, William MUlcr byname. by-name. Is held on his oW-n confession tha't be, and not Murphy, committed the mur- dor. Convicts who know Murphy best, as also prison officials, hollow Murphy tired a shot to scare the brakeman, and that he had no Intention of injuring him. but ho laur believed he had roally killed him. honco h surrendered to authorities, fearing fear-ing ho was a hunted man. |