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Show DEAD MAN IDENTIFIED AS FRANK MASON Saloonkeeper of Tonno Mews Body; Declares Man Helongs in Springi ille. Special to The Tribune. OGPEN. Jun. S The developments Of today In the case of the man who wis found dead Sunday nleht In a room In the Allen house raise the question n to whether or not he mot with foul play. A saloonkeeper of Tonno, Nov., railed at the Ixirkln morgue today, and. with two employees of the Utah Construction company who had known the man. Identified him as Frank Mason They stated that the dead man bus relatives at Srrlnpvllle, I'tuh, and had come from th re two or thro month" ago. Their declarations are such that the local Ofllcers hnvn decided to hold an Inquest before judge Murphy at 3 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. af-ternoon. Think Robbery Was Committed. The statements of the: men would Indicate that robbery hod something to do with Mason's Ma-son's death. Bsqh of them Htsttfd in detail what money Musoi had w In n hf left Toano at Christmas time. This consisted of money and time checks of an aKffreKatc value In vx- !) of $ini In addition, he pos.-i swd a ftr.n Hllver watch valued at tSi. and he had two Blips, both tilled with go-,. clothing and other personal effects. When the body WSS discovered discov-ered Sunday night there was but one grip In th room and absolutely no other valuables. A long bUOkSkln purse wan found In hln clothing, cloth-ing, but It was empty and no watch was found Had Been Drinking Heavily. Mason had been drinking heavily since coming com-ing to Ogdcn and the theory Is advanced that he ma;' have pawned his effects, and Hint this would account for the abssnoi of his property. Those who know him are averse to this theory, raying that his habits were not such, ev-n at ihe worst, as would causo hlin lo throw away $100 and other pjoparty In two weeks. |