Salt Lake Tribune | 1906-07-21 | Page 1 | Murder Mystery is Partly Cleared

MURDER MYSTERY IS PARTLYCLEARED Corpses of Father and Son, Found in Wyoming Desert, Now Identified. GRIME WAS PROBABLY COMMITTED BY TRAMPS Victims Came From Baker City, Oregon: Were En Route to Cheyenne, Wyoming. CHEYENNE. Wyo., July 20. The mystery mys-tery of the finding of two deserted wagons filled with bullet holes aud stained with blood, with the mangled remains of a man and a boy, has been partially cleared by the Identification of the victims as Archie Irvine of Costos, Okla.. and his son Thomas. They were relatives of Cheyenne people who had been expecting them here from Baker City, Ore. The murders, It is believed, were committed by tramps, who killed the father first and when the son returned re-turned over the trail seeking him. killed him also, taking the wagon to Hnnna, Wyo., near which place It was deserted. Last Seen at Point of Rocks. The last heard of the Trvines alive was on July 7. at Point of Rocks, west of Rawlins, Wyo The finding of a quantity quan-tity of women's clothing In the wagon Is explained by the fact that Mrs. Irvine was a consumptive and the trip by wagon was being made for her benefit. Shortly before the murders she left the party and went to Oklahoma by tarin, where she now is. No Olueto Murderers. Although both corpses, the faces of which were blown away to prevent Identification, Iden-tification, were found but a few days ago. the murders wore probably committed a mouth or more ago. and there Is now no clue to trace tho murderers. Irvine leaves, besides his wife, another son, Edward Irvine, in Kansas City.