Salt Lake Tribune | 1909-08-08 | Page 1 | San Francisco End Gives but Little Light

SAN FRANCISCO END GIVES BUT LITTLE LIGHT SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 7 R. J. Little, who was murdered in Reno, Nev., last night, was employed by the International Inter-national Protective association, a law and commercial agency having offices here. Manager J. M. Rich; of the association as-sociation said this afternoon that Little, who was a single man, had been working work-ing under his direction for about a year. He had been away from the city, nowevcr. for some time. So far as known he had with him about $150 in cash aud somo papers which Mr. Rich said wore very valuable, but the nature of which he would not disclose. He will start for Reno tonight to take charge of the remains and assist in solving the mystery of the murder. James "W. Little, a brother of the murdered man, is employed by a local business house. He was notified of his brother's fate by a newspaper man, but was unable lo throw any light on the tragedy. Little was a nephew of Robert Rob-ert Eagleson. a local manufacturer of prominence. pjirifirs Ars TVUssinir. RENO, Nov., Aug. 7. Following the receipt of the dispatch from San Frnn-cisco, Frnn-cisco, the authorities examined Little's room, but failed to find any papers of anj- value. Tho fact that valuable jewelry was not taken from the dead man, though his clothes were carefully searched, even his shoes being removed b' his assailants, lead the police to think now that tho murderers were after some particular par-ticular paper or papers. The solving of tho mystery, they believe, be-lieve, depends upon the information that Mr. Rich, who knows the contents of the vnluable papers Little had, can give them. Several theories and no clues marked the la lost developments in the murder. Less than a week ago Little made the statement that he was in Reno to watcli tho actions of a divorceo and an alleged al-leged afiinity, and tho police are working work-ing along lines that may draw an unknown un-known member of Iho divorce colony into tho investigation. It is also said that Little had prepared pre-pared a creditors' blacklist lo be used by merchants in settling difficult accounts, ac-counts, and the authorities believe that tho presence of a certain name may havo prompted the crime. Tho screams of a woman and those of a man in mortal terror, coming from tho direction of tho irrigation ditch last night at 11:30 lend additional mystery to the crime. The police believo that J. M. Rich, Little's omplover. who is oxpeetcd here tomorrow, will do much toward clearing clear-ing away the mystery when he explains the nature of the papers for which a search was evidently made on the body.