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Show POISON FOUND li STOMACH OF IBDJID 11 Analysis Proves The Pres ence of Chloral Hydrate, Which May Have Killed A. E Ashby SHERIFFS THEORY IS STRENGTHENED Companion Who Disap peared Now Being Sought in Connection With Ogden Mystery Special to The Tribune OGDEN Dec 21 i, ldences of chloral drate po son ng were found ton ght In the stomach of A. 23 Ashby whose body was found In a poo near here on De cember 17 The po son ypas d scovered today by Dr A A, Rob nson coun y phys dan Chloral Is a drug common y used In the so cal ed "knockout drops often used by crlmlna s In rendering a victim uncon sclous Sometimes the admlnistra Ion of the drug resul s fata y The drug is a so used somet mes but not frequently for its narcoto. effects, DfcRoMnsop Btf&JpX, the presence of the- caroral was very evi dent from Ws analysts Originally It was planned to have State' Chemist Herman Harms make tie analy s s but the county commissioners de c ined to appropriate 150 for this pur pose so the ana ys s was made by the county physician Stiengthens Murder Theory The f nd ng of the po son in the man s stomach greatly strengthens the theory of Sheriff T A. DeVine that Ashby was raurde ed The murder theory was also strengthend by other important deve op ments of the day George W Fretz proprietor of the Co on al rooming house on Twenty fourth street identif ed the body of Ashby as t rat of a man who reg stered at his p ace under the name of J A. Donoh e Th s man according to Fretz reg stered at the hotel on December 11 and paid one week In advance for his room He shared the room with a companion vho sad he was in the employ of the Utah Power & 1 ght company On December 14 both men d sappeared The body of Ashby was d scovered on December 17 Phys clans who examined the body sa d the man had been dead from three to f ve days The off cers are now bend ng every effort to f nd the n yster ous compan op of Ashby They are a so trj Ing to trace Ashby s movements dur ng the t me he was in the c ty He arr ved in Ogden on December 2 but where be was o what he d d from that date unt 1 December 11 when he went to t e Co on a room ng ouse the officers have been unab e to ascer aln Suspect Robbery Desp e the fact that $ 0 07 was found on the dead nan s body the off cers are ncl ned to be ieve that robbery was the mot e for the murder From Los An geles comes the word that Ashby had a cons derab e amount of money w en he eft there just how much has not been d scovered He had a month s sa ary the proceeds from the sa e of some prop er y and some securities and wl at money he had drawn from h s pr ate bank ac count B. G Ashby of San Franc sco brother of the dead man today wired the off cers as fo o s Body undoubted y that of n y brother A B Ashbv P ease give h n Chr stian burial mak ng use of any funds found on body for that purpose Kind y forward papers and effects to me Let er fo ow Ing R. G AOHBY Dr Robinson wi make fur er ana ys s of the stomach todav to ascerta n whe er or not any o her po son was p esent and to determ ne f possib e tbe quant v and effect of the chlo a yd rate d s overed |