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Show MURDERER Iff HI ROBBED J9ED WOMAN Son Says Mrs Williams Was Brutally Killed; Money Is Gone That Mrs II B Williams tha aged woman whoso body was found in her home 602 East Second South street Tuesday was murdered is the bel ef of her son A J Will ams, of Lake Point who is hore conduct ng an in yest gation The body was ljiug In a room adjoining the kitchen and the interior of tho house was blackened with smoke from a p le of charred po pers and magaz nea in the kitchen Mr W 11 an s has learned that Ms mother on December 2 drew money from her sa ngs account in the Deseret National bank and is at a loss to know what became of it The amount was not stated by Mr Wll ams, who last n ght conferred w th George Cleve land and Carl Carstensen, city detect ives, who investigated the woman s death the day the body was found A storekeeper on East Second South 6treet related to Mr lliams a ci cun stance wh ch may develop a clew to foul pjay It was to the efEeet that a strange young man entered the storo w th a $o b 11 sav ng Mrs Williams wished t changed This was last Vn da The storekeeper d d not have the change to spare and the young n an went out but soon returned and made a purchase amount ng to 30 cents re ce vhig the change The storekeeper also said that earl er in the same day Mrs Will an s had entered the store and exhib ted currency and bank checks and that he advised Vr aga nst show ng her money in publ c Mr Will ams will demand an autopsy for the purpose of determin ng whether death was due to soffooat on from smoke or other causes If the autopsy ehowB that the -woman was dead before the house became filled with smoke the the ory that bhe was murdered will be greatly strengthened. The body had Been prepared for shipment to Lake Point yesterday when Mr Williams came into possession of inf ormat on in dicat ng foul play He will confer to day with H S Harper acting coroner |