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Show AUTO BANDITS ! MBBOffl flCT!l Mike Markopolous Toured to Death Near Prison; i Garrote Is Used. ,Stra:ip'.ed by an elaborate tjarrolo, his J throat snHt and his body covered with j bruises. Mike Markopolous, 30 years old. j was found dead yesterday evening in a : "ullcy half a mile from the state peni-lnllarv peni-lnllarv by "trusties" of the prison, t Jtficers who investigated concluded I Markopolous had been murdered by two j or more men who had taken him to the j secluded spot in an automobile. i The place w h e re the body was discovered discov-ered is in n small K'-db-y or draw, hidden from the main road 300 feet distant by thick underbrush and weeds. Apparently Markopolous had made a terrific struggle before his assailants succeeded in gagtim him wi th the garrote. The weeds were f rampled dov'n, lie: dead man's ha t was mashed flat md his clothes were torn as a result of the fight which preceded the murder. The "trusties." Jed Snyder and TIeher Marshal!, were irrigating in the vicinity when luey marie the Kreusome find. They at once reported to Warden Storrs. With l.iepi'ty Sheriff 'ictor ( 'hrhsto'dierson, the warden marie an immediate' investigation, (.'lews to the possible murderers were found in a pair of men V gloves and a woman's han.Jkerehiei. The gloves were covered with blood. Mi. Christopherson said the manner In v. liich the dead man's body was stripped at the waist indicated that his money-belt nad been taken, and that, roijbery offers a po.-;si iIe explanation of the motive for I the murder. Tiie m;n had an; ar-jmiy been dad about an hour when Mr. Storrs and Mr. C'hristopheraon arrived, shortly after 7 o'clock. |