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Show HUGE SKELETON IS DISCOVERED ' NEARPAYSON .The excavation of the skeleton of what appears to have been a pleistocene pleist-ocene elephant or mastodon discovered discov-ered last week in the gravel pit belonging to Isaac Hansen and R. L. ; Wilson of Paysori is progressing i rapidly under the direction of Dr. George : H. ' Hansen, professor of : geology of the young university. of the murder and would be compelled com-pelled to seek water to quench his hirst before very long, the Utah :ounty officers patroled the streams in West canyon and Tickville canyon can-yon northwest of Utah lake, throughout the day Sunday, without with-out finding any trace of the fugitive. fugi-tive. The first clue as to the possible whereabouts of the man was sent in by J. C. Williamsi who owns a repair shop and store at Erda. According Ac-cording to his statement to the officers of-ficers he aw a man of swarthy complexion climbing the mountain directly opposite his home early Sunday morning. Hastily securing a Tiair of hinoculars from the house he said he observed distinctly the man's features, noticing especially "that he had two gold teeth in the front of his mouth." Advices from the' office of the Salt Lake county sheriff this afternoon aft-ernoon were to the effect that the Mexican was still at large with a large posse still engaged in the hunt. J Two perfectly preserved leg Dones; i were uncovered one measuring four - and one-half feet and the other , three feet, thus giving a total length of seven and one half feet from the t ankle to the hip. t Precautions are being taken to insure the preservation of all material mate-rial and it ia hoped that an entire 1 skeleton may be obtained. " The skeleton was found In the j Lake Bonneville torrace gravels of i the Provo stage about 11 feet below be-low the surface. At present the mantle soil over an enlarged area iH- being removed to prevent cave-InB cave-InB and Insure a complete removal ' of tho material. According to Dr. Hansen, the pre- ' historic animal must have roamed J this region in. recent times, comparatively compar-atively speaking, which would be . counted In figures not more than thousands. The bones are not petrified pet-rified like the dinosaurs found at Jensen, In, the Uintah basin, who belong to a much earlier age. Members of the Utah county sher-j Iff'a force participated in the manhunt man-hunt Sunday as a part of the posse of 50 men. most of them from Salt Lake. county, who scoured the hills surrounding Garfield and Bingham for a- Mexican, lliguel Secondino who is alleged to have shot and I killed a countryman, Florino Pach-eco Pach-eco .Saturday 'night - at H;15 in front f the Serbian Mercantile company's store in Bingham. ' Deputy Shoriff Oscar Fullmer of Salt Lake and a Mexican interpreter. interpret-er. Paul Borra, of. Bingham, were Instantly killed ' Sunday morning when their car plunged over a 400-foot 400-foot precipice as they were rounding round-ing a curve in Black Rock canyon above Garfieid while searching for the murderer. I Deputy Sheriffs B. F. Roper, S. ' A. Willis, and George Davis were dispatched by Sheriff J. D. Boyd Sunday morning to aid in the chase in response to a request from Chief Deputy LcRoy L. Larsen, of Salt Lake county. Reports received there from the posse around Bingham that the klllor had been seen crossing cross-ing the divide south of Bingham Into Utah county territory led to the call on the local authorities. Proceeding on the theory that the slayer.,was .drunk at tho time |