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Show EPI1RAIM MAN 1 IS HCJ BODY BURKED EPIIRAIM, Utah, April 13 (U.R) Andrew Bjerregaard, 82, wealthiest citizen of the town, was beaten to death and his body burned by an unknown assailant early today. to-day. The charred body of the former bank president was found in his home by his grandson, Allan Bjerregaard, 17. A club, apparently used in beating the victim, was found in the room, which was disarranged and showed signs of a desperate battle between Bjerregaard and his assailants. assail-ants. , After lie had been knocked unconscious o r killed, his clothing and body were saturated sat-urated with oil and ignited. Bjerregaard wa s formerly president of the Bank of Ephraim. Since leaving his post he had been solicited for many personal loans. It is believed be-lieved possible that the slayer slay-er might have been someone who had been refused an advance ad-vance of money, although there were no indications that robbery was the motive of the crime. Oscar Bjerregaard, principal princi-pal of the Maeser school, is a nephew of the dead man. Bjerregaard was rated as one of the most prominent of southern Utah citizens, and was prominently identified with the livestock business besides his banking connections. connec-tions. He was a widower and is survived. by. four daughters, three sons, all Utah residents. The local officers have launched g. manhunt, but they lack tangible clues. EPHRAIM, Utah, April 14 (U.R) With only theory and speculation specula-tion to guide theny law enforcement enforce-ment agencies continued one of the greatest manhunts of southern LTtah today a search for the brutal bru-tal slayer of Andrew H. Bjerregaard, Bjerre-gaard, 81-year-old president of the Bank of Ephraim. Bjerregaard, one of the wealth-1 iest men in this section and a Utah resident since he was a- small boy, was murdered in his home early Wednesday. The aged man was beaten and burned to death after a terrific struggle in which he fought desperately des-perately for life. Three Leads The leads which officers are following fol-lowing include: 1 One kid glove found at the murder scene, believed to have been worn by the slayer to prevent telltale tell-tale fingerprints. 2 A butcher knife was used during dur-ing the fatal struggle. There were no knife wounds on Bjerregaard's body, leading to the presumption that the banker managed to inflict wounds on his assailant before he was killed. Consequently, authorities authori-ties are on the lookout for a man who bears knife wounds. 3 Evidently robbery was not a motive, which confines the hunt to a search for persons who might have borne a grudge against the ok! man. This fact also, localizes the manhunt to this immediate vicinity. If a resident of this community com-munity or environs committed the ci imc as is generally supposed he would not cast suspicion on himself by sudden flight. |