Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-01-01 | Page 21 | Taxi Driver is Found Murdered

TAXI DRIVER IS IS' fOUND BURLEY I Ida a. a De Dec 31 AP AP- AP With a bullet wound through the back of the head the bod body of Jack Terry Burley taxicab driver missIng missing missing miss miss- ing since sinco last Tuesday evening was was discovered d early this afternoon at the side of the road a mile north o of Idahome and about thirty miles south and east of here on a short route to Salt Lake The bo body y lay face downward with the hands hands' and arms outstretched above bove the head Officers trac traced d hIs footsteps for three paces backof back backof of where he fell His watch and a dollar or two in money that he was wasl l known to have had with him were missing but he was full fully clad la wearing an expensive fur coat Officers stated that a gun of of of- small caliber probably about 25 was used by the slayer Officers here are convinced that robbery was not the motive for the tile abduction and killing of the taxi dr driver ver and indicated belief belie in a possibility that Terry ha had l been slain by operators of ofa a bootleggers' bootleggers ring With the discovery of ot Terrys Terry's body search was redoubled for the unknown man passenger with whom Terry set out last Tuesday evening on the trip to KImberly from froin which he did not return Only a meager des description i of this man f was a vall able He is said to be beabout beabout beabout about 30 years years f of age and of dark complexion He wore wore a dark cap and overcoat ii Terrys Terry's ca car after atter making the trip to KimberlY Was as found Wednesday Wednesday Wednes Wednes- day morning on a side road wednes-I wednes near Starrs Starr's Ferry about eight miles west of ot here liere where here it had been bean abandoned I An Inquest is to be held here Monday J