Show BLOODY J SHIRTS fOUND Murderer of May Have Come to Salt LaKe take City LEFT BY STRANGER IN ROOMING HOUSE Lithgow and MacKey Machey Exonerated Exonerated Ex Ex- by Companion Are Released Bloodstained garments near the tho scene of tho the brutal murder of William A. A Sa at Garfield and in Salt Lake City has transferred tho activities ties ties' ties tie's of the officers of the law who are In search of slayers to this city The finding of two bloodstained shirts in lii a a. rooming house housein in this city last night wh where r they had been left Thursday night by a stranger strang r who changed his clothing in that place after i renting tho the room for the night and who left tha the house a few minutes later without attracting attention and who has never returned gave added impetus impetus impetus impe impe- to the sheriffs sheriff's office last night and has led ltd the deputies to tho the belief that they are aie closing In in upon slayers William Lithgow and Peter Macke Mackey the young young- men arres arrested Cd by railroad special agents at l. l on the Salt Lake route about loO miles from this city on the tho night following the tIle murder of an and about whom a dangerous dan dan- cerous net of circumstantial evidence had been woven were released from custody by Sheriff Sharp this morning after they had e established the fact face that their statements statements' concerning their movements on oil t the e night i ht was murdered were true Findley Their Friend Their r release lease followed soo soon after William Findley their companion with whom they left Garfield had given himself up P to tn the the- town marshal marshal-at at To cle stating n that he understood from front reading the newspapers that Sheriff Sharp wanted to interview him FindleY had read in THE HE TELEGRAM l lof of the tho detention tion of the young youn men Lithgow ow an and Mackey and he knew that they depended upon him him to clear them of the awful suspicion that shrouded tb em Findley as soon as ho lie learned these facts I gave ve himself up up to the town marshal and asked that Sheriff Sharp be bo notified at once Sheriff Sharp brought to this city last ni night bt and Que questioned him closely renewing the interrogations this morning Findley told a straight and well connected story concerning his movements movements move move- ments meats and those of Lithgow and Mackey Mack Mack- ack ey with the result that the sheriff was con convinced that the prisoners had told him the truth in even eyen the most minute det details ails concerning their r movements on I the tho night of death When Lithgow and Mackey were released released re rc- re- re le leased ed this r morning George Williams Lithgow's ow s a uncle who conducts a a livery I stable at Garfield and Mackeys Mackey's father fath fath- er Peter Mackey Sr who is is in busi busi- business bu business i ness at Trenton Utah were at the jail to receive eive tho the young oun men Each will willbe b be he given employment i immediately too was released z Findley says sas that bo he dud and nd the boys were wore separated when hp hl was put of off the train on which they were batin beating their way south because he was under the tho influence of liquor Sheriff on Now New Trail I can thank the newspapers for brin bringing ing Findley in and thus settling bottling tho the grave grave suspicions that rested upon the boys s said id Sheriff Sharp this morning after Lithgow and Mackey were released As t soon oon as Findley rea read that he came in and aud told his story and put us back on what wo we believe believe be lieve is the ri right ht track The Tho finding of the blood stained shirt in the tile rooming house home gave ave a a. cudden sudden sudden sud cud den turn to the investigation Sheriff Sharp refuses to say where the strange man rented the room The sheriff has secured a tolerably complete description of Willard Thomas whose name nanie was ws found on a blood stained handkerchief at Garfield near the seen scene scene- of the murder yesterday morning Tho The shirts Sheriff Sharp says are I of a size sire to fit a man who woo answers the description of Thomas Sheriff Sharp does docs not say sav that he believes that Thomas is the man man who is is waSted wanted hut but he be would give ghea a great Jre t deal if Thomas would follow the set by Findley Finder and give an explanation It is said saul that the man who rented the room in which the shirts were found a. a appeared pared at the the rooming house houle O on tb the night after the murder ITo He left fhe place wit within bin an hour after hang chang hangin in ing clothes did return not to get ct the blood stained shirts This man answering th the description given of Willard Thomas answers also the description of one of two men who were seen toward Salt Lake City along th the tho railroad tracks from Garfield at about ut 2 o'clock on on the morning mornin of the murder Sheriff Sharp is anxious to make the acquaintance of these men or either of them that be he may question them con concerning concerning cernin the murder Funeral services services' will be held held held-at at the chapel of Eber W W. Hall HaJJ at 1 30 0 o'clock clock tomorrow afternoon for William A A. and burial will be in Mt Olivet cemetery None of relatives has been located |