Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-12-20 | Page 11 | Furnace Death Still Mystery

FURNACE DEATH STILL MYSTERY s Special to Th The Telegram OGDEN Dec Dee 20 Apparently O exhausting exhausting ex ex- all ail possibilities without obtainIng obtaining obtaining ob ob- a a. substantial clue Ogden police today were at a lost loss as to where to turn next in their hunt for the cremation killer of Joseph F. F Summer 32 night watchman The body of oC Summerill saved from complete cremation because the furnace of the Utah Ice and Storage company plant ran out of coal was found Cound Tuesday morning in the furnace Since that time officers have run rundown rundown rundown down all possible theories with Chief of lof Police Rial C. C Moore admitting the Investigation was up against a blank wall The latest possibility faded Friday Friday Fri Fri- day ay when police said a car reported parl parked ed near the plant the night of the ho murder was found to h hive have v nothing nothing nothing noth noth- ing to do with the case The Toe most generally accepted re reconstruction reconstruction reconstruction re- re construction of the crime Is that Summerill was attacked by coal thieves hieves as he stepped outside the furnace room door to tomake make a 1 a a. a mimo m m. time imo punch After either knocking him unconscious unconscious or killing him with blows on the he head the assailants placed the theody body ody In the combustion chamber inthe inthe in inthe the hope it would be completely cremated leaving no trace Only the he fact that the stoker ran out oCco of oC co coal oal l prevented it Jt from being the perfect crime investigators said