Salt Lake Telegram | 1938-05-30 | Page 5 | Weaken in 2 Murders

CLUES WEAKEN l I. I IN 2 that hat murders of two Salte Salt Hopes men would be beed City business e 1 rake jake ke ed with apprehension of John 38 ex-convict ex were Vi sr fading Monday as as' as clues failed to toI connect Deering With the slayings I k F In Twin Falls Idaho where George L. L Olson local jewelry salesi sales- sales lan i was found dead Chief of Police Po Po- Ji lice ice Howard Gillette said Deering practically eliminated as a was Fingerprints Fail in Salt Lake City examination if of at two fingerprints substantiated the the be announcement and the Deering I angle angIe in iii the slaying here of Oliver R. R R Meredith Jr prominent business businessman was given a setback when a agun man gun fain gun believed pawned by Deering I In jn Reno proved not to be the I cn cu which killed Mr Meredith i Chief Gillette said other angles were ere being followed which might 1 lead to the slayer of Mr Olson The I Salesman's body was found in the q H Mck seat of his automobile May l. 4 He was last seen alive May 21 IJ S A. A H. H Rogers superintendent of I the he police identification identification bureau here ll I aid two fingerprints found on the dashboard of the Olson automobile J. J I were neither Deering's nor Mr Olsons I I Gun Eliminated i I I Detective Captain E. E A. A Hedman o ea said ead aid d ballistics tests of bullets fired from rom the caliber automatic pistol pis pis- tol to ol pawned In Reno proved the Reno eno gun was not used in the Meredith Meredith Mere- Mere ith slaying I lam 1 am working on the theory that the ilie be two murders are not connected said aid Detective Captain Hedman However we still want Deering for tor or questioning I Mr Mr Meredith was shot while he heat sat at in his automobile in front of his home ome Fifth East street May 9 f