Salt Lake Telegram | 1902-10-30 | Page 7 | No Facts Known in Conn Murder Mystery

NO FACTS KNOWN IN CONN MURDER MYSTERY I PHILLIPSBURG Mont Oct Oct 30 The aO-The The Conn Cone murder mUlder affair aCair on Willow creek still cHi a n mystery It I docs not seem tem now as though the facts will vill H ever I be known Mrs Conn the aged mother of or James Conn Corni died cled at nt 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon Mrs Irs the tho demented old oM lady Indy who la Is supposed to have committed com corn k the crime was brought here She was waR struck on the head an rind and Is In lii a avery k very r bad way Whilo coming to town the she M made a rambling statement to the effect that she had fixed them plenty f meaning tho the Conns Conn She ha has been r mentally deranged for Cor man many years year and not much credence Is placed in her statement She killed her husband I. I t twenty j years a ago o One theory Is that Conn committed suicide That he ho been became me temporarily I f Insano insane and attacked his mother with a hammer hammet and nc then shot himself eJ In the head with a l Winchester rifle The rho of or the wound and the circum stances e would so 50 indicate The bullet bulet entered tho the left leC c eye e emerged from the top of or the head bead an and entered the ceiling It IL I h la is believed er that after braining his mother he placed the rifle rile to his head anti ami set ct the trigger er off or with wih hi his foot The hc officers are arc inclined to discredit l the theory that the crime was committed commit ted by the NOlt Northern er Pacific hold