Show THREE MEN SUSPECTED cj Of MURDER I Inquest Over Crime in the American House Gives Police Good Clue The murderers of John C. C Barnott in room 42 of tho the American hou house bouro o early Thursday morning aro are still at large That they aro arc three L ree in number a n short person kno known n as Blacky a tall taU slender man called I Shorty and md a red red- whiskered powerfully built man known as Boston Joe Joe alias PlUm Mann was indicated in n today's inquest held I by Coroner Stanley A. A Hanks Hanka The Tho descriptions of the these o men are attested attested at I It t tested sted to by three witnesses tho the clerk of the American house bouse V. V Bombino bartender of tho the saloon run in connection tion and Hugh b Meyers the tho crippled youth who accompanied 1 Boston Joe from rom Park City Wednesday afternoon These throe three were tho the chief witnesses I examined The clerk Charles Krumbein said mid that Meyers applied at the hotel desk for a a. bed about 6 o'clock Wednesday P and nd was given a hall hail cot on tho third floor near Dear room 42 An hour later latar Boston Doston Joe Joo appeared and oDd the thc rE register rEter ter as Philip Mann ann say sayS in ng that two to other men would come later Mann ManD was as U sho to room 4 42 by bythe bythe bythe I the clerk and several minutes later Meyers the tho cripple again acain appeared ut at t tho the desk and asked to be shown to room I 42 Krumbein swears he be took Meyers to the room and that he saw aw him lie down on the bed I I I Shorty Appears The time then was 7 o 0 clock The clerks clerk's testimony i is that shortly before 9 0 o'clock clock another taller man appeared and asked for room 42 II lie was taken to the room and at that time the clerk says ILyS Meyers was still in tho the room al aI although although al- al though tho the latter on oath declares that he left tho the room at twenty minutes min miu utes alter DUcr 7 and never nc returned until taken by bv the police to view view the body of i the tho murdered man yesterday after after- noon Both witnesses persist in in their statements as to the time timo The clerk dork further says Sl'S that tho the tall taU tallman man known as II Shorty wa was a J tho the last to bo be shown to tho the room The testimony of Fritz Ertman proprietor etor tor of oC tho house but corroborates that of Meyers when placed In the chair appeared appeared ap ap- ap- ap rather frightened and on several occasions Could not remember Important vents events of ot the day prec preceding tho the murder until sufficiently prompted and threatened threatened threat threat- ened cried Into recollection by the county at at torne torney Met In Park City lIe says sass S that he met Boston Joa Joe In Park Perk City Wednesday afternoon while waiting for tor a n. freight train on which It Jt was hi Intention to beat beal It Il Into Salt Lake He was absolute In his assurances that the acquaintance dated no further back ol 4 S The They were unable to catch the freight train and BO so waited for the passenger the thc cripple crappie paying his way way and and Boston Joe Jo riding the trucks The Tho train reached this city about 50 and without waiting for tor his companion Meyers went to the American Amer Amer- lean ican house At Park City Boston Bodon Joo Jo had told him ho he woul woul l Join him at that resort From this point Meyers' Meyers testimony Is similar elm sim liar ilar to the clerks clerk's with the exception of ot tho the Important chronological discrepancy Found Pound Bloody Hat He claims to have retired to his hall hail cot a a a. short distance from tho the entrance to room 42 42 12 about o'clock and did not net awake until about 8 o'clock the next morning His clothes were where he had left them with the exception that his Own wn white hat was missing and In Its place was a n. large black one Boston Joes he avers It was Vas b bespattered with blood HI His shoes shoos were oJ also spotted with the Fore Koro and his crutch In the corner al although although although al- al though standing In the tho same sama position he had left It It wa wet with blood On closer questioning Meyers Ie ers said that with Boston Joe Joo In Park Ctt City were ere four others all of ot a a. tramp class who said they were going oln to Salt Lake to start starl house keeping a criminal term m meaning maning establishing headquarters headquarter for Cor operations Among these were Shorty and Blacky V. V Bombino proprietor and bart n er erot of ot the Bombino saloon directly un under er the American house houle told wid the following story under questioning Barn Barnett Barntt tt came Into my ray place about 10 o'clock Wednesday day night and after Introducing Intro Intro- himself offered to shake dice This we did for some sonic time After Afler half an hour three e men ono one with a 8 red beard one on ontY vry tY tan tall and another short hort and black as asto asto to complexion styling slUng themselves Boston Boston Bos Boa ton J Joe Short Shorty and Blacky Black forced I themselves on Barnett and asked him to treat BArnett was good natured and took no h ho heed d of or the manner mann r In which they scraped acquaintance They drank and talk talked until after arter midnight when tho the swarthy red 1 bearded o man suggested that the they all retire to his room and have o u good time whispering to Barnett that t women were to bo be had hod at the room Barriett Bar Bar- tt seemed pleased with the prospect and after purchasing three bottles of ot be beer r. r In III payment for Cor which h ho ha presented present d a 8 gold goldIS IS 35 pi piece tee and received the tho change In siler Ml- Ml vor er Jr the men with tho exception of or Black Blacky started stated up tho the stairs to the tho lodging house Blacky went ent out through th the tho b- b back ck door Went Back to Saloon Near ear 2 o'clock Boston Joo Joe and Shorty Short walked Into the saloon and ani aw called caned for tor whisky The They wore excited and appeared to be t trying to hide It The Theman Theman man with the tue red beard heard had blood on hl his hand and amI In reply to m my roy query cone concerning It laughed and attempted to pa pass ov over r the tho matter b by talking of other As s I reached for tor tho the whisky bottle he ho took tho the cap from my head and pushed a n hat out on to tho the hal bar Just then mack Blacky came In from the rear ear again am anti and tile three talked d tJ In an undertone for Cor several erol minutes They Thew took several drinks and BUll c. c left Jert saying th they y would vold come again That was too Iho la last t Bombino saw of th them m. m The inquest was hero here suspended d until 3 o 0 clock when moro more complete Investigation In will viiI be madeI made I Justice Hank Hanks In discussing tho the mOil many mony declared that le several lions c existed and these the would have havo to be cleared before young Mayers Myers Ij n. n woul would b be tc released rC Among thc these e ure are the tho facts that Meyers ond the cletic differ diEter a nil as to tho time of ot the formers former s leaving n the tc room where tho the murder was done that Meyers' Meyers shoes and crutch were cro spattered with blood That tho the crutch was tho the weapon capon Is considered po possible |