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Show MYSTERY DEATH PROBEJRESSED Companion of Dead Man Is Sought Special to The. Telegram OGDEN, Nov. 4 Possibilities of murder, suicide or both faced Weber county officers Thursday as they pressed an investigation of the fatal fa-tal shooting of Ray H. Brooks, 24, of Riverdale. Brooks' body, a bullet through the skull, was found Wednesday shortly before noon near the Sunset-Roy highway. Three-quarters of a mile away was the wrecked automobile of Pasqual Paolet i. 39, with whom Brooks had quarreled Tuesday afternoon af-ternoon over attentions Paolettl was allegedly paying Mrs. Brooks. Paolettl has not been seen since Tuesday afternoon, when he walked out of the confectionery where Mrs. Brooks was working, hi arm around Brooks and the two chatting in friendly fashion. Employes at the store said they were chatting when they entered the car and drove away, their quarrel apparently settled. set-tled. Paolettl did not come to work Wednesday nor had his whereabouts been discovered up to noon Thursday. Thurs-day. Officers of Weber and Davis counties and Ogden were working on the theory that Brooks may havs shot Paoletti, hidden the body, then, after wrecking the automobile, shot himself. Pistol Found A M-caliber pistol, for which Brooks had received a permit to carry Tuesday, was found by his body and the woun din his head showed powder burns. Hyrum A. Belnap, city judge and acting coroner, coro-ner, has pronounced his death -suicide and will hold no inquest. The search Thursday was centered cen-tered In a rough triangle between Ogden canyon, Roy and Syracuse. The entire affair evidently grew out of reports rsaching Brooks that his wife, who is living with her (Continued on Part Two) Column Seven I ' MYSTERY DEATH PROBEPRESSED (Continued rrom Pass On) mother, had been paid attentions by Paoletti. George Dandis. who operates a confectionery at 2832 Washington avenue, told police Brooks entered the place Tuesday afternoon, brandished bran-dished a gun and demanded to know where Paoletti was. Persuasion I'sed 1 talked Brooks into agreeing not to make a disturbance if I called in Paoletti from where he works next door (as sn inMall fa helper for the Holland Furnace company)," Mr. Dandis said. "When Paoletti cams In they sat at a table and had a few beers. They seemed to have settled their quarrel when They walked from my store and got into Paoletti's car and drove away." ' Deputy aheriffs wers Investigating reports that two youths had seen Brooks and a companion in Weber canyon Tuesday night. Mrs. Brooks and son Richard, 6 months old. live with , her mother. Mrs. H. C Hooks, 2288 Lincoln avenue. ave-nue. "I saw my husband Monday night." she told investigating officers, offi-cers, "but hs did not mention Paoletti. Pao-letti. Ha hsd no reason to, for 1 hardly know ths man and have seen him only a few times at ths store." Mrs. Brooks disclosed shs and her husband had separated because he was unable to support her. Hs was residing with bis mother, Mrs. Georgs Ashton, at Death curve. Search for Paoletti was being concentrated con-centrated Thursday morning around the arsenal at Sunset and in the foothills east of Sunset |