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Show CfM KILLED BY imm stloora ; up mm or piEV ssssssi.assaiansi Details reached Halt lak City last night of tha killing of M. J, Crowley, oiu-a) oiu-a) clan, In ft Hat ley Xdalio resort, a an-, flounced la THE TELKGRAM yeaterday- i Mr. Crowley waa formerly reildent of j this city, and waa shot and InMantly kt-'led by two desperadoes, whd engage'. In the primitive nviipfn pavtlme of 'shooting up" the place early . yt-sterdsry morn Inc. Two strangers In the little mining; and ranching town have been arrested ar-rested on sufplclotk aul are held pending pend-ing an Invent igatton. Crow lev. who wi ft piano- player, and (ha proprietress of the resort were the 'tnly persona In the place ai the lime or the f hooting, according; to advices re-cel re-cel dvelieie. Two men entered the reaort. and without with-out warning, drew revolver and fired them In every direction. Crowley waa eeated at the piano and fell from hi seat, dead. It la not known here how mane bullets struck him. . As aoon as the woman beard the shooting she fell to the floor below the: range of the bullets and escaped Injury. After killing Crow-lev Crow-lev and shoot In a aut tha llehta. tha sun men disappeared. A telegram recounting briefly tbe clr-rumstanfes clr-rumstanfes of the tragedy waa received laat night by Mm. V. A. Fltapatrlrk. 2i , West Third Aouth street, a elsier of Crowley. Mra. Fltapatrlrk la the wife of D. A. Fltsnatrlck. superintendent of tha Hclpr division lJJneI.enverA Rio CSrande railroad. Crowley waa a resident of thta city for several years prior to about - one year ago. when be moved to Halley. He waa a member of tha loraj aerie of the Fraternal Fra-ternal Order of Kiglee. and waa pianist for tbe club In this city. He waa also employed aa pfanlst In ft number of moving Picture shows In this city at different dif-ferent times. Another sister of the dead man, Mra. U R. Hflffner. Uvea In Ogden. Mr. and Mra, ritspatrtck and Mra. Reffner have gone to Hailoy to arrange for the car of the body and to aid In the apprehension. If possible, of the tnurdrer. Crowley waa 12 years old and waa a native of Kentucky. He had made his plana to return to hla native state with-In with-In a month. A brother, William Crowley, had been a resident of this city for some time, but left for the east a few weeka ago. |