Show r ri i x CED WOMAN I- I 7 5 SLAIN IN 1 i LOCAL STORE CI et L Clean Cleaning n g Fl Floor nor Durl During n g Ear Early Y Morning Mornin g ours ors urs in In F Franklins Franklin's rank ins Confect Confectionery on e r Y Janitress feets eels ets Burglar Bur g lac Struggles gg les W With th Him a and nd Is Isick J ick ck C k Down No Clue t to o Assassin e Cl C p plain taut clod clothes 1 es men and a eor corps I s of de deputy 1 gut arc ale combing b r the city for the murderer of Mrs Irs ed scrubwoman whose lifeless body vas was I Coo P cl r a aged s in In a I pool fool of blond in In front of the cashiers cashier's desk of Im I'm B H 1 R. R I Franklin Bral 1 a 11 l c company OIl l an GS South Main Iain r at 1 1115 morning b 4 e search 11 11 up p to 2 o o'clock cloth r had bad resulted in the arrest attest free c ale men mell Il all I police police characters r and each Cacti believed record criminal A to 11 b cr n 0 of f the thc men InCH has lias yet 3 et been connected with ith the theW W der but al all 1 are arc being b held 1 pending a solution of the 8 Tie The Co Cooper o 1 per murder is is the tenth act of violence to the p police o 1 lc c to action in the thc last fort forty eight 3 T-ci T ht hours I tf ilir forty eight eight hours seven t tiro NO o cutting catten s scrapes rapes andst and st murder ha havo avo vo been red reto re- re d to the police Ck principals In fa the tho cutting fes in are under arrest but bat tho rho Mn m who aho have worried worded res rest rest- r U ue tte e still at largo S IUT ii it the only motive tho rho police elite police iii usi align n to the murder o ot of Mrs Irs pl rand th they y believe that the tho irU has killed idled while trying to pro pro- i property of her employer cr nans Haas in tho iho Franklin it o'clock a this morning mornin were crt ito e aro o tho rho prostrate body of Ij 1 on the tho ho in in a pool ool sj ad which had hod flowed ed f from rem a deep sop Il shoe I Ike e let left ride ado of her ber neck ethe the i o arrived cd nt tho rho store trident was Has lo locked and the iho wom worn t acts In is the lock on the tho inside door The police were unable to tOt got J J. J H. H R. R Franklin head bead hea Company r out of bed bcd to open then the tho tho's thos s 's Franklin n Jin arrived at the store I minutes later in an nn automobile t iet tat tact was waa putting purring near Mrs Irs tilted t e. ties has been found who heard beard n a ale nIe leor le Ie or nv outer outcry before the dis dis- if cf f tic body eo so that the police Ei definite information on the Mich ich preceded the killing Theory polite petite however are inclined to toe tol tk e theory advanced nd b by air Mr Ir l lit had Dad been hen given to Mrs firs rs Cooper not to open tho rho door to anyone w n whilo hilo i o cleaning JJ Said Mr fir Franklin She reported for duty nt midnight and bc began nD cleaning at the roar rear x working ton toward ard tho rho front of too When I arr arrived ed at nt tho rho toro t-toro in re rc- to the rho call of tho rho police this mornin morning the rear of the tho had been scrubbed The door mat ha had been thrown out on the rho sidewalk sidewalL I believe that she must boo havo just finished cleaning ng tho rho roar rear and had gone to the Ibe front to start work frock In rn In my opinion ion she sho opened the door and throw threw the thedoor thedoor door mat outside returning to the tho rte rea of th the building for tho rho scrub bucket 4 While 1 bile n was as in the rear 1 I believe o that the tha murderer took advantage nd o of the fact that the tho door d not c closed tightly and entered It would seem to tomo tomo tomo mo that Mrs Irs Cooper Has was was' attracted to tho rho front part of the building by the ringing of the cash re register ister Signs of ot a n. Struggle t One rone of tho rho show cases had been moved about six inches indicating a n struggle From Prom tho rho ap appearance of the front of iho store I think Mrs firs Cooper placed place herself between the rho man and ami the thedoor thedoor door loor when she found him Liar rifling rilling the register and md struggled with him bim as ho bo attempted to leave learn I I do not think th that the robber rob er struck with frith the view vien of killing her ber but with the tho object of knocking her ber scions BO sn as to mate make Iris his escape easier casler Continued on Tm Wage page c 6 G. G MURDER IS MYSTERY Continued from pa page o 1 In lu my opinion there was not more moro than one mann man Only 3 In change chango was nas left heft In the Franklin Frank- Frank lin register when the store was wad clos closed for the night This and a 3 apay pay envelope containing anti S S. S which had not nol been called for b by an employee were tho the only things taken from C the e store Substituted for Another Woman Mrs Cooper had been employed at the Franklin store since Juno 24 24 when she sho began substituting for fOI Mrs Irs Bertha Armbuster Armbuster Arm- Arm buster 25 Apple street the regular I tre tress Mrs Arm Armbuster buster had been employed at al' al altho tho Franklin store ever since the compan company com corn pany pan began operations When ben her husband husband hus bus band died last June she gave up tho the work wo-k temporarily and Mrs Irs Cooper was wasen en engaged to relieve c her Since Sinco the death of her husband Mrs l Arm Arm Armister ster has been In feeble health and postponed returning to work She will re resume her ber duties tonight not being daunted b by th the violent death met b by her hor substitute Early this morning Inspector C C. A. A Carlson Carison a assumed umed charge of or the Inc police pollet end of the Investigation In und and C. C C. C Carstensen Carsten- Carsten sen chief criminal deputy deput sheriff took charge of time the Investigation for the tho sheriffs sheriff's sher her iff's iffs o office At 10 o'clock Carl arre arrested ted George Buchanan and aDd F. F C. C McDonald alias Crawford as 38 suspects As yet ct tho the police have o nothing to connect con con- fleet th these c men with tho the murder but the prisoners aro are known to have records In Montana and amid Idaho and the police feel confident that the they will vIll b be ab able abie to connect connect con con- them with one 0 or more of oC the time violent violent violent vio vio- vio- vio lent acts which have stirred police circles In tho last fort forty eight hours Both men were before Justice L. L R R. n last lust week on r a n charge of or robbIng robbing robbing rob rob- bing tho thio Wonder clothing store but were released by a jur jury Her Husband Mission Missionary ry Shortly after the tho arrest of t Buchanan and McDonald 1 Thomas Simpson arrested William 26 28 S a as a the tho c confederate con n- n federate of tho the two men arrested b by tho the sheriffs sheriff's office With the tho arrest of oC these three tine men th Ut police mope hope to ob obain ln a duo which will lent lead to time the solution of ot the mystery The three three- men are aro said to havo have come hero from Montana and amid andro are aro said sald to have been hold for robberies In Itt several and Montana l clUes DetectIve f Carstensen believes he has Information that thu will connect connect connect con con- them with the robbery of or Grows Grow's market TOO 00 Glendale Glendal on the night of ot January 20 O. O K E. Brown the time proprietor and a clerk were ele held helel up UI robb of oC about S 24 by two masked rJ men The police poUce police po po- po- po lice Uce nl also o bellevo believe that tM t they are re for tor tho the holdups on the time streets during the Cite past two nl nights Mrs Cooper was the third wife Ifo of ot John i H. H Cooper a native of oC J. In who r Is now serving a mission for Cor tho thu church churchIn In his native land He lie I le loft rt Salt It Lake Jako for time the missionary foil April S. S 1014 Both ho he and mind Mrs f Cooper came to CO t COlt lt Lake as converts com to Mormonism Mrs Ir Cooper was born In Denmark rk arid and was Mas 6 54 years ars old Besides Del doln dol r tho c at the thc Franklin store Mrs Irs Cooper operated the 13 rooming house hous Second n J-n East t ard and Second South streets und and al also aNo rooms at nt J 17 East Eat Second South The I Ramona rooming rooming- house I Is the tho place where C. C B. B Is alleged to so have e killed Charles Erickson a mining engineer In HIll 1911 rel l Is now under death c th Sen sentence For a number of years both Mr Ir and Mrs Irs Cooper were nere employed at tho the old Knutsford hotel Mrs Cooper serving as 18 asa asa a chambermaid and Cooper serving as a I watchman It was Mas while they were employed cm- cm there then that the they met and subsequently subsequently subsequently married Later Cooper Wit was employed em em- as watchman at the Sweet Candy Cand company compan and later as an nn Inspector for tho the Oregon Short Line One daughter Mabel Cooper 1 12 years cars old and one stepson on Cecil E. E Cooper survive hc the tho murdered woman The Tho stepon stepson step step- son fon on Is the tho ton son on of the first wits wife of Cooper and was born In India TIo Ho fIes la is employed as itS engineer at the Cullen hotel Ho He Saw the Murderer B. B Chapman who relieves Cooper at atthe t 1 the Cullen hotel at nights Is probably the only person who saw tho the murderer I At police headquarters this morning he told Capt Emil Johnson that at about 4 I o'clock this morning a man ran up Imp the i aile alloy west of the Cullen an and then Cheat darted back whets when ho saw V Chapman Chapman said eald that the man approached th the rear of the Cullen f from om the al alley ey leadIng lead lead- Ing lug from West Bro Broadway dwa at ut the tho rear of oC I Franklins Franklin's and other othor Main street stores Chapman declares that the man appeared j greatly excited and aroused his suspicions lie He called for Cor the police and saId eald that It was fifteen minutes before he hc could lo io- io cato a policeman B By B the time a patrolman was located tho the man had disappeared Both Chapman and amid Cooper appeared lt at atthe atthe the police station this tills morning morning- at nt which time Chapman complained of the dela delay experienced experienced ex ex- In finding a policeman Cooper said laId that his stepmother was as aser er very cry secretive c and did not confide her personal affairs to 10 other m members of the family He said saM that tha he lie did not know enow whether sho she over o C carried ed any am considerable amount of oC money moncy or not hot Thus rhu far CRr the tue police have havo been n unable to locate tho the purse which her stepson la says say she always ea carried rn ed A few n hours before th the Cooper murder a cutting scrape occurred In tho the Shelton hotel Follo Following the original Inv Investigation of lice were M-cre Inclined to believe e that tho hand lice were ere Inclined to believe he lie hand tag Lag usually carried by her had dl p- p Vented They were unable to find the tho purse puro In the tho cloakroom upstairs wb where ro Mrs Irs Cooper left her wraps Late ute this afternoon J. J IL R. R Franklin found tho the hand liand bag baS to together ether with the MOman's womans new shoes and skirt downstairs According to Mr Franklin the che had loft her hel coat and hat upstairs and then gono gone downstairs downstairs downstairs down down- stairs to change chango her clothes Tho The purse contained only a L dime lm a few rew pennies and tho the key to the tte womans woman's apartment nt |