Show w w N n N W R Search Continues For Slayer I Of Bartender Barten er Here Friday County officers continued too sift the numerous clues uncovered in their effort to track down the slayer slay slay- slayer er of Bernard Allen 39 who was shot and killed early earty Friday morning outside his trailer home in River Sands Trailer court west of town Sheriff John Stocks and County Attorney Harry E. E Snow are con conk continuing continuing to question witnesses and suspects in an effort to find a lead tead to the slayer or slayers of This questioning of witnesses has established the fact that was slain between 1245 an and 1255 am a.m. Friday Aug 5 5 Many living inthe In Inthe Inthe the area heard the fatal shot and at least four witnesses have been found who saw an automobile believed believed believed be be- to have been the death car leave the trailer court a few minutes minutes minutes min min- utes after the shot was was heard Only one shot was he heard rd was a bartender at the Wagon Wheel tavern and had closed closed closed clos clos- ed up there Thursday night He did not take the tavern money home that night ruling out robbery as a a possible motive A Mr Jones an of a al l local cal drilling company first discovered discovered discovered dis dis- covered the body laying outside the trailer home He stopped en route to work at the Texaco ServIce ServIce ice station on North Main and asked asked asked ask ask- ed Larry T Turner attendant to call Sheriff Stocks and report a 8 body laying by the River Sands Trailer court Jones said he did not report report re reo port the body himself because he was late getting to work Stocks and Police Chief Archie Swenson rushed to the scene and found laying on his left side and had been dead for some time He was clothed except for his shirt which was hanging over the back backof backof backof of a chair inside his trailer had hinted to fellow workers at the Wagon Wheel that he was expecting tr trouble uble with a I couple of fellows When he came out of his trailer he had his revolver re- re revolver revolver re re- volver which was found unfired a I short distance from his feet Coroner Bert Dalton and Roy Turner of Turner Mortuary were called to the scene Examination of the body revealed reveal ed that the bullet entered Vandra's s 's right side just below the shoulder shoulderblade shoulderblade shoulderblade blade ranged downward through I his body and came out of his left side well to the rear of his body about halfway between shoulder and hip X-rays X revealed that the bullet struck the second rib down on the right side cut off the top of the heart penetrated both lungs and left at least 76 small fragments of the bullet In the body It was first thought had been slain with a 30 caliber bullet which indicated the use of but bu later developments indicated a ais I 45 is caliber pistol was used One suspect was detained Saturday Satur day and after extensive questionIng question question- Ing was released Tuesday Officials declined to state if he threw any new light on the case An Inquest was held Monday eye eve evening ning at the Turner Mortuary chapel A verdict was returned which found that Bernard A A. was feloniously killed by gunshot by a person or persons unknown Ary A Jury ry composed of Dan Charles Cunningham and Verl VerI Barker Bark Bark- er returned the verdict I It was also revealed at the Inquest Inquest In In- quest that four witnesses two men and two girls saw jaw the automobile leave tho River Rivet Sand Sands Trailer Taller court that is believed to have carried the killer or killers One year old youth told the Inquest inquest in In- quest Jury that he witnessed the arrival arrival ar rival of the automobile heard the shot and watched the departure of the car ur from his own car caL parked about 75 feet teet southwest of pf the Van Van- trailer He Ile testified that the car drove provo up and that he heard voices but was I uncertain whether It was and the driver of the car talking orif or orif if Jt there were two In la th I automobile But he e stated when he saw the car ar leave the scene hf he could only see one person in th car He said caid he Jw h heard ard the shot ahot and that it was fired within two or three minutes after the arrival of the car The car then backed up to the paved road leading west from the city to the trailer park He said ald the U lights on the car were on when It backed away stressing that it backed all the way on the wrong side of the road i teen-age teen girls walking home from Work orkin In a a downtown cafe told of hearing th the shot then few minutes s' s sayre a the car back out of the trailer trane court and head east It turned north on the old highway Another witness told of meeting the car while driving in the direction direction tion of River Sands Trailer court He stated that the car was approaching approaching approaching ap ap- with no lights but turned on the lights while passing his caron par car paron ar aron on the road north At the request of Harry E. E Snow county attorney Dalton Dallon ordered an autopsy on th the body of t to determine the cause of death An ray IX-ray ray X-ray was also taken later The autopsy Vas performed Tuesday Tuesday Tues Tues- day morning by Dr Jay Munsey an and andRoy Roy Turner The body wa war still being held a at Turner Mortuary late Wednesday but probably will be shipped t to 0 Spokane Wash as soon as clearance clearance clear clear- ance papers can be e obtained It is reported that mother ana am an ama and anda d a son live there Little is known of back ground He came to Moab abou about t two years ago to do construction work on the remodeling of Browns Brown's store now the Moab Drug store He served for a time as a specIal specia policeman in Moab and did some uranium prospecting He had been bee n employed at the Wagon Wheel fo for r about two months It was reported that ha had been married four times and had two children by his former marriages marri marri- ages It was was vas reported his first wife was deceased and he had divorced divorce theother the the- Other two He was married in Moab May 9 to Miss Marge Jones but she rev revealed aled to officers that a divorce was pending at the time of death His Ills late wife was the one to make arrangements for the shipping othe o othe of f the body to Washington for fun funeral funera era rites i |