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Show TERRIBLE TRAGEDY. ' WM( STRONG MURDERED IN COLD BLOOD. ) i Snproscd lo bo tho Work or a Tramp. No Positive Evidence Deceased an-Honurcd and Valued Citizen. A Icrrlblo murder took plnco in Pro-to Pro-to yesterday nlor","R ftl lnu-t 12:20 'clock mid I ho community has lost an honored and valued oltlzn in tlio pur- mm (if William Strong, who was acting isipeclul pollceiUHii. The dnslardly derd was committed it ihc corner of Third und J directs , and no one knows the guilty person. jv policeman iucker wns standing at " the bank comer, Center mid J siiccik, and hsard the pistol bhot tB did a parly par-ly nf men who were standing In front 0f ll. A. Barney's clothing brunch. Tlio pollcmuan Immediately run to tho court homo and mountud his wheul, tSJi ntr to tho scene of tho tragedy. Thu murderod man whs lying diagonally , across the orsj walk on the oust side r( Third ittid J stroets and was then dad. Dri. Roblsun and Pike weru Immttllately summoned but Wm. SrrutiK WUb beyond thu reach of earthly earth-ly heip. His family was notlflod and by their request thu body was at onco conveyed tu thu rcsldetieu. Toe city was aroused by an alarm of the Are Lie 11 and searching parties or-ipnlzeil, or-ipnlzeil, From tho fool tracks it appeared ap-peared that thu murderer had run west on Third street, and till bridges ud ' streets allowing exit from tho city wereguardud within uu hour by armed men. Telephones and telegraphic messages vera sent to uyory seitluiueiil In thu county with details of thu murder The result of thu esplutiage of thu officer was thu arrest of uarly forty hotios in Fmvo uud a largo number lit other towns. The murdered man's two souk, Wui-reu Wui-reu and Reed, who weru In attendance on n dunce at Spanish Fork, were notified Hint returned homu at once. Au autopsy on thu body of Wm. f Strong wus held lust evenlniiby Count; Pliysicluu Hoblson, assisted by Dr. Pike, and attended by District Altnr cry 6. A. King and newspaper representatives. repre-sentatives. Thu result in brief showed thai the ball enteied tho left sldu ubout onelucb below the nipple, piercing thu lean from ille apex entirely through the right ventrical, ihrough tho luft lobe of the lungs und burying Itself In the spinal column belwcuu tho should-M should-M blades. Tne ball, as extracted, proved to be of 83 calibre. A severe contusion of thu head back of I ho right Mr was ulso manifest, such as might bare been made with thu butt end of a revolver. Thu thepiy is that Strong must huvu been struck and stunned, ud whs shot eithor whllo falling or vblle on tho ground, uu the bullet which killed him ranged upward. That fcliuwn gun was found beside him not rtlchurgftl, proves that hu must have ittempted a defense, but was too late. Mr. Strong was a dulatlud social police, und was serving at thu depot. Marshal Knight was with hliu until llcr eleven o'clock on thu futnl night iou warned hint of tho danger and HURi'Stcd that ho (Strong) have help. Sitong laughed at the Idea of danger "'il said thut his son-in-law. John Cummlnga, would bo hero tho next day and then tho two would act' to- igetlier. . AJKto was arrested In Lohl yester-WY yester-WY iiyifarihul Thomas of that plnco 01 brought to Pro'vo. At first his "Hplcloiu actions seemod "conclusive to the officers that something wur with him, but the idea that ho 4 anything to do with the murder is low abandoned. t evening at about 11 o'clock a tn, Blylng his name as Frank Con- "as arrested near tho west river . He threw away his gun at the tthf capture, but it was found 2fOTerItr.bo,of the suspicious 88 r Ha a tough looking ohtrao-. ohtrao-. pUrepanodto have beon lu hid-7ju hid-7ju western put of the city rty "yesterday morning. Tho rife of thu opinion that he may 'Y'lobeUieinurdHror. 4 jury was empaneled yeatotday by (ul aoting coroner) S. K If' orapoaed of Thutuns Beesley, Ri'dtlald and Nelspu Tiffany, noiirnnjaut Wll8 taken lu8t ev0Ut Jv,1'" Ume or the post mortem T atlon, and this morning at thu J-uilon of lh(J l(eilce lhe expect(. Ulot was reddered, that the de- came to his death by a guu shot Q at tho bands of u party or par- 1 jsW0tW,-SlroK wUl lie In Tr V tv ,alMlty' residence on Second I strcot, between K and L, from 8 to 10 Thursday morning and can bo viewed by friends. Funeral serviced will be hold In the Tabernacle tomorrow morning morn-ing at 10:30 o'clock. William Strong wns born In Kendal, Westmoreland, England, In Januiry. 1810. ilu removed with Ills parents to Utah and came to ProVo In tho fall of 1855. Uo was married to Celestla M. Young, July 25, 1808. Ho leaves his wlfi) uud five living children, two daughters uud three sons to mourn his loss. Wm. Strong wus n public officer In active duty for thu past tweniy-clght years. Hu was bravo, honorablu and honest nnd his host of friends will testify tes-tify to his worth. |