Show SENSATION SENS extraordinary A SUPPOSED CASE OF FOUL youal MURDER SAS UA A LUDICROUS denouement ELSINORE sevier county conaty sept 1886 editor deseret news suicides and murder seem to be the order of the day but never do these occurrences present points so amusing as did a case reported early last wednesday morning and which for the time being startled the inhabitants of sevier county some time during tuesday night f 1 a messenger reached richfield with f the following intelligence of what appeared bearett er to be a foul afoul and horrible murder late the same night two wagons had arrived in or near the the village of joseph 12 miles south of richfield pulled up at a and a after elfter ahart short stay one of tile the wagons continued northward ar AT A BREAK NECK SPEED suspicion was awakened and someone locki looking uto into the remaining wagon yaw saw the bo body 01 ot of a man apparently lifeless attempts were made IQ wake him up but he refused to show any signs of sai animation mation and in fumbling about him 11 something om ething wet and sticky rewarded the touch which w aich at once was concluded to be clotted blood the messenger ger referred to was started off in al arming haste and when he arrived at aroused the sheriff who immediately started for the bloody scene next morning the general topic of conversation was the murder that a man had bad been found in a wagon weltering la in his own blood when the representatives of justice arrived at joseph the murder case had bad more perfectly developed itself and they found a gory mess the supposed dead man haid had loeen been but soundly sleeping in his bis wagon near a large can or barrel of molasses which sad iad either or upset and spilt over and around hi him in and the only way wa in which the mau could be called calle dead was that he was DEAD DRUNK from dixie wine which he and his bis partner were smuggling and right here the 06 reader is left eft to conle ciure the cause which led to the report of horrible murder and render rende r its own righteous verdict later in the morning the county coroner also started for the scene or of death to hold an ad inquest on the body but meeting a team he was informed that lc it was unnecessary and returned the explosion of the molasses mola sues barrel could have hardly been ended before the report of the murder bad spread like lightning and awakened general excitement throughout the county and forg or a time it seemed de desirable in order to satisfy reports to till kill the fellow but the plan was finally abandoned the parties parti a who so imprudently and in judiciously injudiciously started the report and caused so ao much trouble are more to blame than the miserable object of the comic affair for he be was entirely and blissfully ignorant of what was transpiring he had bad got drunk on his bis 0 own ova wl wI sleeping inoff inoffensively ensi vely though soundly in his bis own wagon and in hi his own molasses later in the day U li be and his more sober partner called at elsinore and wished to know if there was a road which would take them to glenwood and yet avoid richfield your correspondent failed to detect any trace of molasses on t the he mans person but he be had i Dro probably bably indulge in awash a wash inde and change hang e of clothes THE SUBJECT OF MURDER must have been bien a painful lilone one to him bim judging from his bis reticence on the matter I 1 these two men reside in st george or vicinity and their names could oe be published here it is shameful that such things as these should occur by persons calling themselves latter day saints and let this be recorded tj to the shame of those who will take any part in or b by buying encourage the smuggling g ol 01 of and in that which chic h they know to be condemned by the laws of the land hind and the revealed laws of god let all such take timely warning C A |