Show murdered for money A dispatch dated fort shaw september 12 says news of a horrible murder committed at the head of the dearborn creek reached here to day the murdered party is a man named john embody 70 years of age residing on a ranch detailed information cannot be had but toe the following are the facts embody had bad sold out a part apart of ins his effects with the intention of selling including his ranch and stock and moving to new york there to pass the remainder of his bis days with some of his bis children who reside in that state he realized for what he sold and which he had in his possession at the time of the murder the weapon he be was murdered with was an axe ht b p head bead having been split open and to hide his crime the murderer dragged the body indoors and then ignited the cabin presumably with the hopeson hop erff having the corpse burrit burnt so greatly as to have the real cause of his bis death escape detection As it was the lower part of the mans body was burned to a crisp while the upper part suffered but little his murderer is a young man and a stranger in this section of country bavi having ing been in this ibis vicinity for only about fourteen or fifteen days davs having formerly lived in iche ahe northwest territory in the afternoon prior to murdering the old man he stole stol e two horses from 3 i rancher in the vicinity to escape on after the deed was done showing that it had bad been premeditated judge lippencott peB pen cott of augusta held an inquest over the remains there are two officers on the murderers trail with competent guides to cross the mountains butte niner miner |