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Show !a foul murder i 'Committed at Price Bobbery Bob-bery the Supposed Object. The Body of Ben Buchanan, Once of Spanish Fork, Found in an Advanced State of Decomposition. Sheriff Fowler received the following lelesrram last night about 8 o'clock: 1'HiCK. Aiiiriijita. Hen Buchanan hiis t.-cen foully niunifieii near tii-re an. I In team uiul i Wiitfon stolen . t 'nine out to-n'slit. itMKta'd; C. H. V.w.KSTiNK. About an Lour afterwards another message was received telling him t.i bring permanganate ef potash for dis-iifectant. dis-iifectant. This, the sherid' surmised meant the murder hail been done sometime some-time since and that the body was in an advanced stage of decom posit ion Sheriff Sher-iff Fowler was iiformed that Ren Buchanan, the murdered nan, was Horn ipanisli Fork, and he immediately immediate-ly telephoned over to find out. He was answered by the nintit-watch ot the Co-op. at that place, who said that Ben Buchanan had lived there, but had moved to Castle Valley sometime situs and had settled there." He was a man 01 miserly habits and was reported to he wealthy. This leads to the supposition that the murder was committed lor the purpose of robbery. 1 Sheriir Fowler' immediately made I preparations for a lorn: and 'arduous I task Mud went east on the 11:30 R. G. I W. train last night. I |