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Show icie 1 lie." Tha Horrible Horflsr in Sail Lake Ystarday. Edward CaJiihan iVleets Wis Death Under Suspicious Circumstances. A Woman of IIS Repute the Only Companion of the Murdered ft-lan. Early yesterday morning Edward Callihan was foudy murdered in Salt City. At lii.out S o'clock on Thursday evening he and an intnaie of a house ot ill fame, named Josie Hill, who formerly went under the name of Josie Con way, went out to Peck's hot springs in Cat Reun's hack. They remained there but a short time ami returned to the house at 10 o'clock, ' Callihan remained re-mained at Miss Miner's until about 1 o'clock, when Josie proposed that they take a trip to Groesbeck's piace. on Stile road. This was agreed to, and the woman sent Rean off to get a buggy, Avhich was obtained after some difficulty, and the pair started. Re fore leaving, hoAvever, Callihan drew $!.) of the money he had deposited with Miss Miner. The trip down Avas evidently evi-dently uneventful enough, and arriving arriv-ing al Groesbeck's they aroused the inmates and spent perhaps half an hour there in drinking. Then they started back, the woman taking tha right side of the buggy and driving. When about a block north of Groesbeck's Groes-beck's an unknown man sprang out and seizing Callihan commenced dragging drag-ging him out of the vehicie, and at the same time opening lire with a revolver. After a short struggle, lie succeeded in getting the man out, and the woman drove on up to the city and related the affair to Officer Sanders, who got into the buggy and drove down to the scene with her. Arri-.ing there, lie found Callihan lying on his back, dead. Life had evidently been extinct but a feAV minutes, as the body Avas still warm. The body was placed in the patrol Avsgon, and taken to Skewes' undertaking under-taking establishment, Avhere an examination exam-ination Avas made. The head and face AYf re disfigured by frightful wounds, which had evidently been inflicted by a revolver used as a club in the hands of a powerful man. There was a deep gasli in the right temple, another on the forehead and still another on the back of the head, Avhile the nose appeared ap-peared to be broken. There was but one bullet wound ami that wits in the abdomen. The bail entered low flown, ranged .upward and came out at the small of the back. The condition of the man's clothing showed that he had made a desperate struggle. The left coat sleeve was badly torn and the hat shoAved where the blows from the revolver had struck it. |