Garland Globe | 1909-07-17 | Page 2 | Early Settler of Utah Murdered and His Body Thrown into River

Early Settler of Utah Murdered and His Body Thrown Into River. Rock Springs, Wyo. John Jarvls, nged 70, a pioneer of this section, and ono tlmo a resident of Salt Lake, has boon murdered, It Ib bolloved, at "nls ranch In Brown's Park, near Bridgeport, Bridge-port, Utah. Jnmes Jarvls, a son, went to tho ranch on July 7 nnd .found his father missing. Thoro was a pool of blood. In tho yard and a trail or .blood lead-1 ing twenty ynrdB down to the Green river. There Mr. Jarvls kopt a forry boat, which Is gono, and the fenr Is that tho body of tho dend man was set adrift In tho boat. Two men, suspected of tho murder, wero traced from Brown's Park to Hook Springs, but hero tho trail waB lost.