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Show Jensen Murder Mystery Still Unsolved By Officers Investigation Is Being Carried On, But As Yet Nothing Has Been Disclosed That Would Indicate the Guilty Party. Notwithstanding the fact that officers of-ficers have exerted every effort during dur-ing the past week to locate some plausible clue that would lead to the identity of the slayers of Carl Jensen, Jen-sen, whose dead body was found in the state canal at 10:20 o'clock Tuesday Tues-day night of last week, nothing of a definite nature has as yet been uncovered. un-covered. Thus far only theories have been advanced and it will take several sev-eral days, perhaps, before something plausible can be worked out, so that the officers can begin real work in ferretting out the murderer or murderers. mur-derers. That Jensen met a tragic death by being murdered is borne out by a coroner's inquisition, beginning Wednesday Wed-nesday and concluding Thursday evening eve-ning of last week. The inquest was held before Justice of the Peace Ernest Er-nest Bardsley and several witnesses were examined. At the conclusion of the inquest the coroner's jury, comprising com-prising R. A. Fjeldsted, Ross Peterson Peter-son and Hubert Childs, returned a verdict ns follows: "That Carl Jensen Jen-sen died on or about the 19th day of July, 1931, as a result of a fractured frac-tured skull and fractured neck, said injuries having been inflicted feloniously felon-iously by some person or persons, to the jurors unknown." Sheriff Ed. Peterson, aided by Mar-lin Mar-lin Sorcnson and others, have made a vain search of all the territory surrounding the scene of the murder, mur-der, in the hopes of locating the hat worn by Jensen and also to find the place, if possible, where the struggle took place when the assailants took the .life of the sheepherder. Thus far, however, nothing has been found that would give the officers a clue. One point has been determined, however, how-ever, and that is that the man did not fall from the horse during a period of one of the epileptic fits he was subjected to. Evidence that the horse had been tethered to a post at the corral was conclusive, and it was shown after investigation, that tho animal had been tied for at least twelve hours. Due to the fact that the band of sheep, which were being herded by Jensen in the vicinity where the body was found, most all, if not all, of the footprints had been obliterated. The fact that auto tracks had been discovered running to the house often used by Jensen, gave a slight clue, but as yet nothing has been determined as to whom drove the car and whether it was used in carrying the body to a point near the canal where the body was found. It may be that the man was killed at a point lower in the valley and then carried by the truck to the place where it was to be disposed of. Ulysses Larsen, chief deputy to Sheriff Ed. Peterson, was here Wed-nesdya Wed-nesdya and in company with Junius Motcalf, chairman of the board of county commissioners, made a trip to the supposed scene of the murder. Last Friday the sons, Albert, Charles and Iner Jensen, on being advised ad-vised of their father's death, return-(Continued return-(Continued on last page) Murder Mystery Still Baffles Officers i (Continued from page 1) j ed to Centerfield. The young men; stated that they had traveled as far! as Idaho Falls, Ida., and were in search of work. Enroute home they, stopped over in Salt Lake, it is said, j to witness the Covered Wagon Days parade, and immediately left the city for their home. Wednesday afternoon County Attorney At-torney Edwards, Deputy Sheriff Lar-sen Lar-sen and June Metcalf had the Jensen Jen-sen boys closeted and quizzed them about their trip. |
