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Show tl COUNTY " NEWS vm TJntic Murder Siinpcrls 1J ipJ I)lrlinrfrcd lit Henrini? l ?' I 4W Provo, April 18. At tlio dose ot I' fllli? their preliminary hearing tills nficr- jjftj noon, Zaverdo Kzequlcl nml Juan Del- Ij Rfj gndo, charged specifically with tlio I'&R murder of ,. I Peterson ut Dividend I! fv on "10 n'fiMt )f March 9, during nn ! jiS Attempt to rob tho General Htnro at 3 vrw "iat I,mrc' werc dlsclinrfied, on Uic I'M ground that tho Btato had not ru(II- win clcnt cvldenco to warrant the hold-'1 hold-'1 mIb&I 'nR ' l'ic mcn ,0 "10 'strict court. 'iipm "' t,, ,im f ti10 MMnR ot pot i PKeI weon, John Wcstcrdnhl nlco was bot r- W1 ('eni' nn'' Jo1"1 Mnnson and Jefliin ' !a3 Hercndc-z worn wntindcd, &! Horcndo was tho principal wltneso ?foV for tho Btato at today's hoarliiR.hut i fJvi'i nc admitted that lio had been drinking 4 Mm' on "10 night of tho holduii and muni-'wl muni-'wl rB nni' beenmo confiiKod as to many iftVJS Important points whllo on th'o wand. 5 aSS e declared thnt Kzequlcl was tho man (JflH who Rave tho order 'Hands Up' In the ijPlfij More, hut he testified that ho did not 1tH know who did tho killing. Ills Irs-i Irs-i Iffi tlmony also was to tho effect that $!$ Delr?ido was present. LfjW John Matron also testified, hut his '131 testimony vas general In character l'$H nn(' ne wns "nn,,' to statu positively c'lK Imt "l0 ''ofendantB v.'ern participants liijK in tho holdup and murdc-n. iVSiB Itcjato Martinez and Salvlun Arclln HHr wero '10 on'y wltncasoa called by Igffl tho defense They established nllbls 4Kj for both Kzequlcl nml Dclgado, ten- iiK (lf'lnR that both men wore at their ' SB camp nomo distance from tho store ' &&? when th'o holdup and murders oc- flB CUTTCll. 1 in Wf" Known ProVo Man fiH . turners t'nll of Ileal li MB Provo, April 17. Alviu V. ItoUison, !M . E9i prominent In tho vnrlmiH uctlvl jjJHJj ties of Provo'H commercial life, died !at hia homo, 257 east Fourth North street, Saturday, following an illness with which' ho was Htrlckcn Tuesday SKIj trenlng. While Mr. Itobloon had Ej! feeen in poor health for tho past year, H$ bt was thought to lmvo been Improv- Bjjj Jug. It 1b stated that pnoumonla was the immediate cauru of his death. iSpmiMi I'ork Store Entered It) Ilnnjlnrs Tho .1 C. I'cnncy store in Simnlsh Fork was robbed of shoos, clothing and suitcases valued at approximately approximate-ly $350 Sunday morning, according to information rocched by tho Salt Iiko police. Tho burglar entered the storo through tho rear by rhop ping down tho door. Tho proprietor (Uncovered tho theft early In th'o morning, when ho wont to tho More tc do somo work. Although a night wutchman mado his usual rounds, tho burglnr worked uninterrupted. A year ago tho store was robbed of $3000 In morclmndlHO. Tho thlcr was apprehended and roost of tho goods recovered. Tho burglar was sentenced to servo n term In the state prison. .MNsInu- I. eh I Citizen Is Found Is Colorado Uhl, April 13. W. 11. Cutler, 40 j ears of age, who has bees missing since March 22, has been found at Li Juntn, Colo., nccordlng to u telegram tel-egram received by Mrs. Cutler from her lniBlihnd's father, J. H. Cutler, who Is at Pueblo, Colo. A fowi days after his disappearance, .Mr. Cutler wroto a letter from Grand Jdnctlon to tho effect that ho had slarted out to collect nomo bills at I.chl and that ho remembered nothing noth-ing further until ho found himself in n boxcar at Grand Junction. Ho slated that ho wan returning homo biit failed to reach l.chl. I.rhl Friends Par Last Tribute to Moslnh KTnns lidil, April 17. One ot tho largest funeral services over held In Ichl 'tools placo today In tho high school auditorium, whero th'o last rlte3 for Moslah Kvans, former mayor ot I.ehl, wore attended by hundreds. Tho seating seat-ing capacity of tho schoolroom was taxed hytho 1200 peoplo who nssoin-blcd nssoin-blcd to pay thoir rcspocts to tho bank- or, former member ot tho Utah legislature, leg-islature, associate of tho Utah-Idaho Sugar company and member of tho Garland town board. Mr. Evans vus CS yearn of ago and Inst Friday morning shot himself twico through tho body with n shotgun shot-gun at 'his homo 1335 South Ninth Host street, Salt Uko, and died three hours later. He had been suffering from cancer of the stomach, nnd despondency over ov-er his condition Is snld to have led him to take Ills lire. Mr. Evans aroso at f:30 o'clock and Informed his wife and (laugher that ho vas going for a stroll. A few minutes later they heard a shot, and before they (ould locato Its origin Mr. Evans hnd fired again. Mr. Evans is survived sur-vived by his wlfo and seven children. Huh Coul ny Farmers Warned Against PpsI Proo, April IP. At a meeting f tho Utah County Farm Ilureau held in tlio Commercial club room Saturday evening, 0. G. Thome of tho United States department of agriculture warned the farmers of Utah county against a pest known nn nematode which Mr. Thorno stated made Its find nppcaranco in l.chl In thin county. Ho said the next was found in California and declared that its entry Into tills country most likely came through imported beet seed, " |
