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Show THINKS IT IS MURDER. Justice Nielsen Believes Man Was Luted (o His Dentil. Justice C M Nlelson was of the opinion last evening that Collins hnd ben muuleiol Ip hud been up In tho hills nt tho sceno, ot tho tragedy and mado nil Ihe Investigations possible si Hint ut night he was completely worn out "I nppoln d Oeorge II Wallace, fleoigo I. I.nmborn nnd Charles J Hoell a coroner'!' Jurs." ho Slid 'nnd an Inquest will be held tomorrow, but I will not set the hour till after I have had u consultation with tho County At torney. The Jurors were up nt elie cave In the bills and Investigated as care-fulls care-fulls as poslbl Ms theors la that t olllns wns murdered mur-dered bs somo of the toughs of the neighborhood Thes learned that be was preparing to go to Neev 'iork nnd got the Impression that he hid mones He was a man of no bid habits und it would not lave been uiiiensonable to have unlved nt tho conclusion Hint he had SHVed up a considerable sum of monev He had a mining claim up In the lillls and It Is nis Impression tint the murderers Induced him to go up Into the- hills on the understanding th it thes wished to buy his claim When thes got him up neai the envc whero the bodv was found thes murdered him lh legs and one hand were bound when the tnids was found nnd there wero Indications that the bo ly had been drugged over the ground An nit knife wnii found 100 feet nwav, and the mouth of the cave was blocked up with stout in a wav tint could haiclls have been done from tho inside Knew Man Was Dispondcnt, James I lilpmnn Hie i resident of the lH.Ui Nallonnl bank is ot the opinion that Collins was not In the posesslim of nns great ninount of mones. He was sin prised to hear last night nf the tiageds he could tlguie out no mollvo for the minder but knew the man to be In a despondent frame ot mind for some llinc pnst ' I nm positive Collins hid no money In .amount to ansthlug ' ho sail 'because 'be-cause lie had been losing mones on mining stocks He borrowed tnoiics from me small sums on different oi elisions eli-sions to put up cm margins on Tesora and Mas Has He snld the slnclt not long iimi and paid me back all he owed me and I am Inclined tn think ho had vers little loft when he settled up He had no necoutit nt nur bank but wan wntilimiiii at the Wusatkn spilngs, nnd hid limited dealings with us on that in count Nots to Mr. Riyliould. t'pou leaving Mondns Collins nd-dressed nd-dressed n note tearing that date to n tl llasbould cashier or the Utah National bank by whom he was eni-plosed eni-plosed Informing him of Ills Intended departure foi New ork Ihe note which was found Wcdnerdiy bs soung Henry Potts on a window -sill Inside the bull ling read ns follows "Mr Itajbould I nm called In Inete to New mk and do lint know when 1 will return re-turn Siinuicl Collins' ' Mondas afternoon Colllna turned over tho kess of the pi ice to soung Potts telling him to give them to his brother to keep until they weie called for by Mr ltnybould. |