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Show Wk MYSTERY SOLVED H AFTER SEVEN YEARS 'Km" tJlory (it tliu Almost Forgotlen Murder HBPl ot Frcil Huellor nnd uu Account of Si -- How it lilltlo tnotdent CmkciI the IV Knots to llo Laid Ilcforo tlio World: B Betrayed ly liis wtfo nB linvliih been . R; in a conspiracy to coiiiiutt n burglar K George W. Muucy, nn old soldier, lina jjf, v been led lo confess linv'ng been Impll- fe cated in a murder coiiiuiltled seven , F yoaisnga tho killing of Fred Bctitlor, . , n miserly umbrella mender, who wn? ' 'A' ',' fonnj strangled to death in a cabin al E-- 143 West South Temple street on the f night of Febrnnry 25, 187. " In u signed confession ma Jo bcfoie E BhcrilF Euioty ami. County Attorney fr Wcstcrvclf, Miinoy males that on the , night in qticatlun lin nnd John Iticu and Aiw Hunter went to Buetle 'a caln l for the (in. pose of lobbtng the old man ol flOOO In money which I hey iimieisibod hu liad concealed in tiio house; that he fr (MuneyJ threw Uuetlor cm tlio bed and r held him down while lllco stufl'co mo f in liis throat to slide Ids ci Ua for help, , 6 and that af:er proceeding tlius fur they P were frightened by some one knocking i, .on tlio door, when the three would-be , robboia madetholrescapo, leaving their -' Jfe victim alone in his death a.-ngglea and '.'. S without even looking for I ho money & -' nvhich led them to commit the crime, f 2 oiinn kvidknciC .r n.xt. j .Although Muucy was never suspected f tjf any connection with tlio murder of f Buctler until very reccmly, when he , let full tome slight allusion to it In iiiti- ! voisatlon wltli hli wife, whlih was t ' overheard by deputy she: ills who wero ' ; endeavoring .o fecuro eiden o (lint lio iy Mnsengngcu with olhciBln planning a f burglary, yet (hero is considerable cor r t roWalive uviilviibH to bear out the I ", iiiiiiiiiin wndo in hta (.o'lfesston. On i lif n'plit of Hiietler a milliter., Jo- reph Morris, who lived next door lo Ilnetlei'" cabin, he.trd tho kuodi on the i' olil inRii's door, liciird him yell "Mur- . der," and he.nd it bcuIUj iusldu the f rnbju. 'Morrla thou left IiIb own liouau iKbr, j,L through a' back window nnd -wont to KHf the corner of West Temple nnd South KP". Tcinplo streets, where ho mtt a man If' named Holt, whom lio told thut ho be. If iioved Ihiotlcr nnd Ii!b wife, who had Jf eeparntcd u ulmrt time befoie, were - having a fight. They telephoned (Ms suspicion lo po- f lice headq'jartviH nnd dipt. Kslfuger h" nnd OtlltHi- Shnniiou hasteno.l lo the P- ecene. Upon nrriv'mt there about 8:IG HJ o'clock they found Buetler lyinu on Iho Sr ' floor dead. They placed him on tl o W t lied and lemoved the rugn fiom Ida Kj;. inoulli, but could not revive liiui. They - P (lieu called a.i undertaker In lako rff t:liiir.'0 of tlio reinaiui', nfter which a mLt '' thorough but futile searcli of the preoi. HaW.' ' Ives was undo for trace ot tho murder- I'OOIl CASK A0A.N8T IIICC " JTj Knowing that the murdered man and w" Ids wife lied had tiouble, Iho otllcera f'. nricHtcd Mrs. Iluctler, who wnB then B . liviui; In Muirny. ll:e woman did- 'Eh''.' claimed all kmiwledge of tho muidei, ML'' but staled that on tho day bcfoiu Iho ."; killing John Hice had called on her to f' nek wheie her husb.uul lived, seji.ig J, '' Ihitt ho had a friend who wanted poiiio L'lfej umbrellas jneudud. On this clue lllco RR wasurfestwd nnd on preliminary e.x- h fiff" -HtiiTnalion before IVilco Judgo Wenger ki; '"I" was hound over to the District court, r'' Ho was dNulmrgod by (he higher court, V4' howevor, on account of iusulilciuut evl ff ' denco to connect him with (hu crime, P. ';. while Mrs. liuetler and Alviu Mitchell, Ikr, - her son-ln-hiw, who was nlso aireated R? '" on suspicion of knowinj something of wLv' the crime, wero released at (heir pro- rf' , limlnnry hearings. IS 3JItsrolval at (his time Is duo (o an ij ' 'acqldent a circumstance which goes '. far toward proving tho old ndnge (hat l,"jjfa'r "Murder will out." It In nt least pe- k' '" collar exam plo of th irony of f Ko (liat h ' (bo very first luliuiat'.on tho ofllecrB fif bud id Muncy'ii litipllcadon in any i1 crliuo moro serious than that of conteui- ... plated burglary wns in n boait ho made ' to his wife of having ho long escaped detection for (hu killing of liuetler. t y, 1IUNTEII UNIIKB AIUIEST. i-f Ijun'cr, who was In (lip cly i( M? tlio liniei n-H nrroBletl ot onpe( W- nnd Depu(y Sheiiff Uoolh went lo M1 Clrnntsville, Tnoelo county, where he &: nrresled ilcu last Friday and brought HEy liiui lo tha county Jail. Mrs, liuetler, ftw, widow of tlio murdoied man, nnd Mrr, jjfe-if, Muucy were also laken In custody to be fm held as wltiieaseH. Bherlff Uinery t' aworu out warrants before Judgo Dlohl "W of the criminal division of, tlio City !f court charging Jilco and Unnlcr with t i Hgalnst Muucy, for the itearnl, nl lenst, hut he will be lield in tf!e county jail as a wituets Doth Rico and Hunter denv nil know ledge of tl.e crimu with which tlicy are charged, but it la claimed that It It lini let fall several icinaiko which It will he bard for him to satisfactorily expltdn. It is snld Unit when he war found nt (iiniilsvlllo ami informed thnt rfliuiill' Hmery wanted to nv lihn, lm excla'ined: "What lii" ' does llioshciliruiiut with.inr; it nti'st be nbonithnt UuelUr case.' U.fY 1KM.I; ITI.I. BfoaV OK V1IB fit M. i Mutiry decided to linn Sl.fli's "vl-de "vl-de i.e rid i-oufexscd '.o the whole cilme. A m tiling h'oiv of h n ntntcmeiiU na mn.iclo Sheiir Kme:.r and l.iken down by a stenog .iplieris hi follows; "My Full nmuo is Goorgo V. Muucy. On Feb. 'Jo, 1807, Abo lliin'c, Jack It'ce and inyairl', wu met at Abe llnn-ler' llnn-ler' nnd ho put IhnJ job up, Jo go up rud ioIioM man HiiHlUr. We eui up there. I had been ditnklnu nis 'del -aide; didn't know what I wih duliik! 'ut (ho lime I uc'i( up. CIUKKI) W.lll ItAllS "I (ell you I had a piedy good j.ig on for abou(.a month, end went in mid ctlched the old ninii, thro, veil li'iu on ' his bed, and then Uicu '.ou' and (ilnu'd tome rags in hit mouth to keep him-,'roin him-,'roin lioller'ng, and Abe hunter turned' down tliOvJight nnd liiin'ed for the money; could not liml it; It IipiI been moved ; and nomo one eimc to tlni dooi, nnd eveivthing waa q'tiet ther, and didn't slay (here long, and mo went out. "1 went out luck and wn( lo I street--Ml -J ml the two fnlluws, I don't kno.v whelo l)wy did gi. About ID o'clock I c .nn? down lieiu vhurt .wan roQininj:. ... . diii Kor iriTitiit xo kill, "1 was Rtopplng in the Iowa houso on i-'ecoii'l Went utrtjel. The threo of ua ine( rcveral limes nl AI19 II u titer d and talked (he thing over. Abe woi planning plan-ning all tlio limn to go up llieio and rob him. They didn't iiileud In -kill the old until only intended to sttilT things in his mouth to keep him from hollering, holler-ing, is all; ueur intended to kill him at nil, now; uKin was iio,nc, "We were in tho room not over lliree or four minutes. Wo grabbed the old fellow nnd (brow him on (ho bed, rs 1 stated. Abe llnnUr loci cd the door r.nd tinned the llgh( down. I held (ho 1. Ill man and Iticu b lulled iliu inga in his mouth to keep hlmliom hollciing, "There was h little woikbeuch in the room (lint held umbrellas on It. We packed (he ra;s, such aHold clothes, up from tho wpiUheneh and the Iloor. KOCMI K't MONl'.V "They didn't 11 ml any money. We heard hu had n tliounand dollaie; ihnt la what Abe lold ua. After tho nfTair wan over wo heard that Qcorgd Sheets, tho detective, found it. Tlut la all I heard ; I beard ho found It uf(crwn.-d," iiiiiiimiini tm ' |