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Show man and woman, jmpanions, ate together Saturday nigliC Three plates, I three knives and forks found near the j ashes of a camp fire tell this story. The horses were watered and tethered. As the evening advanced Ryan spread a quilt on the ground and 'ay down to sleep. A blow on the head, dealt, probably, with a club, stunned him. His bulldog, tied fast to a wheel of the wagon, was unable to go to his assistance. as-sistance. His wrists, arms and legs were bound. Even if he were conscious con-scious he was helpless. About his throat was placed a h .ndkerchief, and this was twister tighter and tighter until all breathing was ended and he expired. Then the woman and the man escaped. es-caped. The money disappeared with them. SLAIN WH1LK ASLEEP MAN FOULLY MURDERED NEAR MURRAY, UTAH. - Body is Found Bound Hand and Foot and Former Traveling Companions Are Missing. The body of William Ryan, an Itinerant Itiner-ant optician, was found on the banks of Little Cottonwood creek, near Murray, Mur-ray, Utah, Tuesday afternoon. The body was discovered in a stage of decomposition, de-composition, indicating that death nad ensued about forty-eight hours before. be-fore. The hands were tied behind with a whiplash. The arms were bound down by a strap. The ankles were secured by a lice from the harness. har-ness. The right temple was crushed In, telling of a severe blow on the head. Discoloration about the throat indicated strangulation. A few feet away, tied to a wheel of the wagon, a white bulldog watched, helpless, over the body of his master, which had been covered with quilts. Two horses were securely tethered not far distant, where they had stood in hunger and thirst for days. Ryan was last seen alive on Saturday, Satur-day, when he was accompanied by a man and woman. It Is believed that this course, who it is thought were man and wife, are responsible for the death of the unfortunate man, and that robbery was the motive of the crime, as Ryan was known to have a sum of money which he carried with him at all times. It is believed that Ryan, with the |