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Show Otto Applequist Seen at Eureka Suspect in Morrison Murder Case Recognized Recog-nized in Mining Camp Last Wednesday Salt Lako, Jan. 17. Otto Applequist, Apple-quist, sought as a participant in tho Morrison murdors, was in Eureka Wednesday, it is now bellevod. A man said to bo either Applequist or his double arrived in Eureka at noon Wednesday and told of walking thero from Salt Lake. ,At tho time, pictures of Applequist had not yet been published ii(nd it was only after their publication that thoso who saw tho man became suspicious. sus-picious. Ho whs first seen in John Smith's saloon, which ho ontorod at moon asking whero ho could find work When ho told of having walked from Salt Lako, tho bartender gave him, a drink. Aftorwnrd ho was scon at a mlno whero he applied for work. So far as Is known, ho did not And employ. nient In Eureka, nor has ho been seen thero slnco Wednesday ovenlng., It Is belioved that ho loft Wednesday night. A closo lookout is being kopt for him, in case ho Is working In somo mlno and la-oping out of sight. . Also Seen In Tooele L' ActVug Sheriff Atha T. Wllllnms ro- J celved word yesterday that a man nn- f swerlng tho description of Applequist was seen in Tooelo Thursday. This word wus brought to Salt Lako by William Mann of Tooelo, who told Mr. Williams that tho man secured n meal at a boarding houso in Tooolo. Later, word was rocolvod that n man answering tho description of tho hun- ted miin was seen boarding a west- bound freight train on tho Salt Lako j routo near Stockton, Thursday night. ' Telegrams wore sent to all points on the lino and a closo watch is being kept. Tho train oh which tho suspect ; left was duo to arrive In Callento to- I night. Fred Larson, an associate of Applo-qulst, Applo-qulst, who was arrested Thursday by tho police, was released yostcrday on ball. Efforts to connect him with Ap-plequist Ap-plequist rocontly proved frultlosl though ho acknowledged being with him sovoral times boforo and up to Christmas. Ogden, Jan. 17. Bolloving that it Otto Applequist, the supposed accom-Pllco accom-Pllco In tho Morrison murders in Salt Lnko was in Ogdon slnco tho tragedy last Saturday night, ho has leng slnco departed, tho local police and sheriff's force practically gavo up their search for tho man today. Tho ofllcors havo not been ablo to esthb-lish esthb-lish that tho man seqn horo last ovo-ning ovo-ning and suspected of having been tho structural iron workor was really tho man wanted by tho Salt Lako pollco. Tho local authorities are convinced that if Hillstrom nnd Applequist are the murderers of tho Morrisons thoy nro also tho men who hold up and sobbed tho Hanson saloon In this city on tho night of December 11. Tho proprietor pro-prietor and others In .tho saloon at tho tlmo told tho pollco Immediately after tho robbery that ono of tho thugs talked with nn accent which marked him ns either a Swedo or Norwegian. Tho general description of Applequist tallies with that of ono of tho Hanson robbers, although tho other man cannot bo so nearly identi fied as Hlllstrom, Circulars Issued by Chief uf Police n. F. Grant of Salt Lako, bearing a picture amd description of Applequist, togothor with a notice ot Governor Spry'e reward offer wore recolved by tho pollco and sheriff's offlco horo. |