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Show MURDERED BY HIGHWAYMEN. Veteran of the Civil War Meets Death at Hands of Thugs. Portland, Ore. A special to tho ,OreRonlnn from lllllsboro states that 'Wllllnm II. Ilooth, n veteran of thd (Civil wnr, was murdered Saturday fnlght, It Is presumed for tho purnoso tof robbery Booth wns on his way (home when tho crime wan committed. He was found shortly afterward with the baso of his skull crushed, two .knlfe wounds In his neck and his ejo protruding from Its socket. A yoimg fellow who has been loafing loaf-ing around town socrnl days Is sus-pected sus-pected of tho rrimo nnd n posho Ib searching for him. Ilooth nppnrcntly made a terrific fight before ho succumbed. |