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Show Thugs Kill iPolice Officer Salt Lake City, Mounted Patrolman Patrol-man David H. Crowther, for many years in charge of the chain gang and trusties at the city jail, was murdered murder-ed sometime Friday afternoon by unknown un-known assassins, and his body, concealed con-cealed in bushes near the west bank of the Jordan river just three blocks north from the Crowther home, was found Sunday morning. He was shot in the back of the head. It is believed be-lieved that Crowther was shot while sitting in his automobile and the body was then dragged into the bushes and concealed. Detectives are of the opinion that the crime was committed commit-ted by members of a gang of yeggs, possibly, by one who had a grudge against the patrolman as he had been particularly active in ridding the city of undesirables during the past six weeks. |