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Show ii mm ;i JERK CASE A new vordlct has Just been returned return-ed by a coroner's Jury of Big Horn county. Wyoming, in tho death of Thomas Jenkins and wife, the former Ogden residents who wero found murdered mur-dered in their cabin In tho No Wood country about September 22 last. The Jury now finds that the couple came to their death as the result of gunshot gun-shot wounds Inflicts by some person or persons unknown to the Jury New evidence has been Introduced since the jury arrived at its first verdict ver-dict and according to the Cheyenne Tribune of Dccomber 1. there now seems to be a possibility that the mysterious killing will bo completely solved Tho lnostlgatlons are being carried on largely by Former Governor Gover-nor W A Richards, father of Mrs Jenkins, Some of the discoveries made by tho former Wyoming oxecutlvo during his Investigation are shown In the following extract from the Tribune Trib-une article House on Old Trail. "An Ix'orestlng fact which may or may not have a bearing on lhe mys-tory, mys-tory, should It ovor be fully revealed, Is that the hoiiBo where tho Jenkinses met their death, Is some distance awaj from the well travoled road of the No Wood country and 1b In fact rather secluded It I?, however, with in four hundred yards from tho old Thermopolls trail, which Is no more than a short cut for horsemen, and is particularly popular for travolors who wish to avoid the public thoroughfares. thoro-ughfares. "When lawlessness was moro prevalent pre-valent in Wyoming than In recent years, the Thermopolls trail was tho favorite route for thobld "Hole In the KXHn:B3wrTCW3BnDX3aamvi.BnBamcn Wall gang and is still extensively used b the initiated Put Bed on Floor. "That some fear or apprehension had occurred to Mr and Mrs. Jenkins Jen-kins is indicated by the fact that tho bed wherein they usually slept was unoccupied, and they haJ prepared to retire in a bed made up on tho floor and out of range from tho windows "Governor Richards piescnted the above facts and others which may become be-come public latei, should It be expedient, ex-pedient, to the coroner's jury which brought in the verdict last September, with the result as seen above that a complete reversal from their original position has been made " oo |