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Show MOTOR MYSTERY IS EXPLAINED BY RIDER Salt Lake, July 22. Tho mysterv connected with the breakdown of the motorcycle ridden Thursday night by Mat Warden at the motordrome was cleared up In an unexpected manner yesterday According to Warden's statements to those Investigating the case, he filed the pieces of tho broken brok-en axle after the accident happened. "Warden hoped to securo his bonus by proving that the machine had been tampered with," said Managor Norman Nor-man Hopper yesterday. "I am sorry that Warden should have to suffer humiliation but th Johnson boys mS fl5ht lo be exonerated." tion nr lC0Vrjtbat lcd t0 the solu-rt?v solu-rt?v L my?tery occu"ed Sntur-, Sntur-, 0 J hfQn tbc "feces of the axle were fitted together by Sheriff Sha.p. it end", S that, th,Ush th broken ends fitted perfectly, the filed pieces on them didn't match. Knowing that 2hiifllSg C,Uld not'hav been done while the axle was m one piece, tho Investigators tried to assemble the machine by using the axle in the broken condition. This could not be done. Then conclusion was that the filing must have occurred aftor the break, before tho broken fixture was takon to the judgeB' Btand. This proved to bo correct and was borne out. It is declared, by Warden's confession. con-fession. Had. tho pieces been fitted together and held In a vise whilo the filing was dono, the fako might have been harder to detect, say those who saw the parts matched. rin |