Show CRONER DEATH BEING PROBES PROBED Taxicab Driver Tells of Fake Holdups andI and Liquor I SAL SAI LAKE Jan Inquest n-Inquest Than 15 IS set Into the th killing oC of o Charles B 8 Croner mining engineer of Ogden n nand and Salt Lake opened Monday be- be before b tore tore fore Judge Noel El ti Pratt with Tony J Arnold taxicab driver on the witness s stand tand Arnold testified t that he h had ad lust just steT stepped outsIde the bedroom door leading Into the th hall when hen the fatal shot was tired fired He then turned toward the room and wa we met by Ly who Wile wee wa reeling out of ot the room crying have I done doe DOCTOR TESTIFIES I According to Arnold he was wa e at atthe th the hotel during the time whon fake holdups holdup were beIng and was In the room most moat of ot the time previous to the shot being belna- fired Croner was warn shot ahot early Thursday morning at tt the Gem ho- ho hotel hotel ho hotel tel South Main street Ray RayE RayE RayE E proprietor of the th ho- ho hotel hotel ho hotel tel confessed that ho held the gun whIch tired fired the shot hot Testimony of Dr J J gan gan city citi ph was waa to the of- of ef effect feet that Croner was wag shot with a i caliber 38 bullet agreeing with the testimony of ot Officer L W who wu was called to the scone scene of ot the shooting hooting So far tar the gun which was used In the affair has not cot been found the rUM guns lo- lo located lo located cat d In the hotel being of ot dif dif- different dif different ferent caliber FREELY Arnold s a testimony a was warn that tbt the party parly had been freely drinking and dancing and ond staging fake take holdup He said sald that thet shortly before the th shooting he had left lett the til bedroom with Ith and Croner and that In the lobby ot of the hetel he had helped Croner to put on his hl hat and coat While he was WI getting hIs own on coat and hat hat Croner and went back Into the bed bed- bedroom bedroom bed bedroom room hen hen ho he again agam entered the bedroom and ana Cron r wore were again fooling tooling with the gun whIch had been placed In tho dresser They were also talking to one an- an another another an another other about going to Mexico Ac- Ac According According Ac cording to Arnold he then stepped Into the hallway l expecting Croner to follow tollow It was then that he heard the shot and then saw Tul- Tul Tul reel Into the hall ball he sold said According to Arnold he stepped In- In Into into to In-to to the room and found Croner slid slid- sliding slid sliding lId lId- lIdIn In ing from the bed where he h had apparently tall fallen n after bring being shot The hearing Is II being continued to- to today today day to-day day |