Show Police Arrest Pair After W Shot In lO In Del Salt alf It I Lake o aL-o Hotel I Mrs T. T R. R Loftis Found F Dead in Her Room Earl J. J J Loftis and Karl Dahn Oahn Held For Questioning For For- Former Former Former mer Says Woman Killed Herself SALT LAKE JAKE CITY Oct 24 Dy By By The Tue Associated Press Press Press- Li Police are holding two rn m n pending pen ing investigation into the deaths death o of Mrs Ir- Ir T. T R R. Loftis about 30 years cars old ol of Dillon Mon Mon- Montana Montana Ion Ion- tana whose body with a bullet hole in the right temple was found in her room shortly after midnight today The m men n are J. J J womans woman's law in and Karl George Dahn a friend of oC Loftis LoUis The first the hotel people knew of the tragic death of oC the woman was when Loftis was seen washing blood from his hands in the public wash washroom washroom washroom room of oC the hotel Accosted by Al Alfred Al- Al Alfred Alfred fred Mills night engineer of oC the ho ho- tel Loftis Is quoted as saying My sister law t n Just Just committed suicide In her room Carl L. L Brown who tho a room adjoining that in which the body was found Cound told tho the police he saw sate the worn wom woman oman an and Loftis standing In the hallway about 1030 The woman oman had her arms around Loftis' Loftis neck seemed to be pleading with him Shortly after he went to bed Brown added he heard the woman say Oh Karl He heard a woman scream and then a n shot rang out Investigation In by the police disclosed that Ray Loftis husband of oC the wom worn woman woman an is In some sort of oC trouble at eith eith- either either er Butte or Dillon Mont and that Mrs Loftis sought ought financial aid for him here A receipt for 60 which had been sent by telegraph was found Cound In the room together with a note ad addressed ad- ad addressed addressed dressed to Ray and signed Mrs T T. TR R R. Loftis LofUs in which the writer said Your brother Earl Is in trouble and andI I must see you ou as soon as you y u re receive re- re receive this message Now dont don't fall fail me Mrs SIrS Loftis registered at the hotel October 16 last Earl and nud Ray and Ray Loftis are nephews of ot John D. D Loftis pro pro- proprietor proprietor of oC the Federal hotel here COMPLAINT CO SOUGHT A complaint charging Earl J J. Lofti 23 with murder In 10 the first degree for the death of oC Mrs Loftis LoUis will be sought of the county I ney noy Chief of Detectives Cs Riley M. M Beckstead said this afternoon Loftis had been grilled for several hours hours' by the police and had manifested silence on a number of oC Important angles of oC the fatal shooting Loftis would not tell us what he knows about the death of oC the wom worn women en m Beckstead said |