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Show TWO AXES FOUND BY WHEELER'S BODY I Los Angeles, Cal., Jan. 2S. Frank f W. Blair, deputy district attornev in V' l charge of tho prosecuting of Wilson K. Davis, Utah gunman charged with i the murder of his partner, W. C f ' ' Wheeler, today developed a new angl ? r to the mystery in the form of two axes f e" found near the dead body of Wheeler 1; "A fireman found the ax heads, but f the handles have been burned away " -said Attorney Blair. "We tiid not f ? learn of this until today, and it Is ? likely that these axes will be subject- ' P ed to a chemical analysis to determine ? ' whether or not they show traces of ' human blood. ' jj "The finding of the ax heads lends I Eft added support to the theory that W; Wheeler was struck down prior to J his death. When the body was ex-humed ex-humed and the skull removed, Inrge IB quantities of blood were found in the i Bfc skull cavity and in the brain, Indicat- E ing a fracture of the skull while Mr Wheeler was alive. f m- "I have also found several witnesses f:1 ' to testify to a bitter quarrel the night , sv of the alleged crime. A nephew of ;! v Wheeler, B. J. Cook, testified to such I a quarrel. We have witnesses to j- approve ap-prove that this quarrel was over I i': money matters. i t "We will depend largely on clrcum 4; I"-stantial I"-stantial evidence; In fact, nearly the J !v entire proceedings will hinge on the If! hp introduction of evidence of this na. ll t ture.'" i V.- I |