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Show MYSTERIOUS DEATU IN LINKER MURDER TRIAL j SALT LAKE, June 17 Discovery of tho mysterious death of one of the state's witnesses and the giving of sensational testimony by two others marked the beginning of the preliminary prelim-inary hearing in the case of Stato against Thomas and Maud Linker and William H Brooks, a negro, charged with murder in the first degree for the killing of Joseph Briggs. The hearing; is being conducted before City Judge William Reger. It was after the hearing was begun ! yesterday morning that the county at-torney at-torney learned of the death of "Scot- I tie," William Scott, nogro porter at I the Macedonia rooming house. 528 1-2 West Second South street, at the time of the killing of Briggs. Investigation showed that the body had beent sent to the Qualtrough-Allcott undertaking establishment just before noon Sunday, Sun-day, by order of the police. By order of the county attorney, an autopsy was performed yesterday afternoon on the body by Dr. George Roberts and the stomach kept for analysis. During the hearing yesierdav ( harles Patten, a negro, roommate at the Macedonia of Brooks at the time of the murder, testified that Mrs. Linker had declared, when her husband hus-band and Brooks were arrested by the police the day after the killing, that the police could not get anything on them and dare not do anything if they could. He quoted her as having said: '1 am paying for protection, the same as everyone else around here." Alice Dickey, alias Ruby Wayne, a InegTess, testified that she was living at the Macedonia at the time of the killing and that Mrs. Linker once admitted ad-mitted to her that Linker and Brooks killed Briggs in attempting to rob him; and lhat they had not intended to kdl j him. Linker and his vitn lived in Ogden. Mrs Linker was formerly Mrs. Weaver and her first husband was killed in a wreck on the Ltah-ldaho Central. |