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Show Murder Suspect Is Placed Under Arrest by Officer SALT LAKE. Aug. 15. Marco Slav-ich, Slav-ich, an Austrian, the third man wanted in connection with the killing of Marko Laus in a gulch near the mouth of Parley's canyon, was arrested in thK city yesterday afternoon by Sherlfl John S. Corless and R. M. Beckstead, chief criminal deputy Slavich bad 3120 on his person in $20 bills. Also there were scratches on his face which he failed to explain When asked by the officers how lu got them he said he did not know The same answer was made to all inquiries in-quiries concerning the Laus murder and his knowledge concerning it It Is the theory of the officers that there was a terrific battle between Laus and his assailants before the man was overcome and it Is more than probable, thev say, that the assailants will bear evidence of the struggle The existence of scratches on the man's face therefore is held to be an Import ant circumstance Nick Oblizalo. another suspect, was brought here from Fly, Nev.. last night in custody of Deputy Sheriff Joe Raleigh and Detective Carl Blair According Ac-cording to the officers, Oblizalo lost heavily In a gambling game at Ely, paying his debts with thirteen $20 goid pieces. This fact is considered the more significant since Sheriff Corless received a telegram yesterday from Telluride. where the murdered man was employed, stating that, he wa. known to have on his person between ?D00 and $1300 in gold. Examination of Obllzalo's personal effects at the county jail last nigh' disclosed a shirt from which bloodstains blood-stains had apparently been ineffectually ineffectu-ally washed Bloodstains were al83 found on his trousers When Deputy Sheriff Victor Christopherson and De tectlve L. L Larsen searched his room jln Salt Lake last week they found a p.ur of bloody trousers and a coat marked with his name He had also 'offered a $2"i gold piece in payment ol his bill at the hotel. Steve Masjichi also implicated in the murder, was brought from Butte last night by Detective Larsen According to the sheriff's office, the movements of each of these men have been so thoroughly traced that II will be nn possible for them to prove an alibi. i |