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Show yij Slayer of the 1 Winslow Brothers Is Found Guilty KEM MERER. Wyo . Nov. 20.. Jos-! i eph J, Johnson, charged wilh murder! in the first degree for the killing of John and Reuben Winslow in l he Jack son Hole country, July 4 of this year, was found guilty of manslaughter by a jury in the district court todaj The Win6lov-s who were brothers, were shot to death at their cabin and the bodies were then placed inside of the building, which was set on fire, ac ; cording to testimony at the trial. ' Passers-by were attracted by the smok Ing ruinR and found the charred bodies of the victims. The sheriff and his deputies at once began an investigation. investiga-tion. Suspicion was strongly directed to a man named William Sewell, he was arrested and brought to Kemmrcr. charged wilh murder Suspicion also pointed to Johnson, a friend of Sevell, and he too was arrested and held oa a Johnson was released from custody on habeas corpus proceedings, j but was re-arrested and charged with i murder November 5 Sewell was per-I per-I muted lo plead guilty to manslaughter 'and he then turned state's evidence) 1 and testified at the trial ot Johnson. According to the testimony of Sbwel the murder was as cold-blooded as can be found In the criminal annals of Wyoming, The Winslow brothers, he testified, were shot by him and John son from a knoll near the cabin, after which they took the bodies inside and set fire to the building. Sentence will be pronounced upon Sewell and Johnson within n few days. oo |