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Show FIND BODIES OF i BOISE JA. PI n Man and Woman Believed to 11 Be F. 6. Jennings and Wife w Believed Murdered I POCATELLO. Ida., May 29. Mys- H lery surrounds the supposed murder I 1 jfl., . .it an early hour yesterday morning of ! ' B a man and woman believed to bo F. 1 B G. Jenninps and wife of Bolso, svhO( ' iM-- wcrG found dead at a point tbout two Ws?z miles west o Bancroft. Tho bodies of the couplo wore discovered lying upon( B the ground about 100 feet from an I automobile in which they are prc- mimed to have been traveling. The , I head of the womnn bad been crushed I by a blunt Instrument and both had jl been shot with a .38-caliber revolver, M which was found a few hundred feet, .11 distant from the bodies. B Tho bodies were found lying on a JfcB piece of canvas, and it Is presumed B from this fact that they had intended B camping for tho night, although there B was no indication of a flro having B been started. 1 , ' It was first thought that the man fl liad killed the woman and then com- I mitted suicide, but Investigation by :-.c I coroner of Bannock county revealed Iof tho bodies, and this theory was dismissed. dis-missed. Tho fact that the revolver was found some distance from tho bodies also made the theory untenable. unten-able. Sheriff George Mabey of this city went to the scene of the murder as - soon as ho was notified and made a r thorough inspection of the locality1 JT The belief has been exprossed that the murder was committed by two men who were also traveling in an ; automobile, although the officials I have not announced their reasons for this view, except that two strangers were seen in an automobile near the scene of the crime this morning, driving driv-ing In the direction of Soda Springs. i Officers in Idaho. Utah and other j adjoining states hae been urged to ;. keep a close watch Cor suspects. I A telegram to State Secretary Jones at Boise this afternoon brought tho information that the license number of the car. 1512 I. -was Issued to F. G. Jennings of Boise, and letters -found In the pocket of the dead man Indl-;"i Indl-;"i cate that ho was F. G. Jennings. r,'t' ( Both the murdered man and the I woman were attired in motor clothing. The man was apparently about ' years of age, but the woman was younger. Nothing of value was found In the car or in the pockets of the murdered couple. nn |