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Show SALT LAKE BUSINESS KAN MURDERED FOR MONEY. JAWES R. MAY, COLLECTS OEUT OF $3,600 AND IS SUN NO MORE ALIVE. Iln.lv ronn.l lllirlr.l lu a l.onelj Spot er lla II.,,,,. mi, ,,r,, ,M,, .rti, . Ilullel II.. I. lu, a of Mr ,, I Trlla ai..rr f Ol.na-I'elrr M,,rl-.,.. II,. Man In. llolila II. T . Herein, for tha tlonev, l'l.ar.r.1 Mill. Hie Awful lie.fl. Jamea It. Huy, secretary of tlie I'a-clllo I'a-clllo Lumber company, at Suit Lake, who dlanpp. er.Ml Mnmlny night afler having collected Jl.Hn) due from I'eter Morlru.ru, ft ronlrarlor. waa foully nior.lerr.l ll,l.,ly ;l. found Wednesday Wed-nesday forenoon buried In ft aliallow a rave along the riuhl of way of the Itlo firamle Wealem a I'ark City line, near Nlxth Kuat nud Twelfth Houth. Hay waa ahot In the bueli of the bead twice, and bla head evidently brulocd with some blunt lll.tl lliuellt. I'eter Morlen.en, the man who ftl-legea ftl-legea he pnld the money, nud w ho haa liny a receipt for the aauie, I lu Jail charged with the crime. The atory la an unu.ual one. Mor-tenaen Mor-tenaen waa iudcl.le.l to the I'aolBo LtunlH-r company lu the auin oft l.voo. Monday after bauliing houra he called At the uptown otllcc of lliu company, ud Mete, I that be had lliu money at home to dlachargu theobligiltlon, au 1 reiu.-ateil thai Hay call that evening lectured ami gel it. Managertloorge E. Itomney Morteuacn for keeping au much money at home. ami positively refueed to senil for the money, and ioaltlvcly Instructed In-structed I lay not to accept the money until the next morning. With till, uo-derate uo-derate oiling Morlenacn and Hay left lb olllce and look a car for home, they living In Kore.t Ihtle, a few rwla apart, W'hat tran.pircd on the way home to Induce Hay to dlaohey poeillva ordere and call for Hie money al night I. oat known. About a o'clock Monday night Hay drew on hie overcoat and left borne for Morlenacn ' to get the money, telling hla wife of hi. errand, and atallng that ha would not be absent long. Mrs. Hay retired and did not awaken until a o'clock, when she became ftp-praheualve ftp-praheualve becauae her husband had not returned, and haatlly dreaaiog herself, her-self, went ftcroaa the atreet to Morten-sea, Morten-sea, house, .rousing him to Inquire shout the mleelng man. Morteooea eaaured her that Hay had left hla house with the money about 10 o'clock to take the money up town to turn over to Mr. Rooinry, aud that he probably mtaaed tha laat car home end bed remained re-mained up town wUh frleode. Aa llsy did not appear Tuesdsy . morning, an Inquiry was act od foot. Morteusen told a strsight story ftbout Ilay a having called about 0:30 o'clock, taken the money and given ft receipt for the asme, w hich he exhibited; that he had left shortly afterward with the Inteutlon of taking the money up town and turning it over to Mr. Itomney for safe keeping. l'uUlng theae circumatunccs together the olllcera auapected flight, and sent descriptions of the mlasing msn abroad In hopea of apprehending him. Hny'g frleuda and aaaociulea, however. In. sistcd that he hud either been foully' dealt with or had lost his reason, aud their auapiclona were verified by subsequent subse-quent developments. Upon the diacovery of the grave the oftlcere were untitled. Nelghbora ot Hay were aoon on the grottud, among whom was MortcOMin, Wheu the officers offi-cers arrived the body wae soon tin covered. The grave was barely eighteen eigh-teen Inches deep, Bud scarcely covercil the dend man's feet. The hands were folded acroaa his hrcuat, ami his overcoat over-coat drawn over lila fnce lo hide it from UieaasHKSin's view or to prutcct It from the dirt After ft abort conaultallon, Morlenacn Morlen-acn wns .treated ou auaplclon of having commuted tha deed, and la awaiting a preliminary examination. He aloutly aiatiilftlua hia Inuoceucc, |
