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Show Gruesome Clues May Betray Slayer 1 1 CORONER'S JURY 1 PROBES DEATH I 0E MERCHANT Slayer of Box Elder Resident Overlooks Sum of Money in Excitement Developments which may lead to j the identity and probable arrest of Mhe man or men who robbed and mur-deicd mur-deicd Kicharge Ikn-r U2 .1 loreUeep er. in his store west of Tremonton Monday mav be expected ithin the1 next two days, according to Sheriff Job Welling of Doxclder county f ho has been working on the case and who was in Ogden today. I Tho details of the clues whiojl have I been found will not be made public until the officers have fully investlgal ed, the officer said BLOODY DOCR KNOBS ' Sheriff Welling brought to OgUen sesi-ml tin cigar ans which are believed be-lieved lo have contained live uione1 stolen from the store following tho murder The opn w re covered wiili dust and contained fingerprints which will be developed by Deputy Sheriff pick V.oolton. Door knobs of the store nd house, containing bloody fingerprints were also brought to Ogden Og-den to be photographed. SLAYER NOT STRANGER. Sheriff Welling declared thai in his opinion uie muru'-r auu iono-ry .ie, couimiiled by some person who knew llgner well and had knowledge of the store and places where money waa kept The officer asserted that llgner had made a rule never to answer a call outside the store under any condition condi-tion at night The fact that iracks showed that the storekeeper had been outside before the robbery has led to the belle! that be was well acquainted and trusted the inun who called him Shoe Imprints ouislde the store have given the officers a fair knowl edge of the size of the man who roni-milted roni-milted the crime and another iun-u-taul clue has been found upon which identity ol the man may be determined, deter-mined, it was said. This clue, however, how-ever, was not made public. The robbery was committed before snow had fallen during the present storm, the officer Bald', but the ground was in BUCh condition that shoe Im prints showed clearly abQUt the store entrance. '. ERDICT OF MURDER. BIUGHA.M CITY, Dec. 81 I'ollow- : lng an Inquest conducted by a coror.-ern coror.-ern Jury ln Howell precinct. Box' Elder count yesterday. Ihe Jury returned re-turned a verdict to tho offect that, Rlcharge llgner. e', a storekeeper, same to hla death Monday by being Struck upon the head with a pistol Oi j other s capon hy an unknown person jor persona with felonious Intent. i The body ol the storekeeper wax re-1 1 moved lo Tremonton aiul funeral nr-j Irangeraents are held np pending an-! noum eiiient from t'i bi..h !, Herbert Ugndr, B4, v. ho van in Salt Lake at I the time of the murder. ni 11 k 1 s 1 1 i rs j The llKn-r brothers had condml-d 'the store at the cross roads in Blur Creek for many years They also, had charge of the po,tot f ice. Neither s;i- married arid ttobody knows whether or not they have other rela- Uses in this section it s as learned here today that the I r. .-bbei - aiul si. vi s overlooked the .sum of JuO which ssus reposing In! a drawer Of an o'.d cupboard. |