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Show EFFORTS MADE TO TRACE GUN Other Cities Aid Havre in Probing Christler-Carle-ton Tragedy HAVRE Mont. Nov. 4 Efforts to trace ownership of tho pistol with which tho Rev Leonard Jacob Chrls-tler Chrls-tler and Mrs. Margaret Carleton wen idatn a week ago Is being carried Into la number of cities of the country. Chief of Police Moran announced last 'night. Tho authorities follow the I theory that Mrs Carloton did tho 1 shooting, and for that reason the cities selected are those In which Mrs. Carle-ton Carle-ton is known to have been recently. So far no headway has been made In tracing tho weapon, he said. Cooperation of tho Chicago police department was promised him In a long distance telephone con ersatlon, Mr Moran stated. A coroner's Jury which Investigated tho shooting decided Mrs. Carleton had done It, but her mother. Mrs. Joseph Pylo of Rutte, refused to accept ac-cept the verdict, claiming the fact that ownership of the gun had not been established was ono of several points not consistent with the Jury s findings. DRAMATIC SKKVICKS. WATERLOO. N Y Nov. 4. The funeral of the Rev. Leonard Jacob Christler, who was murdered in Havre, Mont , a week ago, was hold at Waterloo, Wat-erloo, his birthplace, Friday amid conditions con-ditions that made It tho most dramatic dra-matic over held In central New York. From many cities In this section eanvi delegations to the little village church of St. Paul, Including clergy, frntern il. civic and firemen's asso latlons In all of which the dead clergyman had been a member. Tho widow had been constantly with the casket since It arrived from the west and while the body lay In state In the chapel sho sat Immobile at tho head of the bier When thousands thou-sands had passed In review and the services wero about to begin she patted pat-ted down the cushions, arranged tho locks of the dead man, and ten silently si-lently and v. ith unmoed features closed the casket. When the services were over she lod the mourners out of tho church, and at tho Maple Grovo cemetery took her place at the head of tho grave. REM MSB AT GRAVE. The committal services wero concluded con-cluded as darkness spread over tho scene and as John 13 .Arthur solemnly nodded that the ceremonies were concluded, con-cluded, there was an awkward pause. M r Christler remained like a statu at the graoslde The clergyman spoke, to her gently She remained unmoved by his words Members of the family then spoke to her. Sho no sign of leaving. After a conference, con-ference, Mr. Arthur announced to tho assemblage . "Mrs. Christler wishes all to depart from tho remetery and lea c her with the dead." The multitude slowly filed out, even MrS. Chrlstler's closest friends withdrawing with-drawing to a distance. It was not until after dark that Mrs. Christler was induced to leave tho cemetery and go to the homo of rolatlcn. |