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Show "VOICES OF DEAD" COMMAND SILENCE Mrs. Hattle Hunter Buetler Refuses to Answer Questions of Commission. Salt Lake, March 25 When Hattie Huntler Buotler of Tenth South and Eleventh West streets, widow of Fred Buetler, an umbrella mender, ho was murdered and robbed of $1,000 by as yet unidentified assassins, in 1S97, was atralgned before an insanity commission commis-sion in Judge Lewis' division of the district court Wednesday morning to determine her mental condition, she declared that voices of the dead were calling to her telling her to say nothing, noth-ing, and refused to answer all questions. ques-tions. Unable to got Mrs. Buetler to talk about herself, the commission postponed post-poned further investigation until 10 o'clock this morning. It is the general gener-al belief, however, that the unfortunate unfortu-nate woman has lived in the shadow of a tragedy so long twelve years that her reason has been impaired. Mrs. Hunter has been acting strangely strange-ly for a long time. At nights she leaves her bed, dresses and wanders about the streets. Three weeks ago she got up late at night, and expressed a strong desire to go to the church in Cannon ward 'for prayer. Another time she went away from home at night and was found -by the sheriff's force, wandering aimlessly around. This time she was taken to the home of her daughter. Mrs. Mary Maycroft Since' then she ha3 been" in such a bad condition mentally that it is hard for her children to control her. Mrs. Buetler was not at home at the time of the murder of her husband. It is .said. Buetler was overpowered in hl6 own house and rags were forced into his throat until he suffocated, and then the robbery was committed. Four or live years ago Abe Hunter, Mrs. Buetlcr's first husband, from whom she is divorced, made a so-called confession con-fession that he and Mrs. Buetler, with two accomplices, murdered Buetler, nnd the case was reopened, but the stato was unable to corroborate the "confession" and the case was dismissed. |