| Show I 1 SEARCHING FOR THE BODIES engelke of ogden and edminston 1 of canada the authorities of nyc cou nty nevada have sent out a party to search for the bodies of the men murdered by hancock hancock still denies that he 1 killed them word has been received from the au of nye county nevada who have sent out a searching party on the trail alleged by mrs myers to have been taken by the alend hancock after be murdered george engelke and peter edminston and they will follow on down to pahrump Pah rump and if possible find the remains of the two murdered men A letter received by F E engleke a brother of the murdered man who lives at ogden from the father of ed manston ml tells of a meeting between the woman and himself where she repeated the story of the crime and in response to the query why did you not warn the boys she replied that hancock watched her so close that bhe could not and that she was living in fear that he would kill her at any time edminston the father is down at riverside cal at present aiding in the efforts to convict the murderer P E engelke the brollier brot lier down to salt lake a few days ago ai d with the assistance of the polio thinks he has located the overcoat so d by hancock and which belonged to george engleke it was sold to a man in sugar house wardani war dand it is pro babe that it will be recovered the following is from the fullerton cal times of november 23 john hancock the alleged murderer and self confessed thief and burglar and all round crook now confined in the county jail awaiting trial on the charge of burglary was informed monday that word had been received from the governor of nevada that steps tor his extradition would at once be taken and that he would soon be conveyed thither tor trial hancock was perfectly indifferent and remarked that it would be a pleasant trip tor him and he would like to go the possibility of serious results of the trip doas not seem to worry him in the least his one aim in life now appears to be to punish mrs gross his former mistress and he never tires of telling ot various thefts they committed together A letter has been received from the sheriff of nye county in which the crime is supposed to have been committed saying that he had sent officers to hum tor the remains ot the murdered men engleke and edminston but they were of the opinion that the murder waa committed in lincoln county in which case he would have no jurisdiction the searching party left graham the county seat of nye county nov 10 and as they will have to travel nearly miles it will be several days before they are heard from |
