Show OF HE KILLED GEORGE ENGLEKE OF THIS CITY cold blooded murderer is condemned by a jury at pioche nevada murder ill out and after 7 john M hancock was convicted 0 the murder 0 dr george engleke of this city and peter edmiston 0 boronlo Tor onlo cikoja Cin oJa at nevada the murder was one of the most cold blooded ever committed in thor annals of thy state biot nevada there being not one extenuating circumstance cum stance it was not committed in tho heat 0 passion or in elf defense tut in tha dead of night when tho unfortunate men were asleep and had no chance to defend themselves engleke and edelston had been in california and had decided to como to ogden but wished io do some prospecting along the way so traveling by wagon at the pahrump ranch they foil in with hancock and A woman named myers who was traveling with him as bis wife As the two parties were traveling in the same direction they decided to join forces all went well until the nevada desert was reached one night according to mrs myers who made a confession and who was the principal witness at the trial hancock suggested that they kill tha men for the money which they bad mrs myers tried to dissuade him and hancock promised not to molest the men but the aest night she was awakened by a shot and looking up saw hancock standing over engleke with a pistol in his hand tho aest minute he turned and alred at edmiston alter that hancock secured a club and beat both mens brains out the next morning they burled the men and thea proceeded to salt lake where they ined about ft year at the end of that time they went to california where hancock was convicted of burglary and sentenced to prison for ten years he was released recently and was promptly arrested rearrested re on the murder charge on which he has just been convicted |