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UTAH STATE EWS
RANCH WORKER SUITS PILE UP SLAYS FOE AND AGAINST BANK ENDS OWN LIFE OGDEN-Directors of the defunct Ogden State bank were made defen-
MOAB-Mit Kelley, 51, ranch hand at the Pace Brothers ranch in Castle valley, 15 miles northeast of Moab, was slain Monday night by Allen gust, Qualls, 41, another ranch hand, who is said to have killed himself early Tuesday morning. A quarrel between the two men, details of which are unknown, is belieyed to have been responsible for the alleged murder and suicide. Qualls walked into the ranch house Monday night, told his fellow work ers that shot Kelley five times with 30- rifle requested that Sheriff B. Skewes be notified of the homicide, and then calmly went bed. Qualls' body was found Tuesday morning in the bunkhouse when other employes of the ranch sought to awaken him for breakfast. The top a bullet, fired, officers said, from the same weapon which had been used to kill M. Kelley's body was found in the fields north of the ranch where the quarrel is believed by Sheriff Skewes to have taken place Ranch employes reported bad blood had existed between the two men for Qualls gave no details of the affair when he admitted the Ranch hands reported they heard no sound of shot Monday night, but Sheriff Skewes expressed the opinion the rifle was muffled with bed clothing when Qualls assertedly fired the shot which ended his life. Qualls, native of Kentucky, had been employed at the Pace Brothers' ranch for eight years. Kelley, native of Texas, came to Grand county last spring as prospector and later obtained employ ment at the ranch. He is survived by daughter, Mrs. Ethel Dwyer of 3301 South Clarkson avenue, Englewood, Colo. Sheriff Skewes, whose arrival at the ranch was delayed because washouts on the road, is holding the bodies at the ranch pending word from relatives. dants in an $85,273.1 suit filed Tuesday in Second district court by T. E. Thomas, who seeks judgment in this amount, together with interest since the bank suspended business in Au 1931 The complaint sets forth that the directors, knowing the Ogden State bank to be in an insolvent condition, continued to transact business and permitted false and misleading financial reports the of the bank to be The plaintiff further sets forth that the directors personally him of the sound condition of the bank dur ing the month of June, 1931 thereby him to make large deposits in the institution Defendants in the action include A. P. Bigelow, G. Becker John N Spargo, Edward Olson, A. Parm ley, H. M. Rowe, J. E. Stone, D. E. Davis, John K. Spiers, Jessie Tower, R. W. Stevens and John Doe administrator in the estate of John G. Barnes Three additional suits were filed Tuesday depositors of the bank against W. H. Hadlock, state bank commissioner; R. S. Jones, examiner in charge of liquidating the bank and the Ogden State bank, corpora tion Lena Wells brought suit on 15 causes of action to recover $1579.80 which amount she sets forth was placed in the bank in several deposits during the time the institution was known be Elizabeth Nebe ker, suing on six causes of action prays that she be given judgment against the in the amount of $1017 plus interest. Mary G. Carnahan seeks judgment agains the aforemen tioned defendants in the amount of $800, which she alleges was left in trust at the Ogden State bank to be used in the purchase of four shares of Ogden State bank stock She sets forth in the complaint that the money was not to mingled with or funds of that institution, but was to be retained trust for her use and benefit, until such time as the desired shares of stock were available for purchase. The complaint states that the plain tiff has presented written proof to the bank commissioner and examiner In charge of the Ogden State bank that the $800 is rightfully hers, and should be considered as preferred claim. Judgment is asked in the full