Attorney Alvin C. SPINDLER has been busy arranging for a settlement of the estate of James P. GIFFEN, who was murdered several months ago on the Venice Road. The division of the estate may involve some litigation as there are many outstanding debts. A list of the debtors, which was contained in a private memorandum book, is supposed to have been stolen on the night of the murder. As yet no trace of GIFFEN's murderer has been found. A quiet search is still been conducted. John P. GIFFEN, a brother of the deceased, has increased the reward first offered to $500. GILKINSON detectives are still in his employ. What headway they are making in the case the attorney refuses to state. Same paper, different column At the time of the discovery of the dead body of James GIFFEN, several months ago, it was rumored that the Union Central Life Insurance Company would refuse to pay the $2,000 insurance GIFFEN carried in that company on account of there being a supposition that suicide had been resorted to. On Tuesday, HUGHES Brothers, the local agents, received from headquarters the full amount of the two policies, $3,000, and this amount is awaiting the heirs of GIFFEN and will be paid over to them as soon as possible.