Show FRIEND OF OP PROPHET Via 1 1 PASSES TO 10 REWARD I William H. H Crosby Pioneer of r I I Early Days Succumbs to toi i His Injuries STRUCK BY AN AUTOMOBILE Injured Man Lingers After Injury but His Advanced Age Aids the I Hand of Death I. I I Il U l Attar After suffering for a n. month from In Injuries In- In Injuries juries sustained October 9 9 when hen he hc was run down by an automobile driven drIven en on by John Anderson a merchant of Brigham City William H. H Crosby pioneer pioneer pio plo neer of 1848 who had enjoyed the tho personal per per- ronal lIonal friendship of Joseph Smith the prophet died shortly after atter 3 S o'clock yesterday morning at aL L. L D. D S. S hospital H He was sons l- l 8 seventy seventy-f seventy five y nt ve years old u When w nen the me lne accident occurred ur Nr u Crosby was vas crossing the Intersection o or ot First South and Main Bain streets Anderson Anderson Anderson An- An derson apparently did not see Crosby the rear mud-guard mud of his machine knocking the aged man to the street Assisted by patrolmen who witnessed the accident Anderson placed Mr Crosby In t the die e automobile and drove him to the emergency ho hospital at police headquarters Dr H. H B B. Sprague found that Mr r. r Crosby Crosb had sustained a dislocation of ot the left hip In addition to Internal injuries In Injuries In- In juries and while the patient was still f i Jr Jf z r fH f H z er Q r. r o 1 A it 1 w f 1 c tM Z r a m WILLIAM II H CROSBY unconscious ho was taken to I L. L D. D hospital His condition from the fir firs was serious and he ho sank gradually un til death came Mr Crosb Crosby was born In Denha m n Canada March 29 29 1836 the son of Da DaId David David vid Id and Muriel C. C Crosby When a chit chili he accompanied his parents to Nauvo o 1 Ill He was converted to the Morino faith at Nauvoo when he ho wa was elgh years cars old and showed an interest Interest 1 li II tho religion which attracted the tho atten aUen L- L tion of ot the prophet who later be bc rl Vi him I rrt Subsequent bs q nt to making his firso firs first o voyage aSe across the plain In 1848 Mr Crosby made six other Journeys over 61 r the plains during luring the earl early an and ane d In 1859 was assistant wagon master r of the relief relle party part sent to the aid o othe ot oj rf the handcart pioneers For Fot five years ears he had char charge o of ot th the hauling hauling- of granite granito used In the building of the Temple when he ho made South Cottonwood his headquarters Throughout his lifo life he was a staunch Mormon In 1862 1863 Mr rr Crosb Crosby was married t to o Caroline J J. J Ostrander at South Cottonwood Cottonwood Cotton- Cotton wood Of Ot this union there were five children three of whom with the widow survive him Byron Bron Crosby Crosb Robert M. M I. I Crosby Crosb and Mrs Irs Pearl Crosby Cros Cros- by Evans Eans He Is also survived b by seen seven seven sev sev- en grandchildren a sister Mrs Emily Williams of South Cottonwood and a half brother Draper of Salt Lake Mr CrOSb Crosby had been In the employ employ em em- ploy of ot the Tro Troy laundr laundry since 1890 Arrangements for tor the thc funeral will be determined today Members of ot tho the family announced yesterday that after the funeral they will bring suit for damages against those alleged to be bo responsible for tor the accident |