Show DROW A stranger lo 10 ordan meet HI death in ofia biow yesterday afternoon between five and six sheriff brown was informed by a 12 year old eon of mr jessie field baker of tills city that a man had been IS the lad bad his father team along and the sheriff jumping into the spring wagon was boon driven to the spot which is situated about one mile east of the ogden river bridge at a part of the river known as the Farr mill dam ahen the sheriff and william field arrived aitho place of tha accident the body of a man was discovered in the water in a hole about EIGHT OB NINE FEIT in depth the sheriff immediately plunged in to the water and brought the body to the shore it wa althere upon placed in mr fields wagon and the body was conveyed to the city hall coroner mark hall wa met near the city hall and a jury was immediately summoned an inquest held aad the following evidence adduced WM KIEL deposed that he and charlei stratford francis stratford henry keye and others were near the spot where the body was found henry keyes who bad gone a short distance above them came running back and said ho had found a drowned man he went for sheriff brown who when arrived on tha spot went with them to a pla ceon the bank a little distance from where the w foaud and they a pair of pants and a rest of the bamo diat rial a black duster and underneath these a MONET in which were ten pocket on the edge of the bank was suit of clean under clothing the sheriff in sight of willie and the other lada took from tho clothing of 90 in gold in silver and ilao a small foreign coin silver twelve foreign pieces fell from chevest while being handled in the buckskin protector were five packages of green backs marked and one package marked there were also discovered thirty 20 gold pieces besides these a pocket knife a silver watch with key and a trunk key tho Sheriff counted tins money over twice in the hands of tha boys and wrote down the amounts on paper Sherif FBrown brought out tho body charles and francis stratford gave corroborative evidence to this SHERIFF WILLIAM CROWD deposed tc going on in formation willie fields to a place in the river and finding the body of the raw above named it being late ho tools charge of alie body and property of deceased he picked up the coat and found therein a copy of a gran paper and a copy of the ogden TION dated wednesday aug 18 80 besides tho watch which is a wal tham no fc and the other ar tides as testified to by the previous witnesses ha discovered a railroad ticket second class from san francisco to pittsburg pa upon was liis name W avi the money and other property wa then banded over to the corona f who upon opening one of the pack age marked found therein the sum of after the evidence wa in the jury returned the following OP UTAH county of utah ogdan precinct J an holden at the city bah ogden city in ogden precinct county of weber U T on the day of august 1880 before mark hall coroner in said county upon the body of W kus there lying dead by choso whoso arc hereunto subscribed the aid juror upon do ay that the tie ceased came to hia death by drown ing in the ogden river W F ALMA kecia juror JAMES GAIK mirk coroner discovered the deceased wa in bis drawers and shirt and being washed and dreisel drei sed una morning the countenance bad a very placid look very unlike a body that had been in water some length of time the was avs feet six inches in height was about forty ye anra of age light complexion moustache mout tache and chin whiskers the lattur looking aa if recently clipped with acl hii head nas partially bald ills lamia gave evidence of beinli used to hard work tha theory of the accident h that the deceased having a debiro to bathe haj on account of the lt ho carried about him sough t what he considered a secluded spot und when entering the waters bud been suddenly cud denly WITH CRAMP the fact of iho clean clothing bo ing found cupoo the bank of course dispels all suspicions of ta icide it was n birgl thought that deceased WM a former resident of this city named ohlsen a carpenter but from developments tins afternoon it is pretty well established that the name on decease ds railroad ticket nai th one owned by the unfortunate alu afternoon wot to the depot and ruo an here upon and on showing the tick he found the namely a valise and a coat the material ef th latter being the amo that ol 01 the pant aad veat at the riter ibe in the was a receipt fur bullion delivered by thedac in einbund Bund uron thi receipt again the name W kulii alia body wm abi dressed and placed in ft decent by mr with the intention of burying the deceased this afternoon bal upon further deliberation and developments it was thought beat to undress the body and hold it in readi aes for shipment to either san francieco Franc leco or pittsburg Pit upon the an requisition of trion ds this forenoon and before any discoloration in the features had taken place mr J stephens took x ot mr lcuy in order that be might be iden liti ed by friends no pain will be by the authorities to the friends or relatives of the poor gentleman who has thui met an untimely fate and we trust that the effort will be successful |