Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1901-02-17 | Page 6 | Mining Operator Suicides

G O SUICIDES Colonel W T Jumped Into te the e Biver and ad Wa Was Drowned Boise Be I 11 a 16 Colonel 1 W V Tho aa sul suicide s de this ff morning by Hl S from a a freight train into the Snake Sue river while the I train tram was crossing a bridge bidge near ner Hunt HuntIngton Huntington Ington Colonel Hart was wa one of the te must most widely widey known raining ring men and fd I promoters in m the northwest He was formerly connected with wih the Bimetallic properties at Mont Re Recently Recently centy he hail had ben been b n interested in the ha te Seven sven Devils c nip p aati Q had h benr meting a railway to fun into that c tion ton He w wa was as a t old ava tive u e of Georgia 1 ald ali ji ex teer te colonel found clonel His body bely b has Y hn Colonel Hart sent a letter to ta tea a friend frend frendin in Weiner Weiser before taking the te train in which he said saidI I 1 will wi commit as the morn morning no morning uld ing freight crosses croS the te railroad bridge Destroy Detroy my papers pp Despondency was wu undoubtedly the te cause He had a smelter and a ar ra ril n l road on and ad had bad just come coe from Salt Sl Lake Lake where he received news that he could not secure the necessary cap capital cp capItal ital itt Colonel Colonl Hart was vas well wel known in all aU the mining camps camp of the west wet He Hewa was wa closely coly connected with the O 0 R H RN R HN N railroad d for which he had done con considerable cn considerable work I