Show DEATH IN A NAPOLEON BONAPARTE JOHNSTON MEETS WITH A SUDDEN AND LONELY DEATH for a good many years past probably ever since about the tune time ot of the bucganan Buc banan war when johnstons army came up against utah for the purpose purpose of exterminating the latter day ay saints there has resided in this region legion a peculiar individual who iced in the rather distinguished title ot of napoleon bona bonaparte parte johnston and was sometimes called for short he claimed to 10 be a son of general albert sidney johnston the commander of the army before mentioned and as he was evidently an octoroon or possibly a quadroon qua he probably had good reason for boiu doing so he had no family or 01 settled occupation or place of abode and drifted about from one place to another apparently with little ambition more moie than anan to live he had bad a pretty lair fair education was very fond of talking was quite enthusiastic on religious matters matter and was regarded by many people as a good harmless kind of a crank during the past year or two lie has been mostly employed in lambs cadion but occasionally found brief pbs jobs elsewhere latterly sometimes in big cottonwood ward about three weeks ago a resident of that hat ward by tile the name of nielson having agreed to buy some timber of film it if lie he got some out he started stalled up neffs geffs caeton for that purpose though he was warned against doing so by a mat man named Anderson who narrowly escaped being buried in a there three thice years since some of the residents of east mill creek who knew ot of his going up the cadion felt concerned for his safety during the snowstorms snow storms that occue ed shortly afterwards afeei wards but their fears were allayed by a rumor that ne he had bad returned to big cottonwood on tuesday morning last however they lear learned neI that this was not correct as he had bad not been seen since going up the canon calion and two of the or ethren from east mill creek christian Cli ristian nielsen and isaac 2 moses went up in search of him on mearim the place where the cabin stood which loggers were wont to occupy they discovered that an immense snow slide had come down the mountain and lodged in the bottom of the bafton extending from about yards above to yards below the binand ca burying it to a depth of about seven f feet beet knowing the location of the cabin the brethren dus dug down in the snow and found it smashed flat with tile the remains of Jo johnston linston beneath it being unable to extricate the body without assistance they returned home and reported their discovery on wednesday a party of seven men went up anti and removed the body which was badly crushed crashed beneath the timbers of the cabin if he e nad evi evidently deatly been in bed when tile the cabin was overwhelmed by the avalanche and was doubtless killed instantaneously an inquest was held the jurymen juryman being james hawker daniel H kim kimball b all and carl yoder lund and the verdict to the eli continued on page 2 72 continued front from page 1 ba feet that the death had bad probably occurred two weeks before was acci denta den laDd that no person was to blame tor or it was attested by tile the justice of the peace john B fags fagg with c considerable 0 ll 11 sid erable difficulty the body which was wa s in a very bad condition was brought down to the mouth of the canon calio nand and there stripped and buried in the snow and the following day it was taken up and and dressed in clean linen placed pieced in a coffin and decently buried by the good people of mill creek who deserve credit for the interest they took in the unfortunate man to whom they were under no obligations ligat ions except those of a common humanity he left no effects |