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Show MURDER OR SUICIDE? Mysterious Death of Salt Lake Boy on Christmas Eve. Salt I.nke City. It Is now believed that ChnrleH Scl.nsoth, tiro lC-yenr-ohl boy whoso body was found Thursday morning, nenr tho gravel pits In this city, ended his own life, using carbolic car-bolic ncld. Sclnsoth, who wns employed em-ployed by tho Hell Telephone company, com-pany, wns sent out by Ms employers to collect a balnnco duo on n telephone tele-phone hill contracted by Chnrlcs Washington, n negro. Washington claims ho loft tho boy on tho streets f.t 4:. 10. Tho boy'B body was found tho following morning many blocks away from whero tho negro claims to hnvo loft him. The negro gave himself up when ho learned tho police po-lice wore looking for him. It now develops thnt tho lad purchased carbolic car-bolic ncld, nnd It Is supposed he Bought this Isolnted plnco nnd suicided. sui-cided. The claim Is also mndo tlr.it his death was tho result of nn epileptic epilep-tic fit. Tho negro k still under pollco surveillance, and tho caso Is not yet closed. |