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Show "", f t FELL JPJIOM WINDOW MINER MEETS DEATH IN 8ALT LAKE TENDERLOIN. Belief Expressed That Unfortunate Man Was Thrown From a Third Story Window by a Negro, Who Is Under Arrest. With his skull crushed nnd ono leg broken. C. It. West, a miner from tho Deop Crook country, was picked up from tho pavemout south of tho American rooming houso nt 15 Commercial Com-mercial street, Salt Lako City, Monday Mon-day night nnd carried to tho Holy Cross hospital, whom ho died Tuesday morning. Ho was unconscious whon found by pcdestrlnns, lying In a big pool of blood. Ho novor regained cony sclousncss. Tho minor hnd fallon from a third story window of tho rooming houso. a distance of moro than forty foot. How ho camo to fall Is a mystory that has not been cleared up. Suspicious circumstances cir-cumstances lead tho pollco to bollovo ho was pushed out of the window with murderous Intent. Iko Hughes, a negro ne-gro ox-convict, is bolng hold In Jail ponding tlio Investigation of circumstances circum-stances that tho officers bcliovo may lnvolvo him on a charge of murder. Hughes Is known to havo quarreled with Wost Sunday night. Evldonco has been socurod Hint ho threatened bodily harm to tho minor. According to his own statement to tho police, ho was on tho third floor nbout tho tlmo that West wont through tho window. Tho ox-convlct donlos knowing anything any-thing about tho affair, and if nnyono saw It ho has taken pains to keep tho Bocrot. |