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Show miCHAEL HOG! DIESjiDEM Michael J. Hogan, a railroad veteran vet-eran with nlmost 40 joara" service to hla credit, was found dead at hln home, 2532 Lincoln avenue, last ovening, oven-ing, but it is believed that doath resulted re-sulted early Tueadaj ovening. He lived alone in two rooms at the fid-dresH fid-dresH mentioned, tho discovery of hla death being mado by G. 13. Hart, another an-other tenant of the house. For 20 years Mr. Hogan was a passenger pas-senger conductor on tho Utah Central Cen-tral and later the Oregon Short Line. He also bore the distinction of bavlng been one of the first express messengers messen-gers on tho Union Pacific. At tho time of his death ho was employed as watchman in tho local railroad jards. Heart disease, from which he had suf fered several attackB In the past few years, Is assigned as the caueo of his death. He was last Beon alive about Tuesday Tues-day noon. It was at this time that ho returned homo from work, claiming claim-ing that he was not feeling in the best of health. Mrs. Hart states that bo changed his clothes and loft tho house for the purpose of casting his vote at the municipal election held on that day. It is supposed that ho returned home late in the afternoon, although Mrs. Hart did not see him enter the house. As Mr. Hogan sometimes went tp Pocatello to visit relatives tho members of tho Hart household did not consider It unusual when they did not see Mr. Hogan about tho place Last evening, howevor, Mr Hart, after returning from work about 7 o'clock, knocked at the door lending to Mr. Hogan 's apartments, thinking that ho might be 111. When thoro was no response ho secured a key and entered. Tho dead body was found In nn erect position in a rocking chair, there being not tbe slightest indication of a struggle and death having ovldently como as peacefully as sleep. A pipe was found on Uio floor besido tho chair whoro it had aparonlly dropped from tho life, leas hand. Mr. Hart notified the police po-lice and later the body was removed lp tho Hcaton-IClrkondall undertaking rooms. Mr. Hogan was about (55 jears f ago and had boen a resident of Ogden for the past 10 yoarK. He was one of tho oldest employes, in point of I service, of tho Hnrrlman lint's and had already earned a pension nnd complete retirement from the service bi.t prcfcired to remain at work vo long as his phslcnl condition .permitted. .per-mitted. . Surviving him are two sons and ono daughter, Robert Hogan, of Poca-I Poca-I tello; Patrick Hogan , of Kemmerer, j "Wyo., and an engineer on the O. S. L.; nnd Mrs. Ellen Wright of Pocatello. The relativos at Pocatello have been Informed of Mr. Hogan's doath. . on , |
