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Show uu DEAD BODY OF SUICIDE IS FOUND At about 10 o'clock this morning Mark Child and others of RIvordale discovered the dead body of a man in the western part of tho Riverdale district and a short distance southwesterly south-westerly from the Oregon Short Line bridge, on the Sand Ridge The body was found lying near a small tree, to which was attached a 32-caliber revolver to the trigger of which was fastened a small string. The string led to the hand of the dead man, the evidence being conclusive conclu-sive that he committed suicide. A bullet holo was found In the skull immediately back of the left ear There were no evidences of a struggle so It is concluded taht the man was killed instantly by the shot from tho revolver. There is no cluo as to the identity of the man. Sheriff Harrison and Undertaker KIrkcndall mado an examination of the body and they brought it to the morgue The man appears to havo been about 30 years of age, a working man. He wore a blue serge coat and vest, light colored trousers, heavy workman's shoes, heavy socks and gloves and a heavy, dark hat. His hair was rather light and he had every ev-ery appearance of bolng a Scandinavian Scandinavi-an working man The man had been dead a couple of months, tho body being in an advanced stage of decomposition. |
