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Show DIED IN A SW STOHM J- L Cornelia?, Aged About Eighteen Tears, is Found Frozen to Death- THE SNOW HIS MIDNIGHT 8HEET- He Starts from Rawlins for Home but Succumbs to the Night Elements Ele-ments and Dies-Word Dies-Word was received in Salt Lake City about noon today that the body of a boy was yesterday found along the Union Pacific railroad about a mile east of Rawlins. There were no marks of violence on the deceased, aud it is supposed that the boy was frozen to death by the in tense cold which has prevailed in the seetion of country where the remains wero discovered. The name of the deceased was J. L. Cornelius and be was about eighteen years of age. He had been to Rawlins and had started for his home some miles distant. A heavy snow was swiftly falling at the time. The youth had faced the storms of other winters and he did not apprehend any danger was in store for him. He tramped on and on, each step bringing him nearer to his father's house. The snow continued falling, the wind of the north swept past him, chilling chill-ing his being thoroughly, and it was with great difficulty that he continued. Faster and faster foil the snow aud the merciless night wind with its pangs of coldness struck his face and slackened slack-ened his pace. Realizing that he was alone, young Cornelius left the iron path on which he was walking and sought to place bis footsteps along the side of the track. m After repeated efforts to proceed he weakened and halting he suddenly realized real-ized that he was lost in a snow storm on the plains. No one but God heard his cry as he sank down to die. Meanwhile the storm increased in fury' and the cold became unbearable and after a sinking sensation death came. When morning came a white mound was found and beneath was the form of the boy sleeping in the cold embrace of death. An investigation revealed the above and a decent burial ensued. j |
