Show Vernal Doctor J 1 Found Dead In His Office Dr Homer E Rich Practicing Practicing Physician in Ash Ash- Ashley Ashley Ash ley ley Valley for Past 25 Years Was Well Known Throughout Entire State This Thursday morning at 9 O 05 o 0 clock Dr Homer lIomer E Rich Vernal VernL s senior r Pt pl physician an was found lying dead In hIs office The body was discovered d ered co by Miss Helen Tenney ronney office attend attend- attendant attendant attendant ant a as she he opened the rooms tot fot forthe the day Officers and a doctor were immediately summoned Dr P o G Eskelson and Dr Joseph L L Hanson responded and found that death had occurred about one hour Pl presumably from an overdo of ot morphine tablets as an empty bottle was found In the room A note to hb daughter Perreppa who lives iLves in ha haLos Los Angeles Cam Calif was also found Immediately county CO and city of of- of officers made a special investigation and decided that an Inquest was waa I i unnecessary as the morphine morphine-at- at tablets had been taken witha with I a suicidal intent The note to his daughter as I IThe dated by the hour and written on tv tao 0 sheets sheet of paper The first note note- was headd at 4 20 am a m in and the th thelast thelast last note at 5 6 00 a 3 m Worries over conditions that in his estimation he could not stem were the cause of his rash 1111 act ac- ac according ac BC according cording to word in the note Ue He pleaded for forgiveness from fron his daughter He Inferred he hI was Vias as goIng go go- going going ing to sleep and would not wake up Relatives In Salt Lake City Og- Og Ogden Ogden Ogden den and Los Angeles Angelea were ir form formed ed of ot his death Until arrives arrive funeral arrangements wm not be made Dr Homer Erastus Rich was waa the theon th son on of ot Benjamin E and Diana t Parr Rich He U has haa been a 1 practicing practicing ing physician in the Ashley Valley for the past 25 years and was kno known n far tar and wide for or his surgical cal Wil 51 ability his wit and enterprise enterprise Dr I Rich ch was an Over Over- Overseas Overseas seas veteran of the World War and an anda a charter member 0 ot of the Witbeck Post No 11 American Legion friends he numbered by the legion who will mourn his pass pass- passing passing passing ing In August he held a party Docs at-Docs a at- at Doc s a Beach in honor of hi his 25 2 years practice As A honor guests guesta he invited those living of the nearly nl 1500 persons he had attended at their birth |