Show MY MAY HA HAVE YE BEEN THUGS THUG'S VICTIM Friends Frields of C. C L. L McDevitt Found Dead on Railroad Track Tack Raise Question Queston Was Wa Charles L L. L McDevitt a victim of or thugs before being crush crushed cd to death beneath tho the wheels heels of ot a Salt Lake Lake Route freight train at Third North th and Fourth West cst streets Thursday night This question Queston was wa asked at nt police hon headquarters quarters last night b by Jay G. G Smith of ot W. W First South a n friend of or Mc- Mc Dewitts lie He believes tho the dead man was wa struck over tho the head hed and robbed b by I thu thugs s who lured him Into tho the railroad yards and left lert him hint lying lying- lying unconscious on the tracks s. s Ho 10 showed mo me some somo cash and a 3 ticket to Grace Ida Ida where he was going goIng go- go In Ing to tc tc work for tor a construction company compan com corn pany pan said Smith last last night lIe Ho le had hada hadn a n suitcase suit full ful of or clothing and when I bade bad him good by he ho started for tho the Oregon Short Line lAne station staton I cannot account for his being In tho the vicinity where his hla body was wag found a 03 It Is 15 four blocks from the depot depot Tho fact that neither his suitcase nor his monc money has hns been found loads leads meto mo me moto moto to that ho went to a saloon near nea the depot for a drink and was wa lured Into the r rr yards ards struck over the head robbed and left lying on the tracks Coroner I Ij L R. R R Martineau Jr said yesterday that no Inquest would be beheld beheld le held as aa there thero Was vS every overy Indication that McDevitt was killed led b by tho the train It I would be almost Impossible to determine determine deter detor- mine If It ho lie had been struck on the tho head as tho the bod body was mangled almost beyond recognition Further Investigation however may bo made today by the authorities was formerly a 1 clerk cleric for tho Utah Lumber company and resided at W. W Si Sixth th South He lo was 23 years ears of ot ago aso and Is survived b by his widow and ono one child |