Show SMITH OP SCOTLAND StrcnaouK Endeavor in Work Cp it Sensation i Oakland Cal May 10The mystery Mirroundins the death of Sidney Smith has not yet been definitely Eoled Whether Smith died as a result re-sult of a railroad accident or by hanging I hang-ing or whether he was on his way here froth Scotland or has for long been an Omaha criminal are still undetermined problems The St Andrews society of I Oakland of which society Smith was a member in Scotland has taken hold of the matter and Is making an energetic I i and systematic investigation into the case On the 28th of last month Alexander Thompson of Oakland received a telegram from the Union Pacific agent at Laramie Wyo stating that Sidney I V Smith had been killed in a railroad accident there and asking what hould be done with the body rv Thompson its a member of the j Andrews society and placed the I matter before that organization The society had the remains forwarded to Oakland but accompanying the body was a certificate from Dr Thomas G Maghee of Rawlins stating that Sidney Sid-ney Smith came to his death by hanging hang-ing on May 4 in the county jail Frank Sheridan the Oakland correspondent corre-spondent of the San Francisco Bulletin Bulle-tin says he knew a Sidney Smith in Omaha who was sentenced for embezzlement em-bezzlement and later pardoned out Opposed to this statement is the positive pos-itive denial of Alexander Thompson the mn whom Smith was on his way to visit in Oakland There is no question about the identity iden-tity of Mr Smith said Mr Thompson Thomp-son I recognized him instantly This talk about Smith having lived m Omaha is ridiculous He never lived elsewhere than Scotland I have known him over since he was a boy and have corresponded with him regularly He was on his way to enter into a partnership part-nership with my brother in Seattle and intended to stop off here for a short visit with me |