Show EXPIRED IN AN ATTIC sudden death of james reid an old miner IVI iner FOUND COLD IN HIS BED and been living alono alone in andl indigent gent circumstances nis his failure to appear yesterday caused the neighbors to send for it a policeman who broke in the door and discovered the lifeless body reid came from glasgow and nd had mined all over the west inquest to bo be held james reid an aged man v was as found dead in his room in the attic fit at rt second south street at about 8 last night it Is the same old story of 0 an almost friendless mortal expiring alone the surroundings axe aro such buch no as to show that in all probability reid simply lay down to rest at night and before dawn was waa no more in the land of 0 tho the living tho the lint circumstance in connection with the affair was wa noted yesterday afternoon when a delivery mart man went ent up to felds room to deliver bome small packages of groceries lie knocked repeatedly and loudly on oil the door and at length suppo supposing bing that reid was mas down tonn lavin set the groceries down in tho the hall and went away shortly after this ary are old lady who lives 01 on tho the floor below remarked remark e d to 0 one ne of her neighbors about tho the g r m a ns visit and added that site she hod had not seen been reid go co out thinking it strange that he failed to answer FOUND DEAD IN DED BED officer johnson was summoned from ills his slain main street beat and he too tried to make reid hear Reec receiving iving no answer wl r he pushed the door in and d discovered tho the body of 0 tho the old mart man lying on 9 bed in tho the west end of the r room his face w n asi as ashen and h hl Is hands were cold the body lay in a perfectly natural tua position and had it II not be been on tor for the deathly pallor reid might amigh t hivo hava been thought to be sleeping the bod bed upon which the body reclined WAS merely a gunnysack gunny sack pallet with a pillow of the samo same material an aft old blanket covered catered tho the body A small table a cook stove and a broken chair made up the furni furniture turc of the room barring a few odds find and ends on the stove move was wag a kettle of rice in which two to or three flies had met dath it NJ waa L A evidently intended for bolds breakfast in it a corner behind come rais rags was a plat pint flask of whisky partly empty the mans clothes were lvere doubled under tits ills head while his hl papers and a few little trIn trinkets keLS wele beio in it a flour sack near the toot foot of tho the pallet these papers acae letters two being to H fred alky a grocery clerk at Render hendersons sans acting coroner sommer was summoned at once and having 1 dewed tho the remains remain ordered them detent to evanss undertaking roomi and the vant vacant premises locked capt eslinger of tile the police searched the mans cloth clothes and found a ten dollar gold piece land and one or two small email bills STAKED T THE HE OLD MAN sir mr alky was as notified of the death of reid wig lata last night ile ho had been v virtually ir supporting the old scotchman for two years and tella his story oa as follows yes I 1 know the old fellow he came to me about two years afro 1190 dead broke and wanted ran mf to go in with hint him on art some claims to be had in rush valley out of sympathy tor for hini him I 1 gave him a grubstake grub stake and sent him down to the mines receiving in mum a part art interest Inter in th claims since then I 1 h havu lau kept hint him up it was va merely a question of myself or the county count I 1 do not think he had any property except the claims and they are practically worthless worthies last monday manday I 1 gave him 32 2 3 and yesterday I 1 sent him up a bill 0 at goods reid had biad been occupy ing the room mom in will which ell he died about three months ile ho rented it for 11 a month ho was 79 years yeara old find and was waa art an old timer ln in the west having mined all over utah colorado and california he came here bere with a a ilor moru colony from glasgow scotland chere hera he has two br brothers othera ile he has no known re relatives lathe in america mr alky states elates that he was it typical westerner genial bhole N hole and generous gene roua to 0 a fault notwithstanding tile the tact fact that he apparently died front from natural causes judge sommer ordered an inquest tor for 11 this morning at evanss undertaking der taking parlors |