Salt Lake Tribune | 1901-04-11 | Page 7 | Matt Thomas's Death

MATT THOMASS DEATH Verdict of Suicide ioctor Thinks He Was UurdorccU Provo April MO County tijiyictait Roblson went to Spanish Ix0 k5fcoday lo conduct the poMmorUm examination on the remain ot Matt Thonulo the man who Is thought to have < > ommlt U xl sulcldo no < r Puce Tho doctor Jound a df3p iIi i-Ii bruise on the right forehead sloping oVer tho temple and ono In the < J < MHer ot the c forehead which ho Is ccrtalnyftMs mado before death nnd look ati though they i were causal hy come blunt instrument t dvHvciPd wjth terrific force The throat 1 uas cut In two places ana ifiA lndplpo cpmuJcrply sovqrpd NoneajfUlTtffprornl lt nrft arlerltfH Xvrc cm DS JMablaon is almost coralri Vim the oVidetcIo that Mr Thomaft WAS rnurdercJrthQtth tho Coro1eI Z tlqt18t ritLirnec v < rfUcT of r Giicldt L1rio lliin likely that thn I cuio VLJU be n llwi Inveaifcnietl L a > y the i members of the family whcrC found three sliver dollars wnlch Thomjis Is known J to have had upon hlft pe on were t missing The only sharp Instrument found about him was his nockclkMlje which w1s clqsccf In his jacket and had no ap ernce of having been used In the sup riOEOdsulcldo The Amoral of Thomas vyaa held Oils jvlternoon from his homo