Show DROWNED IN RESERVOR JI J IIl McMaster Met Death S 4 in that Way 4 WAS PROBABLY DEMENTED S When Discovered Ho Was Lying Taco lovm at tho Bottom of the Reser yolr Had No Money Upon His Pcr sonWas IdrzitIflcdby His Union Card Railway Tlcketnnd a Letter Is Presumed to Have Become Demented De-mented Body Will Beach Hero Saturday or Sunday TRIBUNE SPECIAL Colby Ran Oct IThe 1 body of J H McMasler was found yesterday morning in a small reservoir on the farm of J A Mansfield in South Thomas county On Tuesday evening Mrs Mansfield observed n man wandering wan-dering around mysteriously just south of the house As her husband was away from home when night came she went to ft near n neighbors home with hur children to atay over nlgnt The next morning Mrs Mansfield returned and after milking six or seven cow went to the mllkhoucc which stood near the reservoir to put the milk away She at once noticed n coat and I hat lying on the bank of tho reservoir and remembering that the had left nothing of the kind there proceeded to Investigate DISCOVERY OF THE BODY rue water In the reservoir was only eighteen Inches deep and she soon observed ob-served what appeared to he a mans form lying prostrate face downward in tho water A neighbor was at once notified and the Coroner came An Inquest I In-quest was held the verdict being that I McMastcr came to his death by drowning drown-ing JngI appeared that not a struggle had been made as his arms were folded under un-der him when found He hadnt a cent Of money and nothing on his person by which to Identify him except a certificate certifi-cate of membership from the Salt Lake Typographical union and a letter from aKansas City party He had a ticket from Salt Lake to Kansas City over the Union Pacific Tho body was om balmcd and Is being held for the 01 rival of relatives The supposition is that McMaater must have been temporarily Insane The above telegram more fully explains ex-plains the manner of the sad death of Joseph II McMastcr The Tribune linotype operator who was on his way to Kansas City From the dispatch received Wednesday It was presumed I that he had died on the train I THINKS HE WAS DEMENTED When Judge McMaster was informed of the circumstances of his brothers death ho wag visibly affected and said I deeply regret the sad occurrence I had supposed that he had died on the train but as It Is he surely must have been demented And later he said II am strongly of the belief that my brother was doped and robbed or ho would not have been wandering penniless penni-less In the country for he had money with him when he left Salt Lake and had not had lime to speud It A telegram tele-gram from Colby to Undertaker Evans who has In charge the transportation of the body said that It was found eighteen miles In the country Mr Evans completed the arrangements for bringing the remains home last night and they will be shipped at once arriving ar-riving here Saturday or Sunday |