| Show ASKS 15yOOO 9 DAMAGES Mother of f Roy Larkin Wants Satisfaction for Death SUES SALT AIR COMPANY Claims That Boys Death Was Due to Negligence I I Could Have Been Saved by Proper Care and Effort on the Part of the Company A SIR 000 damage suit has been Instituted In-stituted against the Salmlr Beach company com-pany for the death of the boy Boy E Iaridn who met suuh an untimely death In the Great Salt lake about one month ago The plaintiff in the action which wns filed In the District court jestertlay IB Anna M Larkin the mother of the dead boy STORY OF THE DEATH On the 23rd of last July Roy Larkin In company with his cousin Hobs Vclls and the letters I sisterinlaw went in bathing at the pavlllcn They were carried out a considerable distance by the wavos and were unable to got buck the boy Larkin being I unable to swim to get back The voting lady managed tci the beach and told of the prcdlai Darkness hud b miMit of her 1 companions hot In and what efforts ihut were made to re cuo the man and boy 1 were not next attended with success until the morning Mr Wells was found in an exhausted slate on the locks of Antelope Island Roy Larkin had died in the water and several days later his body was discovered CLAIMS COMPANY KESPONSIBLE The plaintiff charges the defendant I nmpany with being responsible for herons her-ons death In not having suitable guards or life lines such as are necessary of In sary to protect the lives persons bathing and alleges other actsof carelessness care-lessness and negligence It Is stated in the complaint that the defendant well knew that sudden and violent windstorms wind-storms frequently arise upon the lake that the water is strongly impregnated with salt that the waters of the beach vary greatly In depth all of which tend to render bathing extremely hazardous and dangerous FURNISHED NO SAFEGUARDS Jt Is further charged that itjs the duty of the defendant to provide guards or life lines to establish notices In the water whereby the depth would be indicated in-dicated to provide suitable persons to superintend bathing In the waters and to provide persons and appliances to seaich for and recover bathers when in danger All of the above the defendant defend-ant IB charged with not having done and that in consequence thereof the boy Roy Larkin without fault or negligence negli-gence on his part Is said to have been drowned The last paragraph of the complaint Is as follows That said defendant had notice of the perilous 1 and dangerous danger-ous condition of said deceased In paid waters in ample time to hare rescued raid deceased from drowning but that rald defendant failed neglected and refuted re-futed to rescue or attempt to rescue said deceased from drowning while In Fa Id waters Wherefore plaintiff demands judgment judg-ment In the sum of 15000 and for costs of suit The father of the boy is said to he dead or has deserted his wife who has not known his whereabouts for a period of two years |
