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Show Ml Ml DIES flF HfAfilJAiLURE Overtaken by Grim Reaper Wliilc Enjoying a Balii at the Sanitarium. THOMAS HUNTER WITH HIM AT THE TIME OF DEATH Taylor Had Been a Miner for Many Years, but Was in , Hard Luck. David Taj-lor, many 3'cars a mine j worker of Utah and Colorado, while bathing Thursday afternoon about u o'clock in a swimming pool at the Sanitarium San-itarium bath house at 52 and fi-l "West Third South street, had an attack of heart failure, sunk in the water and be-foro be-foro anybody could go to his aid was 1 dead. Taj'lor went to the bath houso with ; Thomas Hunter, an old friend, the lat-; lat-; tor also being a mine worker. The two j men hired a private swimming pool and ' elosed the door. The attendants of tho I bath houso did not know of the trouble ! until the- heard shouts for help coming from the room in which tho pool is located, and hurrying to the seeno found Hunter attempting to draw Ta3-lor from tho pool. A. P. Garrison, ono of tho attendants, who rushed to the room, found Hunter just drawing Ta3'lor's body from the water. Garrison," assisted by other attaches at-taches of tho place, tried to bring Taylor back to life by rolling his hodj over a barrel aud attempting to start his heart beating by working his arms. Tt was no use, for the man was dead. Dr. Charles M. Chandler was called, but Ta3-lor was beyond human help. Huntor's Story. Hunter in telling his story about the affair said that he had known T.rv'lor for several 3'ears. and that they met in this cit3' during the winter months. He said he met Tnj-lor on Commercial street Thursday afternoon and invited him to go to tho bath houso and take a swim with him. Taylor consented, and tho two men went down and hired a private pool. "While in tho water, Hunter said, Tavlor appeared to be in his usual health. Hunter said ho had finished swimming swim-ming and went up on ono of the benches on the edge of the bath, leaving leav-ing Ta3'lor seated on tho slops leading down into the water. After about five minutes Hunter, noticing that Taylor did not come from tho pool, shouted to him and told him ho was going to dress. Getting no reply, Hunter looked over tho edge of the pool and found Taylor still seated, on the steps, but his body had fallen forward so that his head was under water. Hunter ran down the stairs and grasped Ta3ior b.y tho arm and drew his head from tho water and then shouted for help. The, police were notified of tho death and the.v mado an effort to locate Coroner Dana T. Smith, but were unable tov f iud him. Undertaker O'Donnell went for tho body and removed it to his rooms on "West Temple street. Tuy-lor Tuy-lor was about GO 3'cars of age. "Wife and. Children. Living in Elfio, Colo., Taylor has a wife and several children. Thero is a sad story connected with Taylor's lifo which, from statements of those who knew hira, havo mado the past fivo years of his existenco an3'thing but happ3'. About fivo 3'cars ago Taylor had some troublo with his wife and left Colorado, coming to Utah. At tho time the troublo occurred ho was very well supplied with worldly goods, but since that time, because of old ago and miner's consumption, ho had been unablo un-ablo to work for long periods of timo and was not able to accumulate much money. When met Thursday afternoon by Hunter ho was flat broko, having been making a living lately by working around saloons. P. ID. Timmons, a former police officer, offi-cer, know Ta3'lor very well. Timmons said Thursday night that Taylor had been in Utah about five 3-ears; that ho was born in Cornwall, Eng., and came to this country when but a young man. For thirt3-sevcn .years Taj'lor had been a mine worker and was well and favorably known wherever ho worked. Coroner Smith will view tho bodj and relatives are to be notified of tho death. |
