Salt Lake Tribune | 1913-04-11 | Page 14 | Remittance Man is Found Dead in Room

REMITTANCE Ml IS FOUND DEAD IN ROOM James Russell, Globe-lrotler and Peddler, Dies in a Lodging- House. James Russell, 54 years of ape, an English remittance man, globe-trotter and peddler, was found dead in a room of a lodging house at 205 East Second South street lust night. Dr. S. G. Paul was called and after examining tho body was of the opinion that "death had resulted from some natural cause, such as heart failure, probably aggravated by alcohol. The body was removed to the undertaking rooms of Joseph William Taylor. The fact that Jlntraoll had not been scon to enter or lcavo his room since Wednesday caused tho landlady to look in his room. Kneeling with face buried in the quilts of tho cot, as if in an attitude at-titude of devotion, the body of the aged man was found, rigid and cold. Decomposition had set in and it is thought thnt death had occurred at least twenty-four hours before the body was found. Among the letters found in the room were two envelopes addressed one to G. Vj. "Russell. In Christmas street, Bristol, England, and tho other to Herbert Russell, Rus-sell, S Clayton street, Caledonia road. London, England. In other letters, i appoared that the two men to whom the envelopes are addressed are sons of tho dead man. Until a few wce'lis ago Russell had lived at the Oxford rooming house, on East Second South street, where he had been for more than two j'cars, while peddling thread, needles, pins and other notions about the city. Little was ever learned of his past life, except that his wife died nianj' years ago iu England and that he had wandered over a great part of tho earth sinco that time. Be was said to receive a regular quarterly remittance from England, but was a heavy drinker and was usually without funds.