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Show DDDf OF 1SSI i IIJIMERED Elijah Horton Is Found Dead in Unused Chicken Run INQUEST TO BE HELD Discharged Pistol Found Near the Body Furnishes Proof of Suicide Official mqu ry nto tho death of LI jah Horton 65 years of age farmer an I stock man whoso body was found yesterday afternoon in a ch cken run back of the garage of 8 mon Bamberger 628 Hast rirst South street and who had been missing since Friday of last week will be commenced at 10 o clock this morn ng under d rect on of the county attorney before Just ce of the Peace L It Mart neau Jr acting coioner There seen s v rtually no doubt that Mr Horton comru ttel su clde end ng . his 1 fe by firing into b s bra n a bullet I from a heavy revolver but some of the . circumstances attendant upon the ' btrange case warrant in the opin on of v Judge Martineau the tak ng of sworn i testimony in or ler that as much 1 ght as possible may bo shed upon the . mystery t norton 8 body was found at 1 30 ly o clock yesterday afternoo by A E, lYewln 170 North Th rd West street ml a chaufteur in the en ploy of 8 n on jj Bamberger Fre Tin had been wo king p. all morn ng about the garage and had 5 tteprel back into the un sed chicken p run to secure a p ece of board wh cl f he knew to 1 e there He can e upon fc the lody of Mr Horton 1 ng w th h s K, Jiead to tie north anl almost to ch ng & the end of tl e run The face vas up Mr time! und sturbed n espresso A Hk r heavy 4o caliber revolver w tl o e X' dumber d scharge 1 lay across tl e Br "Biajn s breast The 1 ght s ow of Th s BSj day tight and yesterdav morn ng had Be... Suted thro gh the nett ng of the run Hsl&rnd partly covered the bod which was Baaf frozen st ff Kt&PoliCrS Notified KKlVewn unclatcly not fied the o HjMliS of h s d sco cry Response was H9nH&a by Inspector Carlson Dr Sam cl Hlpf Fa 1 c ty health co nm ss oner Fa HvSJroIi an Ho ry Bet7 and Chauffe r Den HflRw 8 Sull van Inspector Carjson at once HHuent fled the bo ly as that of Horton MS E 11 anl M II Horton two sons of HBMxh,e dead man were s mmoned and they Sa mediately conflrn ed the ident Scat on Kg The, body was clad n the same su t of ))W clothes that Horto wore at the t me BKgt of 1 s d sappearance Hp At the req est of M H Horton his Hjuf father s body was ren o el to the WgU iJHorgne of S M Taylor &, Co vh le Kf tnvestigat on was begu as to when and Br "j616 o au ad 'as been seen Miss Is ell e L ncoln a servant n the V i Bamberger household identif ed the mb body as that of the man she had fed r Monday n ormng at about 9 30 o clock K ''he sa d that the man a stranger to E her came to the back door look nc BL weary careworn and cold and asked Br for son cth ng to eat, sav ng that he was Wy Hot acc stomed to beg ng M ss L n K loin fed the man he ate heart ly i thanked her and went awa She d d Ej not see h n aga n al ve All nvest Wrl gat on made p to a late ho r last night tr d d not d sclose anyone who saw Horton ja after that It Dead Three Days Dr Paul who l ade the exan nat on of the body expressed the opin on thit Horton had been dead for at least th ee days Herman Ban berger the only member of the family now at the resi deuce sa d he was conf dent that Mr Horton shot h mself Monday n get as at that time Mr and Mrs b mon Bam berger were pack ng up preparatory to leaving for New York T esday In the confusion and b stle ncident to tl e i ak ng ready for departure sa d Mr Bamberger the d scharge of a revol er oen at s ch a short d stance from the house couH eas ly ha e pa sed nno ticed Speaking of hi dee e on to call an Inquest in the case J dge Mart nea sa d la t n ght he cons dered the fact of the bodv rema ning so long nd sco ered in a pla e so easy of access and so open to the v ew of anyone who passed b or who looked out of the back w ndow of tho house coupled w th the fa t that no one n the c n t had been attracted Ir the report of a fn n seemed to i it fy the conclus on that the evidence of those who were n sone degree on ersant v th the facts and reumstances should be taken Had No Trouble M H Horton sa d that he vas forced to the conv etion that his father had committed su c de that while the letters left by his father conta ned no d ect threat that he would take his own lite the dd int n ate that per hap he wo 13 not return f he failed to keep an appointment n ide Thurs da of last eek for the follow ng i r da He aldel that there was no log l al rea on a de iron su dij deraeu t a vh M Horto si oul 1 ha e shot h self It co Id not la been f na lSl on bar ant tor Air Hor ton po o e 1 e o h to n ak h s ears comfo table n al mater al wa to It co Id not ha e been dome t ro ble fo he ch are all gro vn the r other d ed an ea ao a d Air Horton a o e 1 f o h se ond fe b r ot ei u C the o n g f F la De en 1 c M Ho ton 1 a pea d t on tl a n nt of h d "tit Mr Id la o 1 it h T o 1 ote Ho ha 1 re o u a le PI o n ent to e t h s o M II Ho on Fr la aft oon Instea lie e t i le te 1 co ta ned n aid t to ) tr ct on e irl ne b no after tl t n at on that he u ht not c t Was Ltah Pioneer o a ton ia t was bel e ed th Al lot o 1 con e ba k b t la t At i h or h le au ca a i o t n ed w bo t u t n on u 1 acc en al t nl nj, ol o o lav aft r oon M IIo on n s a at e f Fng and I to I ih th h s a cuts o ro two en ago ho no M Chr st ue I r iz er ho I c a ler of ears ago The e a e fl g h Id en living Mrs Edward Ra-no d W S and M H Ho ton of salt Lake E II Horton of Woo Han 1 mm tot and Ra n ond who s now n Mon na bout ten ea ao M Ho o o ed from S n n t oun v to Pleasant Oreen whore he re led u tl a few weeks ago wheu le n e to ''at I akc to v s t at the hon ol h s la g ter Th rsday the three sons who uc be offered a reward of $o0 for informat on I lea ling to the finding of the r lather I if alive or the disco ery of h s bo |