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Show READS DEATH LI; COMMITS SUICIDE Leo S Baumgart, Cripple, Ends Life, Pet Dog Remains Re-mains With Master Ell me f you please you shall know nothing The forego ng sentence in Alexander Dumas s story of the Three Muske teers doubtless we e the last words read by Leo S Baumgart of 240 U street who comm tted suede last n ght by inhal ng gas from a kitchen range all of the burner valves of which he had opened tude after plac ing rugs and clothing around the bot ton s 01 all doors to make doubly sure that the fumes would snutf out h s life The Dumas volume lay open upon the kitchen table and within arm s length of the chair in ih ch the body was found by the dead man s w f e and her mother Mrs Ann e P Meyer who had been attend ng a. lodge entertain ment Baumgart who was a cr pple as the result ot hav ng been burned by a 1 ve wire while wo king for the Utah Pow er & L ght con pany last July had urged his w te and ne mother to go to the enterta nment ms ht ng that he preferred to lema n at cone and read. When they returned about 11 30 p m and opened tho k tchen door gas fumes drove then back When the room had cleared Bufficientlj they en tered and found the bod clad in a lounging robe and reel n ng in a rock ing chair before the gas range They telephoned pol ce headquarters and Acting Coroner H 8 Uarper was no tified hen off cers reached the house they found that the man had been dead some time In the k tchen uth Baumgart itas a bulldog, a family pet She was asleep on a blanket under the table and un doubtedly, was not noticed by the man when he decided to end his 1 fe When Mrs Baumgart and her mother arrived at the house they found the dog crouch ng inside the outer door Enough ar was admitted between the door and jamb to keep the dog alive She was wh ning piteously Baumgart was 3d jears old and well known n local lodge circles being a member of the Masons. Scottish IVte Odd iellows and Knights of Pyth as Wh le work ng on a 1 ght pole at iifth East and lourth South July 31 ho came in contact with a 1 ve wire which burned his arms and body terr bly As a result of this accident his right arm was amputated and the left rendered useless His infirmities caused him to brood and he had often ea d lately that he would be happ er dead He had lived in Salt Lake Citv twel e years coming here from f-t Paul He had no relatives besides his wife and mother in law |