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Show DECLARES SUICIDE ' THEDHYJS ABSURD Brother of Man Found Dead in Ogden Unable to Solve Mystery INQUEST TO BE HELD Officers Still Puzzled Over Cause of Death of S A E Ashby t tP Ul to Th Trlb n.. sv OGDEN Dec 23 Wh le daelsrrog the sueide theors to be absurd K O Ashb brother of the man whose dead bol was tomd in a pond here Hst Frilav n a letter to enfl T 4 De-Vine De-Vine toda alo discount the murder theon b asserting that shbv probably did not hae more than $35 in Ms pos session when he reached Ogden. bout $30 was found in the pockets of the dea I man s lothes. tl he letter of the brother fails to shed j reaT light oi the mystery that snr rounds the man s death The authori ties are now certain, however, that the man was Algernon Edward Ashby 41 roars of age, a m&ehmist That the n an had some knowledge of chemistry Ts shown bv the letter, and the brother lias asked the authorities to ascertain if poss ble whether any cyanide was found in the stomach or on the body The county authorities hare planned to-hold an inquest tomorrow, after which the body will be interred in this city The inquest will be held before Judge TR" H Reeder with County Attorney J E. Evans condnetisg the examination of witnesses Dr A. A Kobinaon conn tr phtsteian -who discovered traces of . chloral hvdrate in the dead man s . . . t 1, l . M , 1 1 i aivuwcn win oe one ox uxe principal witnesses. Letter From Brother The brother s letter to Sheriff Delia De-lia is as follows Dear Sir FoOowlss on my wire of & esterday asking;, you to give Cfcris- Man burial to the body of my brother V. B Ashby I would like to say now that I am not in a position to come . . to Ogden at present, as I arm out of a job myselfL I ma? say tnat my . brother was going to Detroit or Pitta 1 burs at first, but finding' the fare cheaper to Chicago titan either of these places, he finally decided on the latter, t Hls-ontj-reason for going waa be-W be-W cause he could, not get steady work on 1 ttia carat eral-U always tried to keep up Ms dross in the Machinists' " union but was not able to do so al ways hence, Hs being in Covtna do-ins do-ins laboring- work or anything to earn & an honest tlvtos: He waa true blue. Jnas Algernon Edward Ashby and a Oaiuarer fellow was hard to meet. He (left our borne in Kn gland stout twen ty 3 ears ago ana has never been in any trouble whatever that X know of. The news of bis death will be a severe shock to mv father aged 80, from whom I wish to keep the details It possible. Had Litt'f Money j , What lfltJe money he would have , had would hardl) exceed $100 in all which would land him at his destina tlon with about tS When I last saw him In San Fer ( nando twenty two miles north of Los Angeles. Thanksgiving day I told htm to get Wells Fargo travelers checks and be said he might do so. He said he d be gone ten years and I tried to dissuade him bnt to no purpose so my last words we e Good bye and od bless you He worked at San & Fernando on the high school building about three v,eeks and said the boss was a prince I am not a are of any trouble and if there were any he never to d me and personally I have nothing on anyone and no one has anything on me that I know of I am at an utter loss to understand it but I trust In God Just the same. He must be the victim of circumstances Incidentally he used to precipitate silver from photographers I xing baths take it ard have it assaed The rece pts for 122 oO spoken of In The Salt Lake Tribune December 18 WaS IOr iniS Bluu VI rrvi n, nuiii do not understand about myse f The same paper says the officers found J'O 07 in the pockets there be ng two So gold pieces two bl s and 7 cents He was unmarried and 41 years of age f orked as Machinist Pie worked I think most of last winter for the American Potash com pany of Long Beach as a machln st and they owed him o er $200 He got about J7a on account ast month f om an off ce I think In the Van Nuys building Seventh street Los Ange es Suicide to my mind la absurd. He was the greatest optimist e er and wou d not entertain it for a moment but I would like to know if he had anv cyanide in h s possess on I do bt ery much and I i wr t to a f lend of mine in Los Ange es who used It for k ng butterfl es and no s and ask him if he gave him any a my friend saw him the same even ng he eft Los Angeles Tuesdaj Iso mber 30 Apo oglz ng for writ ng at thlE length I am dar sir respectfu y R. G ASHBY |