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Show David Sorenson Is Found Dead With Shotg un at His Side. I i Special to Tire Tribune. OH OK N, Sept. S. -Years of til health front Which hp Mieved he 60TUd ilet-r 1. 'cover nrs thought to ijfcva cAuMd the suicide early this morales of David borensun, 39 vears of age, a former mail carrier iu Ogden, at tie home of his tather, Carl tforensou, 2707 .letter son avenue. The suicide, occurred to the hasemeut of t he Boreuson home, from the nature of tho wound it is probable that death took place atety, Avcording to the police Mr, Sorun sou took an automat ir shotgun and went into the basement after arising this morning. Near the body was found a broomstick with a nail "driven through it, and tho officers believe that the man used this to discharge the Those who investigated were unable to explain the presence of two emptv shells, but there is a possibility that the tfitpact of the faUina bodj after tlx- tirst shot was fired OlSchjurged the second. sec-ond. One or both oi' the charges tore a ragged hole through the man's chin and ueck, passing into the braiu. The elder Sorenson, who was in the upper part of the house at the time, is Quito deaf and did not hoar the shots. When the son did not imjke his accustomed appearance ap-pearance he searched the house and found the body. Sorenson was born in this city March 2, 1876, and spent his entire lite here. For several years he was a railroad employee, afterward obtaining a posi tion as mail carrier when his health began be-gan to fail. Four years ago he was compelled to give up work entirely, since which time he seemingly grew worse. He was unmarried. Besides the aged father, he is survived by one sister, sis-ter, Mrs. Theresa Ganser of Salt Lsaxe City, and two brothers, Charles and Haas Sorenson, both living in Idaho. |