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Show BODY OF TRAINMAN IS F010 01 STEPS Powder-blackened Bullet Wound in Right Temple Indicates Suicide. W. R. Anderson of 364 Kast First iSouth street, a railway trainman, w:is found nVad on the west stops of the Masonic temple, Second East and First South streets, yesterday morning at 6:35 o'clock. A powder-blackened bullet wound in his right temple and the presence pres-ence of a revolver lying at his feet, with one chamber fired, were regarded aa evidence that death had been hy suicide. sui-cide. The body was found by William Smith of (i2." Fifth avenue, who notified the police. It was removed to the Larkin-Hull undertaking rooms by Sergeants D. B. Keddington and Thomas Simpson and Chauffeur George Moore. From the rigidness of the body it was believed that ho had been dead several hours when found. Jjyiug at the landing land-ing of the steps, with his logs extending down across the top steps, he had the appearance of being asleep, and it is thought that, many passers-by, thinking this to be the ease, refrained from investigating. in-vestigating. At the residence of Anderson tbe police po-lice found letters from his wife, Mrs. Nina P. Anderson, showing that she has for the past few weeks been at Council Bluffs, la., because of the illness of her sister at that, place. In her letters she spoke of the chance of her returning home at an early date, as she was no longer needed. Anderson had been a brakeman on the Bamberger railway until un-til recently, and his wife wrote sympathetically sympa-thetically of his having been laid off. She cautioned him against becoming down-hearted, couching her last letter under date of September 4, in terms of fond encouragement. A telegram was sent to Mrs. Anderson Ander-son at Council Bluff6 yesterday morning by the Larkin-Hull Undertaking company, com-pany, and an answer was received last night, ordering that the body be sent to Council Bluffs for burial. It will be sent this afternoon. When the clothing ot the dead man was examined no money was found in his pockets, though there was no evidence that anything had been removed from Mb pockets, as everything was in order as to papers and "other personal possessions. Among them was found a card showing Anderson Ander-son to have been a member of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, Salt Lake local No. 889, and another card showing his membership in the Roekv Mountain lodge No. 3, K. P. Both cards proved him to be in good standing, stand-ing, with dues paid up to date. The Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen has taken charge of the body. |