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Show PERISHES IN SfiOW DIHI EUREKA Frozen Body of William Stauffenberger Found Near Cabin, i Special to The Tribune. EUREKA. Dec. 23. Buried in a drift of snow, the frozen body of William Stauftenberger was found last night near bis cabin, where he had been living as watchman on the Eureka Bullion prop-ertv prop-ertv in the East Tintic district. T"he bo-lv of Stauffenberger was found not far from where that of John Bestle-mver Bestle-mver was found ahout four years ago and almost upon the exact spot where the body of a Mr. McCoy was found last summer. f-'tauffenberger was well advanced In years, bein? well known as an old-time prospector. piscoverv of the body was made after John Westerdahl, superintendent superinten-dent of the Tintic Standard, noticed in passing the cabin that the door was open, the snow drifted in upon the floor and Stauffenberger gone, though he had evidently evi-dently bctrur. preparations for getting a meal. Westerdnhl called Sheriff Dan Martin over a telephone and told of bis fears that the aeel watchman bad wandered out into the storm and perished. A search was Immediately instituted. The bodv was found under snow between the cabin and a cellar on the hillside. The man bad evidently been returning from the cellar with his arms full of supplies for getting' himself a Christmas breakfast break-fast when he was taken ill and fell into the snow, there to freeze and be buried, lie bad onlv partially dressed himself. The bodv' is being held at an undertaking under-taking shop here pending word from two brothers. John and Charles Stauffen-berg-er of Chicago. |