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Show AGED H'S BOO! 18" TAKEPJ FBOiill cm Long Search for William Rawlings Ended by Fishermen's Fisher-men's Discovery. The body of William Rawdings, who disappeared from his home, 226 Concord avenue, last Monday, was found in the surplus canal, west of the city, yesterday morning by 1-1 J. Thorp and H. B. Good, who were fishing In the vicinity. While passing along the canal the two fishermen noticed what appeared to be a coat caught on a snag, and on poking at it with tneir reeis ui&cuvcicu Police headquarters was notified and Officers Of-ficers Warden and Moore took the body to- the undertaking parlors of O'Donnell it Co. and notified Rawlings's relatives. Mr. Rawlings was 79 years of age and left his home last Monday morning after breakfast with only 5 cents in his pocket. Up to Saturday his son, S. J. Rawlings, and his son-in-law, R. L. Rice, were convinced con-vinced that the aged man had been drowned while endeavoring to visit the ealt fields, where another of his sons was employed and wdiere he had been employed em-ployed manv years ago. Saturday the suspicion began to dawn in their minds that the elderly man had met with foul play, since the Jordan river and the sur-pluB sur-pluB canal had been thoroughly dragged for his body. The elder Rawlings came here several months ago fidm Butte, Mont., to spend the rest of his days with his sons. Ha had been a miner and prospector for many years. No marks of violence were found on the body, but Dr. C. J. Albaugh; city health commissioner, will' be asked to make an investigation this morning and issue a death certificate. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 11 a. m. at the funeral chapel of O'Donnell & Co., 225 South West Temple street. Interment will be in City cemetery. |