Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-02-04 | Page 10 | Bather Found Dead in Swimming Pool

BATHER FOUND DEAD . 11 mm pool Heart Failure Supposed to Be Cause of Tragedy at Beck's Hot Springs. Apparently seized with heart failure, probably brought on by rheumatism, Harry Pappas, 30 years old, was taken from the Beck's Hot Springs swimming pool about 2:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon, after-noon, dead. Pappas, whose home Is at Winter Quarters, Utah, accompanied by Anthony Kytros, went to the pool shortly after noon yesterday and, according to the latter, lat-ter, they entered the pool together about 2 o'clock, but Kytros soon lost track of his friend and did not miss him until Professor C. S.. Leaf, swimming instructor, instruc-tor, who is in the habit of keeping count of the swimmers, discovered 'that someone was missing. Thereupon Mr. Leaf called the patrons, about twenty in number, from the pool, and inquiry elicited elic-ited the fact that Pappas was the missing miss-ing man. According .to Mr. Leaf, a hasty search of the pool resulted in the finding of thei body in nine feet of water, by Rudolph Schedigg of 1175 Second avenue. The police were immediately notified and Patrolmen Pa-trolmen Hugh Carr, J. L. Forbes and J. J. Roberts removed the body, which was sent, to O'Donnell's morgue by order of Dr. W. S. Keyting. According to M. Cavros. a friend of Pappas, living in Bingham, the latter was a miner and unmarried. He has a brothert George Pappas, at Winter Quarters, Quar-ters, with whom the police were in communication com-munication last night. A watch and $1)1 was found in the pockets of the dead man's clothes and is held at police headquarters. head-quarters. By reason of the fact that two fresh bruises were found upon Pappas's forehead, fore-head, some of his friends last night demanded de-manded an investigation of his death, on the theory that someone struck him while in' the pool, rendering him unconscious. uncon-scious. This theory- is scouted by both the police and physicians who were called to the scene. In order to satisfy his friends, however, the police promised to investigate this morning.