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Show National Guard Retired Offieer Found Dead Today SALT LAKE CITL, Oct. 23 (L'.fil The body of Carl A. Badger, 60, recently retired brigadier general of the Utah National guard, missing mis-sing since noon yesterday, was found today near a clump of bushes at his Rig Cottonv:ood canyon home, fifteen miles east of here. The body was found on Badger's target-shooting range with a bullet bul-let through the chest. A revolver was found near by. Detective Captain E. A. Hed-man Hed-man of Salt Lake City police said "circumstance surrounding the case made it difficult to determine deter-mine whether the death was accidental acci-dental or whether it was self-destruction." self-destruction." The Salt Lake county coroner was investigating. Officials said Badger had been in ill health for two months. Badger, long a prominent Utah attorney, was named brigadier general of the guard in 19(37 upon retirement of Brig. Gen. W. G Williams, now state adjutant general. gen-eral. Badger was commander of the 65th brigade, which included two artillery regiments in Utah and one in California. |