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Show Idaho Man's Death Proves Mysterious To S. L. Officers SALT LAKE CITY, Aug. 25 d'.H) Police today investigated the death of Vivian Bell, 39, truck driver of Lava Hot Springs, Ida., who died last night after he was found, naked and caked with rcalt on the desolate salt flats bordering border-ing Great Salt Lake. Investigators attempted to discover dis-cover whether Bell had been beaten to death by thugs or died from injuries received when he fell from a freight train. Bell succumbed to a fractured skull, a possible fractured pelvis, severe shock, cuts and bruises and exposure. The man was found in a pool of ! stagnant water, clad only in an . undershirt, by a nassing motorist. motor-ist. Bell's clothing was found by deputy sheriffs when they backtracked back-tracked his trail. The trail led in the direction of the railroad. |
