Deseret Evening News | 1891-06-16 | Page 8 | A False Rumor

A FALSE ItUMUIU The TJoJf of a HmJ Jltn Said In Hare Ilceu lilitoiercil In the Jordan Illicr. A falio an I i"natlonil rciiort wai bolug Induitrlntiily rlrcuUtml about theitreelatoilay totliutilcct that the body of n tlevl man hit been flihetl rrom Ihe water, cf the Jordan, hit night, at a point midway between the Illack llrldge attj tho renllenllary road, In l'lnucrs ward. How and whern the rumor originated, or who Ihe allcgol victim ol the watery gtavo was, no onu set mud lo ktiw. Tho roruner'a oftlie waa communicated with but tliu clerk had heard nothing of tho reported llnJ. tjergeaul Done au or the police force thought liislbly It might Iw the body of August J-'lislir, tho (iennan, who cama lo thl, city rrom Denver about six wreka ago, nt.d who, two Week, later, purchased Ihe fountain restaurant tit the rear ol Main alrett laloou, lor $VM, and in) iterlously dU-ai dU-ai lenred two dn aaflerw ant. A brace ol reporters aud Officer Donovan Don-ovan thl, aflirnoon called at llieliinch ttaud imrcliascd by the nilsslng mm and there Itemed that hu left Mi lUeoof tuilncn alnut 0 o'clock am. Thursdav. Mnr Slit, and went to Iho Dlckluioii meat market, on Third Houth alrcct. where he ortler-nl a bill of mat. Au hour and a hall later lie wna seen at the Htar saloon on Htate street, but remained there only a few mluutra. Hlnce thon, aa r,r a. Known, ho ha, never been keen. Al the lime or hUdltttpcnrancii he wore a heavy KoU watch nod chain and waa aald to avn had cuitlderbhi nnney. Hit frlondt fear Ihat ho nn, leti foully dealt with. Ho hm thirty yean ol iV. unmarried, light rom Irxlounl, and ot htavy build, weighing net leea than 3 ixmuds.