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Show 0-CtrbtBit. atProre; WkfletW the laJMwte of liejatrfj Lat night about eight o'clock a strange man was drowned In the rnill race under the plank covering at tUrntrof SaM9eau. tttfeter m cEOgukr rriii fan oiMyU ecoaated for tliUUu H$ ? Inebriate, "it appeara that became from.the direction of Knight Bro's. livery stable and either crossed the street at the corner, and fell in ax he vralked ri thwplank overing'to-ward overing'to-ward the Jewelry store, orhecroierj airecuy from the stable and walked deliberately Jn. At the upper end of the bridging over the race there Is no railing or banister to hinder any.such calamity, and the uufortu-BaU, uufortu-BaU, man m IU fit yicatam,' The current'Is very stroTigat that place and although several men saw him fall In. he could not be rescued until be had patted through the entire culvert, which took about two or three minutes."" X. John Knight and Frank-Halllday were at the south end of -the culvert and took the man out as soon as be came through. Several bruises were found on his head, but none seemed sufficient td have caused his death. The water was soon pumped out of him and Dr.Beckford summoned, butlifo was so far extluct that in four minutes after he was taken from the water his pulse'' ceased to beat. The body was taken to the undertaker's and prepared for interment. inter-ment. Ue Is evidently a man who has dissipated, himself, from all circumstances cir-cumstances surrounding the case. $22.15 were on his person, part of It In a buckskin sack and part In a buckskiu purse. Iu the purse were some badly worn papers, one badly blotched written on a D. AR. G. It. message heading, dated 12-10 9 Pac Hotel, Ogden. Little earf be learned from thati asilt was badly torn. A receipt as follows was In the punei "December tith. 1M0. Erreired from Georjre and James Smith trao for one month t rent. it. C. ItODEKTS." He wore a dark colored shoddy sack coat with yellow threads run-nlng run-nlng through lt,'mimber eight bro-gan bro-gan shoes with buckles, overalls, dark shirt and light-colored tie with brown stripes, a pair of glace gloves was in his pocket, 'also two pocket knives', a box of salve and some nlll. He is a little. bald and evIdenUy about 30 y ears eld. It is evident that he Is a railroad emoloyeand possibly will be Identified Iden-tified before he Is buried. There should be some protection about that place, a screen or something else to prevent a child or person passing through. Coroner Twelves today empaneled empan-eled a jury consisting ofH.8. Prne. William Freshwater and John E. Uills. After hearing all the evidence evi-dence tbat could be obtained in the case, aud examining the papers foand on the body,tbejury returned a verdict that the said James Smith came to his deajj by drowning In accidentally wlkingoff the bridging of the factory race on H street, north of Seventh, and recommended recommend-ed tbat Iron crating or something suitable be placed at the head of said tiridging for the safety of the public pub-lic iZiqiarcr. |