Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-12-19 | Page 1 | Ogden Fire Death Balks Seekers of Death Clues

Ogden Fire Death Balks Seekers of Death Clues Glues By STAFF CORRESPONDENT OGDEN Dec 19 19 19 We dont don't know We haven't found a thing athing worth telling The assertion by Chief Rial C. C today re revealed the lack of in I Ogden's shocking g furnace murder In the Third day of or clue seeking police police- apparently were still up against the blank wall they encountered encountered Tuesday morning when the b body dy of at Joseph Fay 3 32 was found burned to a crisp in a furnace at the Utah Ice and Storage company plant here where he was wasa a a. night engineer Police turned to persons familiar with th the vicinity of the tho plant for ey hoped might lead to e If clue but their efforts were fruitless They questioned l' l railroad crews watchmen at t other points other points near the tha Ice company and persons person's who regularly regu sega pass by the plant Chief Moore said all the Information o obtained ob oh- was valueless Members of ot a switch engine crew said they heard a noise near the plant about 2 a a. m. m Tuesday near the estimated time Summerill was killed but were unable to find Its s a source Police called in Neil Nell Fry one of the crew Thursday afternoon in an effort to learn more about the noise which crewmen said was peculiar They also planned to talk more I with of the ice company I The Tho possibility of suicide consistently con con- considered remote was a al almost al most completely blasted late yesterday yesterday yester- yester day afternoon when a a. verbal report on an autopsy was given County Attorney Paul Thatcher by Dr VJ W. W J. J Wilson city physician and Dr G. G W. W Schelm pathologist at the Dee Memorial hospital They hey reported ed finding hemorrhages hemorrhages hemor hemor- In the left side of the head and In tho the left sinus that occurred b bre death and that the lungs lung and heart indicated sudden if not immediate death They also reported a jagged hole at each end of a six Inch frontal skull fracture Police believed the I holes might have been caused by a bullet The strong possibility that Sum Sum- killed by bya a person or persons perSons per per- sons familiar with the tho plant drew police pollee attention The Tho fact tact that b body dy had been placed in th the combustion chamber through a small side door at the rear of the tho furnace pointed to this The front door of ot the boiler boller unit opening into the firebox ox proper is only a front from a sliding door of at the room opening into a loading area which Summerill had to cross to punch the watchman's watchman clock at 1 3 a. a m. m at an ice tower outside It was pointed out that it would have been easier casler to put the body firebox proper through the larger front door than to drag drai it down a a. narrow alleyway to the rear of the unit and jam it through the small door to the combustion chamber However a person familiar with the plant and with functions of the boiler unit would have known that while the body would have been consumed alm almost t Immediately Inthe in inthe the firebox bones might have dropped through the grates grate In the combustion chamber it eventually would be completely consumed with less risk of ot discovery dIscovery ery cry because this chamber is not often otten opened Joe Joo M. M De Dc Bry Dry day engineer who found the body opened the tho chamber only because he be had bad no noticed noticed steam pressure had dropped In the night Funeral services for Summerill were conducted at 1 p. p m. m Thursday Thursday Thurs Thurs- day in the Ogden L. L D. D S. S Twentieth Twentieth Twentieth i I ward chapel Arias Arlu G. G Belnap officiating Burial was in the Brigham City cemetery err