Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-12-24 | Page 1 | Ogden Officers Clear Worker

OGDEN OFFICERS CLEAR WORKER Special to The Telegram I OGDEN Dec Dee 24 C 4 C h Ii a r 1 e s 8 Rhodes 44 2175 Jackson avenue to today today today to- to day was cleared by police of all aU suspicion in connection with the death of his coworker Joseph Fay 32 whose body was found in a furnace at the Utah Ice and Storage company plant here last week Rhodes had been arrested for tor questioning Ho He was booked at 4 10 p. p m. m Sunday on open charges and was released last Jast night Detectives H. H G. G Mired Allred and L. L V. V W. W Pack gave Rhodes who alternated with Summerill as night engineer at the plant a a. clean bill biU of ot health and said ho had an unimpeachable alibi He was at homo home until midnight the night of Summer lira death and retired at home shortly after arter spending spend spend- ing tho rest of the night in bed bed the officers said Summerill's body was found at 7 a. a m m. m last Jast Tuesday by Joe M. M DeBry DeBry De DeBry Bry day engineer when he ho opened a door to toa a combustion chamber ina ina in ina a boiler unit Summerill's watchman's watchman's watchman's watch watch- mans man's clock had been punched at 1 n. n a. a m. m and police believe he ho was killed between 1 and 2 a. a m m. when his next punch should have been recorded With Rhodes Rhodes' release police said they were a lon long way from solving tho the gruesome death held by a coroners coroner's coro coro- ner's ners jury to have havo been homicidal Detective Allred AUred said laid yesterday ho was wal satisfied was killed by someone havin having a minute knowledge of the plant