Salt Lake Telegram | 1947-04-19 | Page 1 | Coast Man, 35, Killed on Utah Highway

Man Coast Coast Man 35 Killed on Utah Ufah Highway Telegram Leased Wire VIre CLEARFIELD App CLEARFIELD-App Apparently the victim of a hit and run run- accident a man tentatively ly identified as as James Roosevelt Gill about 35 believed believed believed be be- to be of San Son Luis Luls Obispo Sal CaL was found dead Saturday at 6 3 am a.m. on U. U S. S highway 91 near the Clearfield naval supply depot entrance road A passing motorist noticed the body at about 6 am a.m. and notified the Lay Layton on town marshal who r re reported reported re- re ported it to LeRoi Day Davis county deputy sheriff and Lt Jack Moss state highway patrolman They said the man had been dead five or six hou hours The victim suffered a crushed skull broken shoulder and Jaw The body was fo found d 24 feet west of the highway An automobile door handle covered covered cov coy ered with blood and hair was discovered discovered discovered dis dis- dis- dis covered about SO feet south of the spot where the body was found Meanwhile state highway patrolmen patrolmen patrolmen patrol patrol- men Saturday at the state capitol were questioning a year old Salt Lake resident who reportedly stopped at a service station north of Wasatch Springs Plunge about midnight and asked for a highway patrolman st stating he believed he had struck ad air n animal to the north He said his car was damaged and had blood on it Dep Deputy ty Day and Lt Moss who questioned the motorist said that the investigation In would be continued continued continued con con- at the scene of the accident in Davis county The accident pushed Utah's traffic traffic fic tic fatality toll for r this year to 42 compared with 57 at the same time in 1946 The Davis county toll now stands at 10 compared with seven at the same time last lost year