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Show IS FOUND DEAD 1 IN PRISON CELL 'Fatal End of Protracted ; Spree for Ben S. Noble at j City Jail; Was Held for I Drunkenness. i . ' j Ben S. (Shorty) Noble was found dead ' fat the city jail at' 7:30 this morning as , the result of a protracted spree. Noble, who Is a painter by thade, about 60 years of age, has been well known In police po-lice circles for the last two years. Only , . . one charge has ever been placed opposite , . the name of "Shorty," that of being 1 drunk. ... Shortly after t o'clock yesterday after-moon after-moon he was arrested on Commercial street by Patrolman Cassedy and taken - to the station. The man was locked up Ha a cell on the east side of the Jail.. -During the night, as far as Is known, he .made . no complant. About 7:30 this morning a man In the same cell notified the jailer that he thought the man was '"dead, and investigation proved that the .man had been dead for some time, i The body was removed to the underta- " king parlors of E. D. O'Donnell, where It 'Is being held pending word from some of the dead man's relations. .;' Noble came to Salt Lake about two "years ago from Mattoon, 111., where he Is , said to have a wife and family living, also a brother and sister. He also has a , sister living at Los Angeles. Coroner Dana T. Smith viewed the remains re-mains this morning and decided that an inquest was not necessary. |