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Show MYSTERY IN SKELETON Human Bones Found Wear. Ophir Indicate Old Tragedy. OPHm, Utah, Nov. 30, The people here are excited over the gruesome find by Surveyor Burton, from Salt Lake, of a human skeleton. The discovery was made under a cliff within the immediate vicinity vicin-ity of Ophlr. At first much speculation was rife as to whether or not the skeleton skele-ton is that of an Indian. Dr. Logan, recently re-cently of Kentucky and the doctor of Ophir. was asked to make an examination of the find. He declared that the skeleton is that of a medium-sised white in an, who possessed more than the average Intelligence. Intelli-gence. The skull la not very large, but is well developed. A butcher's knife, a few beads and some elk teeth were also found with the remains. Joseph Bit hell. Jack Osborne and Mr. Waters made a very close search, but could not furnish more than the above Information. In-formation. The opinion is that It is not a case of suicide, but that the skeleton is that of a prospector who was wandering wander-ing around in the dark and fell over the cliff. Many of the bones are missing, and It Is thought that the remains are . those of a mining man who came down from I the South pass In Wyoming in the early 70s. ' '- |