Salt Lake Telegram | 1940-05-06 | Page 1 | U. of U. Student Plunges to Death on Little Cottonwood Hike

u. u of U. U Student Plunges to Death On Little Cotton Hike Search Locates Body in Ravine After Freshman Is Reported Lost The body of a year old University of Utah freshman who plunged to his death in the jagged mountains of Little Cottonwood Cottonwood Cottonwood Cot- Cot canyon while on a hike Sunday with three companions companions companions compan compan- ions was located late Monday by deputy sheriffs The hiker Howard Swingle 21 of Casper Wyo was seen at the bottom of a deep ravine Deputies who had searched for him all morning said it would take hours to reach the body and prepare to remove it Officers said the student student apparently apparently apparently slipped over a high cliff falling to his death His disappearance was reported to the Salt Lake county sheriffs sheriff's office at 3 a. a m. m Monday by William William Wil Wil- VilLiam liam Dash 19 of University place and roommate of Swingle Maurice Canfield 20 of 1310 East Second South street and Marshall Dayton Jr 19 of Thirteenth East street I 4 They reported that they had gone into the canyon Sunday parking parking parking park park- ing about three miles up the canyon canyon canyon can can- yon from its junction with Highland Highland High High- I land drive and set out to explore I When at nightfall Swingle did I Inot not return they made a futile ef effort effort effort ef- ef fort to find him As Swingle had I the keys to their car they hitchhiked hitchhiked hitchhiked hitch hitch- hitchI I hiked to Dyers Dyer's corner at the mouth of Big Cottonwood canyon I where they telephoned the sheriffs sheriff's office Swingle's trail was picked up by bythe bythe bythe I the del sheriffs deputy who traced it if up the southern slope of the canyon canyon can can- can I yon into a aravine ravine over mud and across rocks into the snow I m. m v ra i q r f w N 1 A Ak k qA q- q a A a F FF f F r A A d 4 ar ary y W 5 5 4 g a s r I r S SW l W rH 3 ria N HIKER BIKER FOUND DEAD IN LITTLE COTTONWOOD CANYON Where searchers combed ravine for Howard Swingle insert