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Show SUICIDE. As the morning passenger train was passing a point about three miles north of the Hot Springs near the city, a gentleman on board saw an object lying upon the snow, about six rods from the track. Upon as critical examination as the train would admit of he became convinced that it was the body of a man, and that a quantity of blood bespattered its surroundings. Conductor Chugg, of No. 10, going north, was instructed to ascertain the facts and report. He telegraphed back that the statement of the passenger was correct, and that the man had evidently come to his death by a pistol shot, judging from the character of the wound. Word of the matter reaching Captain Burt, he at once dispatched officers Andrew Smith and Heleman Pratt to the spot where the body was reported to be lying. The name of the deceased was Paul Hogan, a resident of Bountiful, and he committed suicide by shooting himself through the head. He made two previous attempts upon his life. The body is in charge of the coroner of Davis County.-News 13th. |