Show death of 01 ralph palph hacking ralph hacking is 13 dead lie he was drowned in an unnamed pond last sunday afternoon about A pall pal of gloom holers over the community ina in a fierce cattle battle beta een alte tte and death 1 life he I 1 gave up up the ghost and death stalker away conqueror conqueror ip in search of other victim of all the struggles for life that have been recorded the struggle made by young hacking was one of the most heroic with both arms paralyzed from cramp and with only his lower limbs free he arose to the surface of the water eight times before going down for the last time even when he knew further effort was almost useless he crawled on the bottom for at least thirty feet before he gave up about twenty miles milea 0 of vernal a quarter of a mile from christan john 11 bons eons on I 1 a house and near deep creek young hacking owns a ranch and friday august ath he and his brother inlaw in law irvin gerber went out to do some work sunday afternoon being at leisure the two went to johnsons house for fora a short visit there they met C A thompson county tree trea inspector and tha three decided to take a in a pond or rather the back watce batera a of the indian canal hacking and thompson went in but gerber remained on the bank the pond Is about 1 CO yards wide the east cant side of which is 13 shallow a and aad ad the west side probably 15 feet deep thompson swum across and back a few times but hacking had only boniv tried it once when they started across for hackings second time he remarked ked that he believe ho he could make it but concluded to try thompson was a few feet ahead and about 70 feet from the bank when hacking called for help until gerber called to thompson he had not heard the drowning ing mans cries for help lie he was so nearly exhausted himself that he was afraid both would be dro drowned ned if he went back gerber jumped on a horse and plunged into the water ater and as aa soon as he could reach the shore thompson did the same when gerber got within two feet of hacking he attempted to grab him by the hair of the head but failed and after coming up twice hacking went to the bottom thompson had made about half the distance from the bank in the meantime A raft was built and repeated efforts were made to recover the body but they were futile con darling who was in the vicinity dived for the body and the second attempt he was successful the evidence was so BO conclusive that death was accidental that there was no inquest undertaker S P trim took charge of the remains remaina A peculiar feature of the death was the fact that there was not a pint of water ater A in the body and the th theory L ory has been advanced that the young man closed his mouth to kep k ep tho the water out and that he strangled to death another pecolar feature la is that each titre he came to the surface he made a lunge towards the shallow water ilia his arara were cramped and he bouli only use his legs the funeral services were held tuesday 2 p m at the maeser waid church bishop S D colton presiding nelson merkley R S collett find and don B colton were the speakers the services were most moat each speaker eulogized the dead and alad commented on his hia high character and exemplary life A touching scene acene of the services eg was as the singing flinging of the beautiful hymn 1 I need the eveia hour only a few weeks ago in the same bame church during a similar service ralph hackings beautiful tenor voice led a quartette which rendered that same hymn william ralph hacking was the son of james and annie M hacking ile he was born at the old homestead one and one half miles northwest of vernal august 1882 in september 1903 he be was united in marriage to mabel gerber two children were born to them a daughter now two and one half years old and a son now one year old besides the father mother wife and children deceased Is 5 survived by seven sisters and three brothers deceased was not only an upright and honorable man but he was a talented man ile he was a musician of rare ability and was the leader of the choir in maeser ward church lie he was educated in the 0 13 Y university |