| Show SUDDEN Of DEATH A TH Of WAL CLA Wel Well Known Salt Lake Horseman Fals Falls Down Stairs With Fatal Effect GREAT SHOCK TO RELATIVES Accident I Earl url Christmas and I Ills Funeral Took llao llaco Tins Afternoon I Funeral services over oer the remains or of ortho I the tho late lata Waler Scott Clawson who I suddenly and snot lot death death In an n accident yester yesterday I day morIng were vere heli heLl at al noon today I from the residence or of Spencer ClaWson I ft br at 29 south Muth street streetA A Iare number o friends of the de almost too surprised at the sud suddenness denness with which the tho nell news or of iris his death ha been received to tuly fully corn com comprehend that ole one whom they hall had known so 0 wel well and ath had seen In iii good health so recently would be among thorn no more trO ere present to pay a alast alast last tribute to their friend The ser fer vices consisted or of 1 a brief address ress ly lylon by lion Le Ie Grand Young n a cose close friend ff lon V ii h with music by by a quartet tc consisting l ls n ot of pp Thu sr Ar Whitney Kimbal Kimball and ond Spencer Sprncer bishopric ot of the Eighteenth ward El EI Eldens derl dens Clawson Whitney and presided Interment WM waa In the city cem tory tery BODY FOU D The Tho In which Mr Ir Clawson came to hil his sudden death I Is nt not known calo lie wa was found yes yesterday CS le morning lying head at the tho toot foot or of the stairs leading from hl hit rooms to the toor floor I ot of the tho building at Main street Tho rho body WI was found by Officer Vickery whose s ns caled called to It ot at 6 a rn m mb b by a 0 number ot of who worn In the hal hail way Robbery Bobber was wa the tho first cuo clue up but ni as money monO In the tho pockets was fount un while I a watch ani and 1 it dla dia do de mond were on the Iho person or of the ceased this theorY theor was finally given up The conclusion to which most or of orthe the have hao Caie come Is that ira ho his footing ns as ascending the stair stairs early morning morning and tel fell leI headlong Ion to Urn I bottom receiving ns as u S Shed hed head struck the vailous st steps ps Another remotely for n IL short time was that an who had once tim tho hope that ho would 1 live e long enough to get vOIt with Mr Ir on for supplying test wih ninny ony that sent sont n a lal to the pent for 20 years earl might hC have O car tied out his threat by lying In I for tor him at hl lila rooms investigation however II the fact that the tho 1 mn f m ago while his pal Is his hla under umer Warden Varden Prat Mr Clawson was us seen alive nUe at mid midnight midnight night on eve In I a con wih with James Gibson door keeper at the tho salt ho he then said laid ho he WM wais going going to 1 a rca res restaurant for tor something to eat after to which he outi go hl hIs rooms room adjoin hl his brothers orico at I 1 41 4 1 Main street streetA A LOVER LOYEn OF Mr Clawson WIS was I a lover or of horses Ind and was frequently seen eel driving trac frito animals around the tho street streets or of the cl city Ie fib mode made 0 a business ot of breaking them to drive nod una has hns handled many lively colts oll for tor horse hors fanciers At the outbreak ot of the can Wil war M ItO In troop A Utah volunteer cavalry Ind StUd was the first Utah soldier to be crippled In service l la a he received I a broken leg while tr trIng try lag Ing out animals for tor the cavalry ser serIce service vice Ice nt at Fort Douglas Dougl For this acci lent ho he received n a government pension cent After recovering ho he joined his troop on the tho PacifiC roost coast and served wih with It until It was mu out after atter n a long tour or of dut In the Yosemite vOile le NATIVE 0 OF SALT rAKE iAK was a bOrn In SnIt Lake 11 in ThU all anti has 16 led most ot of hIl his le life In the city lie He Is a brother or of John W Clawson the veil a known artIst who I Is now In San wl Francisco or of I or of this city and ot of Lo Leo I If Clawson or of el California Ils father Is Bishop Hiram ii D Clawson Clawson a a well voli known resident Irl of t Sal Salt Luke Litko who ha been here since pioneer rays and he has hns a large numb r of relatives lIving here 10 Ito Ila leavea 01 one son Alt age aged 19 years ears teho SasH ho lives his mother Mrs floury The incident on account o of which an Is said to have threatened to Ret get even with Mr l Clason It if he live l ng enough with a sensational holdup near the Eagle gate In in which Mr Clawson WI was badly shot hot tred fired by byO b O pa ot OC d u 4 M e eJ i iH J H I I I reign ot of terror In Suit Lake Inke In which holdups were common ammon arid aud pas pass Ing tire the gate Mr h Clawson arid aud r a received the tue custom customary ury ary orders to hold up their hands The fhe companion submitted Ind alit was search searched ed but Clawson refused Ind and took Iq t his heels and b by u a shot which lt struck ruck In the back and lodged 1 II lii lila his shoulder from where It was sas by DI Benedict 01 OF TIlE rnE THUGS Immediately following the shooting made an attempt to locate WI lam Ham Drown and James Jumes Young two or of ortho the tho worst characters the tho local have hae ever ver to wih with Former Sergeant und and Officer Abu Abe succeeded In locating thorn thom In Inu ina u a at the tho cornel cornet or of Ve Vest t told old and South Temple Browl Brown W was convicted ot of highway robbery old and son pen to 20 years In tire the Utah state prison Young who was the moro more desperate I o of the two WUl was locked III the tho city jai jail pending further Investigation coil Call him le lie made a bold bob attempt to escape hut bul WIH was prevented le lIe then to Ogden to 10 bo be tried for tor murdering n a In the tho Junction city but Jai jail wn was tint strong stron enough to hold haiti him and he made his escape A few tew later Inter lie ho turned up p In Colorado r a burglar was arrested anti and sentenced to n a term In the Canyon City lie 0 maiTh nit inn attempt to escape tram from that institution and serving a a short hort untie that life WM was trot worth arid suicide lt file term itt In tha Colorado prison would have keen Icen seven years Young served a along along long term In Ute the r prison before corning to Utah Before and after holding up the they robbed several Halt Hall Lake citizens and whoa captured male II a deperto desperate attempt to shoot the tho but the latter ater wera vere too quick tar tor thorn them Mr hl had many narow narrow from dentin eth In his work with spirited ant anti unbroken aHl and man flab o of hil his have eXpected to near henr or his death In iii fomo some or of these 11 Ito wal was n it fearless man Ind and one who lied hall many friends and no personal persona en emlu cal ice Justice ot of tIre Dana Dann T mith today ordered an investigation al as to the Iho cause or of the or at the deceased r C y V Anderon Anderson n It M I Johnson and nr C CE Ci i E Evans u vero impaneled as the jury to tak the tho testimony No 0 autopsy will willbo willbe bo be necessary n as Dr Benedict made I a careful examination at tire time or of the discover ot or the body sa |
