Deseret Evening News | 1910-04-09 | Page 1 | Dead Man Found in Lonely Room

DEAD MAN FOUND IN LONELY ROOM Hadyn G Smith Conference Vis Visitor VisItor VisItor Takes Laudanum in Despondent Mood MoodIS IS I FOUND BY THE LANDLADY Was Wn Vat to tn Meet f et HU lii lolis mid Cli Ch to tu 1401 11 Worries In lii InI I ing Sheen p of Hadyn Hadn G 0 Smith aged 78 years of 01 South looper lo per Weber Web county Utah committed t suicide presumably on April 7 T atSU at s west Nt South Temple T street by ty taking four ounce of laudanum Ill ills dead del body partially decomposed was found toune lying on the bed at mt t I this morning by bJ a a woman wom n who had hd rented a 11 room mom to The TM lOlIc were w we called e lIed and the body removed mo ed to ODon neils parlors Despond Dupon Despondency ency CHeE em caused by b hi his Inability to pay fillY hi debts debt I assigned as the lIte TIIt Th get aged man came 16 t Halt all ht Lake about ten days ago age to attend confer conference cave ence nl He Nt rented a room In a small faan Wn into to at t the i rear ear of ot Ut W 33 west South Temple street The woman trout from whom SmIth rented the room rOan did not tee see him Friday and ami WIles when be Ise failed tu tO appear Appeal ap ear till this morning she ahe and looking leakIng through a window saw w hi hiss unconscious i form on en the lied bed Th rIte woman who re refuse reo fuse tu J to give Ive her hr name telephoned the police and and Patrolman Griffin respond ond oil cd Th broke open the th door and round found Smith lying on the bed HId dead That he h had ha l been dead several days day v ix its evident Near Sr the boA bed be on a small mall table was a an empty bottle botU which had four tour ounces of ot laudanum LilA VII A NOI NOIA A further search March revealed a I short hort note and 1 a letter the latter It add dd reused to Mrs Mr Maggie of or south Mouth Hooper The Thc note was wu not addressed and end read 4 as a follows I Mend antI nd this letter to where It Is la ad adr d dressed I r am 75 years year yea old and nd have lived a hard bard Ufa ur lit and I want willit to 10 take tak tin the underground route rout The letter to Mrs Smith I addressed My y Deer Dear Sister later Smith It tt then th torn sues on n to lo state that the tho deceased d LI hens hIO bOut about b ut 10 day ago ao to attend 1 I got a the let tt letter letter I ter says mill amid It I no so 11 I me that I f decided to take tak time the underground I 1 have hav alKu led Id an 8 honest and nd up upI light ight I life nn tin l um not tn to t lie die dl Smith III N tit l III in the letter Idler that he had hail it filth tUh i In III ii tin the Mormon and all 1 th III work c rk of r the th Mints Int Th The I Ie er 01 U 1 that hat owned own a ual ana u property properly r fl tOul ing IlIg of a wagon and 04 horses ho which he willed to 10 Mrs II Smith slid her children rod 1 WHO n II r take tak good foo 1 lIre rl of r Mike lIk Thi Th tel i l u d v with n It at that II h be le at Pleasant I t rea rn i ard ardTh ardTh an Th i dy v u 4 taken t n and are arc made maJo to locate loats 0 the relatives relative of the tM dead deed man mm and also allO alsoto alsoto to get Iet into communication with Mr Mrs Smith at Hooper 00 1 Mrs Mr Smith I Is I a aniece aniece niece of the suicide and she JIbe and her husband huband are rl on the tM way to this Ity t tto to take tab charge of ot the thc body and gate gat the circumstances