Show THE BODY FOUND LUICE LUKE PREE rree rreece tiie THE DROWNED BOY noy discovered FLOATING OX ON THE JORDAN THE CORONERS INQUEST about aboul half past three yester dav day afternoon a messenger arrived irim irom south bountiful at the city hall with the intelligence that the dead body of a boy had been found floating on the river jordan at a point west of the lewis farm south bountiful the man who brought the news was peter Ernstrom who told marshal philips that two men iuen had discovered the body and that they with NC erickson lad had taken a boat and brought it to the shore the body was identified as that of the missing boy luke who was drowned on the lath dinst the rest of the story is best told in the evidence adduced at the inquest held before coroner taylor and a jury composed of PT L W snow and 0 G workman at the office of joseph wm win taylor sexton in this city last evening nin azier reter peter ernstrom was the first witness called lie ile testified as follows I 1 went to lewis farm south bountiful bountis ui at 12 two men came in ani ana and told me a dead body was floating floating on the river N C erickson assi assisted by two other men went out in a boat and brought it to land this was at p in I 1 came to the city hall in this city arriving at oc fock and notified marshal phillips the body was white then lit it was greatly discolored at the inquest but left as it is now though it had bad blue spots upon it there were no marks of violence A rope was put around it an dErickson pulled it to the shore while the other men steadied the boat dr benedict brought broucht the body to town in his buggy it was seven miles from here to where it was found hyrum father ot of the deceased next testified testified the full name of my boy was hyrum luke ile he would have been twelve years old oid next december he was of 11 light lit complexion pl exion had blue eyes and anthas was four teet leet six inches in height Hew new he was asborn born in birmingham england ernest clinton aged 13 one of the boys who was at the river the same afternoon the drowning took glace giace place the stand I 1 I 1 I 1 was next put upon was in swimming near the black bridge foot of third thard south street about a quarter quarte rot of a block below lukenas luke was with me but I 1 got there first we were killing frogs for legs ile he was in the water when I 1 came away we had been in twice I 1 came away about 4 george campbell and lee beatle beatie found his clothes and tho thought they were mine luke said he coull lt swim we could watie wade out some dis tance and then it gradually grew dee deeper p and there was a chuck off I 1 knew luke well george campbell was next called it was in the afternoon lee beatie bentle and I 1 were getting dressed luke went in while we were killing frogs we were about a h block and a halt hait away it was nearly dark clark when we got back to where he be was when we left we had been gone about an hour or an hour and a half we found his clothes we called and whistled for him two danish boys boye were vere there I 1 did noo not know them they said they seen him we called for all that were there but got no answer I 1 took the things out of the pockets of the clothes ind and gave them to lukes father the vest was missing we afterwards went out to search for him in a wagon and got his bis clothes which had been left by the fence near the river everett ewell was along I 1 thought fIrst they were ernest eruest cliftons Clin tons clothes there was a knife a flipper a fish line and a china I 1 got goc go to the denver depot coming up just as the western train got in luke was most intimate with my brother jack ma ohn john campbell ivas was the next witness I 1 was with luke luke on market row whence when we agreed to go swimming we went in swimming and then ca came me out and killed ile lle d frogs then we went in ai again an di ko id I 1 dove cove off ahe the rail several times he ul ant go in the deep water then I 1 wen went tout out helas he was out of the water and had his shirt and vest on I 1 wanted him to get in the wagon with me arwe as we had a chance to ride up he said DO and told the driver to go on he was not dressl dressi dressing ng ile he was running running up no the river when I 1 last saw him I 1 with wit his shirt and vest on ile he was near the barbwire barb wire fence going south evetett evevett ewell the net next witness sald said it was wednesday afternoon that we went swimming lukey would get under the water and kick out to show how he could dive A bu burlesque lesque in sh shallow allow water asater as he was u unable Z ie to swin swim ile he got out and put his shirt on and ran towards the rapids south the boys say he went in again 1 I came home about 5 I 1 guess I 1 think he got drowned on the south side of above the bridge where the water is deep we were swimming on both sides of it george and john campbell and lots of boys were there n I 1 came away I 1 was in front of sanders store at night when george campbell and lee beattle beattie told me of the arow drow brownin drowning nin I 1 saw luke in above the bridge joe e grees and his brother went home with me I 1 saw george campbell and lee beattie hunting frogs they were dressed when I 1 came away nobody in the water cried for help leonidas 0 beattie being called corroborated the evidence of geor george e campbell and stated staved further lure lute luke did not go 0 with us ns to the river we had ma made d e an appointment with him but he was too late and we went on ile he came down afterwards the boys were interrogated very carefully each one being separately examined and their stories were straightforward and tallied pretty closely in rezard regard to the missing vest john Camp campbell bell bely subsequently withdrew his statement about the deceased having it on and it is thought that he did not wear one the jury rendered a verdict to the following effect teat the deceased died near wear the black bridge over jordan river in salt lake city by drowning at about 6 p m of august 1884 and that his d death a th was accidental the funeral all arrangements f for sor or which had been made by tufts and N strom in whose saloon the father 07 of the deceased kept a lun lunch ch stand came off at noon today to day at trie residence in the ward under the auspices of bishop |