Show joseph mccoy found dead in east h joseph mccoy who came to lu reka about ten days ago from lyndyll where he was employed as a carpenter was found dead near tho the wagon road which leads to the ru reka lilly tintic gintic standard and oth er east tintic gintic properties about four miles from eureka on tuesday evening of this week from the condition of the body when found it Is thought that mccoy died about twenty tour four hours previous on sunday evening au automobile to take I 1 im m to fast stating that bo lie was i alicto UA a cinc W 0 0 acu fw pled a cabin lir irr wen re n C s abort short distance toha east cast kofl ea s N reka he left the automobile skir uw abhi sh explanation that he would make the rest of the trip on foot as it was all down hill he ile had been drinking quite heavily during his stay in eureka and it Is thought that he got lost in the hills stumbling blIn about in the rocks all ani I 1 gullies guilt ies during ring the part ol 01 the night night became ill wath pneumonia as an examination examination ef af ol 01 the body con vinced bocal jo al physicians that this dl di sease 15 and lu n not 0 ifie we bruises and cuts sah which w c were we re I 1 n evidence on the body caused caused the r ven s death dea th people le tr traveling eling over the road saw the t h e man n lying ing on the ground and re porte uie e matter to the officers T ceory that mccoy did not die budde suddenly ay but that he was alive on monday mon ay and realized that his ills condl tion was serious la Is substantiated by a note Is had written and which was no doubt left for his friend harvey hedges special agent for the salt lake route at lyndyll in this note he told hedges of money that was coming to him at hinckley utah where be he had worked at his trade mr hedges came to lureka lin mediately upon learning ot of his friend friends s death and a message was sent to a sister whose home la Is at almosa col mccoy was about 42 years of age and it is said that he lie was a boyhood 4 friend of jess willard heavyweight champion of the world both were 4 born and raised in the same kansas town mccoy like willard was oc of massive build and in some of will i ard s early training tor for the prize ring mccoy was his opponent although there was nothing at that time tim e to in dacate that one of them nna was to bo come a champion mr air hedges says that mccoy was as a splendid manly fellow in evry every way and that hia his only falling failing was his desire tor for drink but even at that his drinking bouts were by no means frequent A few ears ago the body of john al Best lemyer one of the pioneer prospectors of was found in almost the same locality mr nestle myer myers s death was caused by heart trouble he ile was returning to ills his cabin after a trip to eureka when 4 he died and a couple of 0 days passed belbie the body was found |