Show BODY OF MAURY GRAHAM FOUND CEDAR CITY the body of maurlee maurice graham has been found in a deep gully in tho the mountains six miles south of tle the spot where his wrecked western air express plane was found on juno 24 a searching party found the remains of the veteran airmail pilot wednesday afternoon tho the body was waa flat upon the ground with the head dropp dropped td to one side as though lie he had fallen exhausted as lie he struggled through the deep desolate snows that enveloped the rugged country on oil january 11 the day lie he flew hla his last airmail six men found the body in the deep underbrush that has made the hunt tor for the fliers body a heartbreaking heart beart breaking and discouraging ordeal major richard mcdonald headed the archeri ser er chers cheri others who participated in the discovery were jimmy allen alien of los log angeles a cousin of the ill fated graham and glen deal george edwards leo currier aad frank J bartlett all of cedar city graham left no death message major mcdonald told the tribune representative his body was fully clothed his service pistol fully loaded rested in his holster the bottle of wheat thadlie th that atlie he carried on every flight to stave off starvation in just I 1 such an emergency was found in a pocket his bankbook a 10 bill and a stick of gum also were in his clothes major mcdonald who has headed the search for the body with unrelenting courage since the finding of the plane three weeks ago lepor reported t ed that the body was located a p m all six rix men seemed to find the body at the same time major mcdonald reported the leader apparently seeking to give credit to the entire party than to a single individual the pilot was headed toward zion national park when exhaustion overcame him it if lie he had only an hour more lie he would have made it commented a grizzled resident of this region after the long hun ended the residence of zion national parks care caretaker is only five miles from the spot where grahams body was found major mcdonald immediately upon finding the body dispatched one of the party to cedar city to inform sheriff J T leigh who will leave at daybreak thursday together with the major to return the body to cedar cly and later to be removed to los angeles grahams home for burial burfal sheriff leigh said that no official investigation would be made as he was convinced that the flier filer had met his death through exhaustion and that there thera was positively no evidence of foul play tribune july 17 |