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Show Ray Yepson Laid Away. Sinee our mention last week of the sad and tragio ending that came to this young man, his remains have been eonveyed from the seeue of the accident at Goldfield to his home in this oity. and all that was mortal of our friend is at peaceful rest in the city cemetery, Imposing obsequies took place Wednesday afternoon from the meetinghouse, meet-inghouse, whioh was appropriately deoorated and thronged with sympathizing friends. The floral offerings were beautiful and mute ly spoke the deep pathos felt by all present. Twelve of deceased's companions com-panions in life acted as pall-bearers, carrying the remains leading a solemn procession to the meetinghouse. The Bervice was oonducted by Bishop JoBeph Christensoa, who gave , the opanlag address, and was followed follow-ed by Judge A.N Cherry andNephi Anderson. A quartette furnished appropriate singing, The remains arrived from Geldfield on Tuesday in charge of deoeased's brother, Claude, and wer met at the depot by a large coneonrse of friends forming a lengthy cortege to, the family home in this oity. Deceased is survived by his parents Mr. and Mrs. Antone Yepson, three sisters and four brothers. He would have been 22 years of age next Monday, Mon-day, March 13. Believing it would be of interest, we here copy from the Goldfield Dai- lv Trihnnfl nf Marnh 9. Ha nanntint. of the tragedy : "Kay Yepson, a eager employed at the Clermont shaft of the Consolidated cvas instantly killed at 5 o'clook yesterday yes-terday afternoon by being caught in some timbers at the 900 foot level just as the cage was beginning to aBoends and he waa dragged oves into the opposite compartment and fell 150 feot to the bottom of the sump. Death was instantaneous, "According to eye-witnesses of the accident, Yepson had gone down on the cage to the fifth or 900-foot level where he let off some men, and from that point he was going up with three or four men who wanted to go back to the fourth or 750-foot level. The men were on the cage and Yepson had rung oft on the signal to hoist to No. 4. Juet at this moment a miner named Van Norman, who also wanted to go up, Btarted to step onto the cags, not : knowing that YeDson had 'run? off. and had been a eager at the Clermont for about a year, Previous to that ne had been on Belmont Tonopah, "A sister, Louie, is the wife of Chas. McKay of the Goldfield hotel, and he also has a. brother, Claude , here in the camp," The same paper of March 3 Btates a corner's inquest found that Yepson "met death accidently through his own negligence." It further explains ex-plains ; "Dr. E. A. Wheeler held an autopsy yesterday which disclosed that although Yepson had fallen 175 feet, not a bone was broken. There waa a scalp wound on top of the head three inches long and laoerated. Also numerous bruises and contusions over the body, but none sufficient to cause death. There were no fractures whatever. The brain, lungs and heart were normal, but the liver, kidneys kid-neys and large intestines were ruptured rupt-ured and badly laoerated. Death was due to conoussion and shock, The cage started to move and Yepson attemped to signal .the engineer to stop bo as to save Van Norman from being injured. "In reaching for the signal, Yepson leaned backward, his head was caught by a timber at the top of the station, and as the cage rose his body was dragged from the cage and plunged downward 150 feet into the sump. "Van Norman and others on. the cage tried to save Yepson from, going over but were unable to do so.. "After the cage was stopped word was telephoned to the surface, and within a short time a craw of men under un-der the direction of Chas, Miller, shift boss, had recovered the body Bnd sent it to the top, The body was later taken to Dunn's undertaking rooms. "Yepson was Bbout 22 years of age |