Inter-Mountain Republican | 1906-03-16 | Page 2 | Aged Hermit Found Dead

AGED GED H HERMIT FOUND O DEAD AD ADa I Iri ri a Hats tc nl na 1 I Body Before Dis- Dis l IJ S Cal o al L March 16 Joe Joe BenL Ben Ben- 5 n- n x L old resident of Browns Hill Hm In L S the Valley II mining district was 1 found d doa J In his abin abIu B Jod ed I II I a ti and anti ik eked 11 out a precarious S ious existence C h by working wo around In Inthe f- f 5 the time mines mimics He II nev r I even ven asso associated hatel I. I 4 5 with the lie other uthel ln Jl miners miners- ln living in the vi- vi 1 anil he tie was not nut ml missed for Cor a If couple of day hen When his nonappearance non appear S. S s I. I ance aiice was WON not noted cl John Jarrett a n nef neighbor neigh neigh- h- h bor hor went to tu his Ills cabin ln and amid broke e open the door loor finding the old Ihl man nan lying Iving on onS tim tha floor HOOl fa iq downward l In Jn front of the S v fireplace The Tho e fir was waN sUII still smoldering S Halts Halt hall had gnawed naw cl till tho side of his hh face fact I Benton wo va v. v about aboul 70 years yen ot age uge- Little LIlU is known of his history u. u as he nm made c- c no confident of If an anyone The rhe 1 re remains re- re S mal mains vet Interred etl a short abort distance cabin I