Show SLATERVILLE MAN ENDS 1 LIFE BY HANGING SELF lied 1101 IN Is Found Sums Sums- from In Front Froot of oC Ills III Simp JJ by Jl III Ills Brother Republican Special Service Olden Ogden May In 27 Richard Richard Slater as' as aged 69 a resident of ot for 62 2 years yearn committed suicide this tills morning be between between between be- be tween 9 and 10 o'clock It by hanging himself from a beam extending from the time loft loel of ot the the- blacksmith shop at his home No one ono was homo at the time time and It was not until at least 40 to minutes after the tho act net that Slater aged 7 77 a n brother looking toward his brothers brother's broth broth- ers er's home from his own nearby saw sawn sawa a n body bolly hanging from the tho blacksmith shop loft Running over ho 10 was horrified to recognize his brother Help was ly summoned and the tile bod body cut down but It was alread already cold TJ The Tho o nock neck was I broken brokon and it was evident upon examination ex ex- e that after atter fas fastening to nine the tho noose around his Ills neck Slater Slator had jumped train from the tIme beam shooting through h tho air about nine nIno feet until jerked Into unconsciousness Ill Iii health epileptic fits to which ho he had been subject with accompanying periods of ot dementia tho failure of or hisson his hisson son Eugene Eugeno to return from Crom Salt Snit Lake on schedule time tho the desertion of his wife wite two years ago are arc among the tho reasons given for the tile act Investigation showed that Slater Slitter had hall arisen as usual and after the children had gone to school ho he had hod milked tho the cows and driven them to pasture NothIng Noth Noth- ing lug strange in his actions had been boen noticed AI Albert bert Ritchie Hitch Ie tho the local undertaker un un- on- on was summoned and prepared the boel body for burial which will be held hold Su Sunday Slater SInter leaves lea four children Phillip aged aed 22 Eugene aged 19 Lola aged 17 and Dumb Dulah aged 0 9 The Tho two younger children were in school at the time while Eugene Eugeno had gono gone to Salt Lake Lako Lakemore more than two weeks ago to dispose of a small herd of cattle Finding do do- lays Jays In the time sale the tile bo boy had not re re- returned returned turned and It Is said that his father was iva worried but as to the real reason the tho mystery Is still atUl deep Aside from tho the children surviving are Thomas and James Slater brothers James being the tho I. I L. L D. D S. S bishop of ot also six nix sisters living In After her iler divorce the former wife of or Slater Slator married William M. M L Clark |