Show iVALE MAff MAN BURNED TO DEATH dec IB 15 milliant Willi ant 0 Vill te 70 former ruel aber 0 of tho the beato legislature and fir sinna itier pluto county attorney was burdei to death in ift ills home here early day ile he was trapped in hid bedroom by the blaze which nt arter in the living rom front from nn an overheated stoye mr white recently had harn installed ina on the interior doors of 0 nis als three room house as well as the babad boots and these may have hildere 1 him in escaping from the blazing house members ot of the volunteer fire department said ills body burned beyond recognition was found near the bed ahers the blazo blaze had been extinguished after the home was practically destroyed two two youths returning from a dance discovered the fire shortly after 1 a illand gave aavo tile the alarm the blaze then had gained such headway they were unable to enter the bu building lidin g before a line ot of hose could be laid the root caved in and it was several hours later inter before the fire had been extinguished so 80 firemen could remove the body tho the thermometer was 18 degrees below zero hindering the work word of tho the firemen mr white came here fr from our iowa yla denver more than 30 years ago ile he w was rette reticent ent about his early life nit but it was known that he had taught s school chool at denver and other colorado points studying law and being admitted to the bar there ile he was also purported to have written several deveral text boholm while in colorado on coming here ile he started the practice vt of law and later entered the mining business ile he served as county bt attorney torney and following that waa was pLute county representative to tile the stats legislature in 1902 3 the legislature which elected itcek smoot to the U S senate he had never married acce to friends and the only known survivors are a sister and brother also several nephews all believed to have haie resided in arizona although efforts to to find ahm failed tuond tuesday it y mr r white kept all ills private papers in the living roon room of hla his home which also was his law office and as everything was destroyed officers here have nothing to trace him by except life his remarks several years ago that he ha was taking a vacation to visit i the mentioned relatives jn ill arizona besides Ile sides practicing law la a and d ing mining ventures mr white was waa widely known OB as a contributor to in aln ing journals and also to newspapers u mining subjects many or of hla his articles having baying appeared in tho the tribune 14 in years past salt lake tribune |