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Show DIED AMID STRANGERS. Strange Death of Don Wickerser H 4. i- II.. -. H In tho graineiy building at Hammer' '& just an tho midnight hour was approach- H ing on Wednesday night, surrounded by L strangtrsDon Wickerser gave up the H light of life with no friends or telatlvcs , ! near to close his eyes in lua last long . H sleep. LM Tho report of the death caused quite a LW stir next morning and the Constable, , f H Dan Fowler, started to hold an inquest H but was stopped by word from Count)' -LM Attorney King who said it was not M necessary. ., M From what could be learned it seemed Lm that tho deceased and Mr. 15. Hull drovo . LW horo from Mercur on Monday night ar- H riving about 8 o'clock. They stopped jL at Hummer's and asked il they could H put up their team and get Biipper nnd Lm wero ti Id thev could. Their team waa M put up but thoy went to tho restaurant M for supper. They seemed to be chilled M through nnd Buffering from tho cold. H That night they stayed at Hummers but M drank considerable liquor before retiring JLU nnd took a bottlo of whiskey to bed with H them. They had intended going south t M but the deceased did not get up nnd Mr. ' . M Hull leftfor Ogden, stating ho wasgoing . M to attend tho funeral of u relative there. I M He lo't a beer bbttle full of whiskey with M his partnor. On Wednesday the peoplo H wanted to clear tho room he was In so H ho was taken to the grainery. lie- H seemed to bo in a kind of drunken M WWM stupor. A little of the whiskey waa . M still left in tho bottlu but ho did not H drink it. Tho boya hatched him until V" . H that night doing what they could for '" 'v , ' H him and thinking it was enly a drunken , . H stupivhiclUiewouUValeep off. -Before t,j.. r. J L going to bed George Hammer citled'mapr- T LWm the night police, John L. Thomas, ask- ., M ing him if lie would keep a fire aud ecu H th.it tho man kept covered up. Mr. H Thomas asked to see him and when ho " H did he said (corgo must stay witli him LM as tho man would live but a short time, ' M Tho druggist waa scut for, also Dr. L Noyes, and Mr. Thomas forced n hot drink down Inm Within a half hour L and before the Dr. arrived ho was dead H They tried to reach his partner by wiro Lm at Ogden but could not lind him. L Tho )eoplq thought tho case should bo L inveatigated and woid was received from . L Attorney King in tho afternoon to hold L an inquest. Messrs. I). J. Thurman, L. L IS. Mooro and A. II. Candhiud wero L empanelled as tho jury, LM Suflicicnt wns learned of tho deceased H to render tho jury unuccesBary. Sheriff H S to rrs came over fiom 1'rovo and found M nothing auspicious conceiniug tho H death. Tho brother of the dead man M lives in California and was com- L 1 municated with. He ordered tho body M buried hero which was dono on Satur- L day. m |