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Show MR. W. C. NIELSEN ACCIDENTLY KILLED A sad death happened at Uyrum .Tuesday morning' whon William C. Nielsen fell from a beam in his hay , barn and was nccldcntly killed. A jury was summoned by tho justice o! tho pcaco II. O. Show, and rendered a verdict of death by accident. Tho Jury consisted of Mayor II. II. Jen-' son, Hyruin QuIbratiBcn and Christian Chris-tian Thompson. Thcso gentlemen were called to tho Nielsen homo and after careful Investigation declared emphatically that death was caused by accidental means. Mr. Nlclson was preparing to coma to Lognn nnd had gone ot tho garage to get his car. IJeforo leaving tho hutiso he asked his wife to telephone and or-dor or-dor theatro tickets for tho B. Forrest Taylor show which appeared at tho Hyrum theatre last night. Itcforo taking tho car from tho garage Mr. Nielsen went Into tho barn to feed his horses, as has been tho custom nt tho NlelBen homo for years they climb up a ropo to tho beam In tho top of tho barn and from thoro they thro tho hay through a holo to tho bottom. It is supposed that in climbing up tho ropo Mr. Nielsen became ontnngled when near tho top and In attempting to got control of tho lope ho slipped nnd fell. Tho opo had rapped around his neck and formed a half-hitch. Ho fell about ton feet nnd. was killed Instantly. In-stantly. A rumor was circulated early Tuesday morning that ho had taken his own l'jji, but this Is un-rue. un-rue. Mr. Nlclson wns n good citizen and ilv.ays took tho bcal caro possible U 1.1 1 family. At the time of his , lentil he wnB In tho best of spirits nnd tho rumor that ho was mentally unbalanced Is absolutely untrue. Ho Is survived by a wlfo and flvo , small children, who havo tho sym- , pathy of tho entire community. Funeral sorvlceB will bo hold In tho Hyrum Third ward meeting , houso Friday at 1 o'clock. |