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Show McKINLEY OUTZEN MEETSMATH McKinley Outzen of Milford, 22, of late a student of the University or Utah, majoring in pharmacy, died in Salt Lake City Monday about midnight mid-night from a broken neck he suffered suffer-ed when he fell out of a window in the Kenyon hotel. The Salt Lake Tribune Tri-bune reports about the fatal accident in the Tuesday issue as follows: "McKinley Outzen, 22 years of age of Milford, stopping at the Kenyon hotel fell from a fourth story window win-dow on the east side of the building last night at 10:35 o'clock and died shortly afterward in the emergency hospital from a broken neck. "According to the investigation by Sergeant R. N. Brinton, a man on the floor below heard the crash as Outzen's body struck a wooden platform plat-form on the ground floor and then fell to the basement below. "Outzen's belongings showed that he had just, registered as a student at the University of Utah as a pharmacist phar-macist and had in his possession $1-10 $1-10 in currency. Sergeant Brinton stated that the man must have fallen head first from the window, which was raised just far enough for the body to pass through From the condition con-dition of the man's neck it is thought that he struck the ground floor on his head and then fell over backwards back-wards to the cellar. "Outzen tiid not regain consciousness conscious-ness and when medical aid arrived at the hospital he had died. His body nad been injured in several other places, including a broken foot, on which two toes had been severed. "Further investigation showed lUat the bed had been slept in and j. is thought that the man was a pes--,:jio b'ym;'LauiintiisL -c-i.il o tiler luuory j.ic. hi Uu vuicv is Uiit .he man i.iii been Lick and ws hanging out tliO window for air. According to Sergeant Brinton, there were no fumes in the room which would lead to the theory that he had been dring-ng. dring-ng. and his effect' showed that he i.s a : ;an el" clc:ir:..:;si g-j'. appearance." The young man was either sick or walked in his sleep, the latter theory being supported by the fact that his bed had been used. Besides the mother, six brothers are surviving him, the oldest o? whom, Ray Outzen, went to Salt Lake City to lake the body to Richfield Rich-field for funeral services, arriving there Wednesday evening. Services will be held in the Third ward meeting house, Friday afternoon after-noon in Richfield. A |