Ogden Weekly Standard | 1905-11-10 | Page 8 | Tracing the Cause of Death

RACING THE CAUSE OF DEATH CORONERS JURY TO INVEST 1 GATE A GIRLS SUDDEN DEATH bosle moyas is highly spoken of by all her acquaintances from wednesdays standard tha inquest over the body of josie boyea will be held this afternoon at 4 0 clock witnesses from among her girl friends and neighbors will be called to testify and jury impaneled Im paneled to decide upon the manner of the young girls death it Is claimed ly mrs william biad ley a sister of the deceased that josie took laudanum for the toothache tooth ache and got an overdose that the girl evidently took the bohon while on the outside of the house and threw the bott away seems to discredit such a theory the bottle when last seen in the house contained nt quite an ounce of laudanum when found it was empty with no traces of laudanum on the ground nearby there is such a combination of cir that point to the suicide theory that tho verdict of the jury will be keenly awaited the body since 10 a m tuesday has been at undertaking parlors it is exactly as found in the girls room lying on a few blankets which constituted a bed on the floor the girls past and her conduct while in ogden is of the very best and dt is difficult to arrive at a motive for her self destruction the troy steam laundry people speak highly of her and state that she worked nag ats up to sunday and therefore could not have kept improper company at unseasonable hours there is some talk of the girl having been morose over unhappy home affairs baj abre is nothing 0 o even confirm that theory of an incentive for suicide