Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1927-07-05 | Page 8 | Colonel Stone, 66, Leaps into Ocean

STONE 66 COLONEL LEAPS INTO OCEAN NEW YORK July 5 By 5 By The As Associated As- As AssocIated Associated COlonel Press Press Colonel William P P. Stone 66 66 U. U S S. A. A retired committed suicide by Jumping Into the sea from the promenade deck of ot the Cunard liner Tu anta it was learned Mon Sion- Monday Monday day when the ship docked here The colonel boarded the ship at Cherbourg and was bringing to this country the body of ot his wife nife who died of ot heart disease in Paris Parts a month ago Sunday morning he settled his petty accounts with the ships ship's stewards and ate an nn early luncheon The deck was deserted save for a deck boy when he leaped Into the sea The ship was miles from New York The ship circled for an hour and anda a boat was as lowered but no trace of ot the colonel was found Colonel Stone was born bom In Ar Ar- Ar kansas