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Show II TRAGEDY IN A H WELL IN UTAH Salem, Utah, April 29 Wesley Davis, Da-vis, 35 years old, of Salem met i traffic end near here yesterday He was either drowned or killed by ;t blow on the head while fast in a sixteen Inch pipe, down which he was descending; de-scending; into a well Hit-" body remained re-mained In the pipe for more rhai: two hours before his two brothers and j a neighbor succeeded in getting a I rope under the arms and draging It i upward I Davis with his brother Alma were digging a well on the ranch of David Evans. They had descended thirty-five thirty-five feet In the well was about tell feet of water At about 11 o clock Wesley Davis deemed it necessary i that he be let down to repair a coupling. He did not tie the rope about his shoulders but merely caught hold and was lowered. Suddenly the brother felt the rope's tension relax. Wesley had let go. Frantic calls got no answer lma Davis woried desperately with a hooked plpo to get hold of his brother's broth-er's clothes, but without success Then ho wont for help. petlmK William Pa vis anotbor brother, and Ernest ! Williams of Spanish Fork. They workod until after 1 o'clock before j they got the body to the surfaco. I In some manner Wefdey Davis BUS-i BUS-i tained a severe brain concussion 1 Physicians were unable to determine I whether that caused his death or whether he was drowned |