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Show ' . ROOMMATE FINDS HIS FRIEND DEAD Salt Lake, Dec. 31. Philip Iden. bet (er known as "Phil Dugan." a horse collar maker by trade, was found dead In his room. 323 South West Temple street at 8 o'clock yesterday morning morn-ing Death was caused. It Is thought, bv alcoholism and pn-umonla. "The bodv was discovered by In flen'B roommate. Patrick Rellly. who was taken In custody by tbe police '. r B short time after he reported his partner dead. Iden had had a Bcalp wound, from which he had blea profuselv. and II was believed that he might have suffered foul play. An examination of the wound at the UU dertaklng rooms of O'Donnell & Do. however, revealed the fact that tlu wound was superficial and probabls suffered In a fall as he staggered Into his room , Rellly was released within a few hours. Iden was about 40 years of hsp His former home was in Os-caloosa. Os-caloosa. Ia., where he Is thought to have relatives living. An effort Is being made to locate them. For some j j time past he had been out of work except for occasional Jobs as a furnl-ture furnl-ture mover, and he had been drlna-lng drlna-lng heavily, it is said. oo |