Ogden Daily Standard | 1914-12-09 | Page 14 | Unidentified Body is Found in Field

00 UNIDENTIFIED BODY IS FOUNDHN FIELD Salt Lake, "Dec. 9. Coatless and hat-Ibs hat-Ibs with shoes lying on the ground near by. the body of a man, as yet unidentified, was found in a Murray field near Simper and Railroad streets yr-sterday afternoon It was in an advanced stage of decomposition. Discovery Dis-covery of it was mnde by Anshoelm KranB. 15 years of age, as he was running through the corner of the field. It lay in a shallow fuiTOw. hidden from the usual passerby because be-cause of a dense growth of weeds. Report of the discovery of the body was made to Marshal Fred Peters, who had it removed to the Banks undertaking un-dertaking rooms. Acting Coronor Charles Holm made an Investigation, but could arrive at no definite conclusion con-clusion as to the identity of the man or the cause of his death. The most popular theory is that he fell from a train and struggled some distance from the track before dying of his Injuries, whioh must have been of an internal nature, as no external evidence evi-dence exiBted. Tho body is that of a large man. Unless It Is identified today, the county will be asked to bury it.