Ogden Daily Standard | 1914-11-28 | Page 9 | Body of Unknown Man Found by Boys

BODY OF UNKNOWN MAN FOUND BY BOYS Salt Lake, Nov. 28 The body of an unknown man, who had evidently committed suicide, was found by two: boys, Eugene and Orley Whittle of 86ft Park street, late yesterday afternoon. after-noon. It was lying In a small clump of bushes near the intersection of the reservation and the county roads, the locality being just inside the grounds of the government reserve. The lads reported their find to their father, David Whittle, who notified Sheriff Andrew Smith Jr. Deputies R. L. Eddington and H S. Harper, acting coroner, brought the body to the O'Donnell undertaking rooms, where it awaits identification. A knife, covered with blood stains, was found near the body, and the throat was cut. The man had evidently evident-ly been dead for several weeks. as the body was in a decomposed state und rats had gnawed the shoes on the feet into shreds The man was apparently 30 years of age and a laborer. la-borer. He wore a medium light mustache mus-tache and had dark brown hair. Nothing Noth-ing in the pockets of his clothing served to identify him He wore a aark coat, well-worn khaki trousers, soft blue shirt with collar attached and a Stetson hat of light color. He 'Kh! apparently weighed, when alive, 16r WSSi pounds and stood near six feet Hs