Ogden Daily Standard | 1915-01-29 | Page 10 | Body of Young Man Picked up by Train Crew

BOD! OF YOUNG MI PICKED UP ey TRAIN CREW i i I The dead body of a oung man. supposed sup-posed to be George Shuma of Chicago, was picked up a short distance ea.st of Montello, Ney.. late yesterday afternoon aft-ernoon by the crew of Southern Pacific Pa-cific train No. 10, and brought to Ogden. It was removed from the depot lo the Kirkendall mortuary and an inquest may be held The crew could give no information as to how the young man met his death, but the body was nearly severed sev-ered at the waist line, making it evident evi-dent that Shuma had been run over by a train The bod was clothed in a neat blue serge suit, with n stylish shirr while collar and tie, indicating in-dicating that the dead man was not. a tramp. When the clothing was searched, a small book with the in scription 'Runaway diary" was found On one of the pages appeared the name and address. George Shuma. 1449 South Carlor avenue, Chicago, together with several entries regarding regard-ing his travels The first one was I Chicago, 'January 15, left home," and Others showed that he had been to San Francisco and other towns between be-tween Ogden and the Pacific coast I The last entry was Montello, Janu-j ary 27 W"