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Show NOTE IS FOUND IN AUSTRIAN'S HAVE ENDED IIS OWN LIFE What seemed afirst sight to be a case of murder in the city of Ogden last night has turned out, owing to the energetic work of Detective A. B. Jensen, to be a caso of suicide. I George Molding, an employe of the Bamberger company, found in the com-jpany's com-jpany's freight yards last night the body of a man who had evidently been killed with a, gun. Molding reported the matter toGarner, the night watchman, who reported the matter to the police. Detective Grant Syphers nnd Chauffeur Chauf-feur Charles Wheat went to the scene and Wheat found a .32 Colt automatic i from which one shot out of the seven, which the clip held, had been fired. After the preliminary examination of the scene and the body by the police, po-lice, a jury consisting of Byron Dee. 2903 Adams avenue, I. Morris, 325 ThIrty-fourti street, and James Garner, Gar-ner, 2602 Adams avenue, was cm-paneled cm-paneled and found that the man had been murdered by somo person unknown. un-known. This morning Detective Syphers was working early on two possible clues, but at 11 o'clock tho matter had been taken In hand by Detectlvo A. B. Jensen, Jen-sen, who had established tho incident as suicide by 12:30. Jensen found a piece of paper in the man's clothing, blood-stained, on which was written "205 Twenty-fifth street, Ogden. Tata." Ta-ta." This address is Immediately above the Fulton drug store and Is a hotel largely used by Austrians and is known amongst them as the "Bamberger." "Bamber-ger." Here the deceased man had lived and was known. He had gone out last night and none of the people who know him at the place suspected that he had anything on his mind that would cause him to worry, or despair. It was not thought strange that he did not appear at the hotel later in the evening and go to bed there. On visiting the hotel this morning Jensen found the man's belongings all intact from which it appears he Is an Austrian by birth named Fedel Giuseppe Giusep-pe Packer, who has been employed of late by the P. J. Moran Construction company of this city. He had taken out first papers on April 22 in Plumas county, Cal., and was a registrant of September 12. He registered at Quin-cy, Quin-cy, Cal., and was 3G years of age. Among his effects were found two Liberty bonds for $50 each, of the second sec-ond and third loans. Ono war saving stamp for $5 and a bank book showing a savings account with thb Kemmerer Savings bank. Wyoming, where there is to his credit the sum of $500.81. In his trunk was discovered a letter written in his native language in which the poor fellow declared he was at peace with all men, nnd all men were at peace with him and that he desired his personal belongings and effects to bo handed over to his brother. The name of the brother could not bo discovered dis-covered from tho letter. Further indications of suicide was the discovery of a box of Remington metallic smokeless cartridges to fit a .32 caliber gun. The deceased was a members of the United Mine Workers of America. Receipts for subscriptions to Red Cross funds were also found among the papers evidencing the Austrian's real interest in this country. The cause or motive for the suicide cannot yet be determined. Perhaps it may have been an intense love for his native country, now defeated, that moved him to think that life no longer held any good thing for him. An inquest Into the cause and nature 'of death will be held shortly. Moan-while Moan-while the body is being cared for at the Kirkcndall establishment |