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Show I Mysterious Death I Of Ogden Boy Is J To Be Investigated investigation of the strange circuni-St circuni-St stances surrounding the death and m Durial of Jf,P'" Henry Jr.. of t hi3 city, will be conducted by the boy's father, j Joseph Henry. The father made a trip nsanaaaaannni 1 1 to Kernniercr last reek to find out details regardine: the case. The boy l'-d on Ma 20 :iccordinR to reports received in Ogden. and was buried at Halfway. Wyo. The father did not hear of the death of his son until Julv 25th. The Kemmerer Republican, .clvin detaiN of the case, prints the following follow-ing article: Joseph Henrv of ORden. Utah, has been spending the past week in and about Keminerer, investigating investi-gating the death of his son, Joseph Jo-seph Ilenry Jr , which occurred on May 30 last, at Halfway, under circumstances which might be termed unusual, and which. may, according to Mr. Henry, be the subject of a more searching inquiry in-quiry when he returns to bis home and consults his attorney. Mr. Henry's statement is to the effect that his son, who was 17 years of age. although very large and an expert horseman, was kicked kick-ed in the breast by a horse about two weeks before he died, and that hp was not given proper medical attention during the time ho lav ! helpless at the ranch of Harold j Munn. and that after his death he was buried without a coffin and that no inquest was held nor death certiiicate issued, and that he, as the father of the dead boy. was never notified and only heard of the sad affair by accident on Julv 25th, Harold Munn. at whose ranch young Henry died, arrived in Kern-merer Kern-merer last evpning and was asked for a statement of the case and discussed the matter most freely, his statement putting a different aspect on what at first appeared to be a case of cold-blooded neglect neg-lect of an injured lad. Mr Munn says that Henry was employed on his ranch and that ho asked permission to go to Big Piney to get his things, and that he was loaned a saddle horse and saddle for the trip. He was gone five or six days and while away assisted in breaking some wild horses and mules, and was kicked in the chest at the ranch of Joo McClintock, near Big Tiney. In spite of his Injury, ho was able In a day or two to ride back to the Munn ranch, a considerable dis tance, for one injured seriously. Mr. Munn was at home when the youth arrived and beard of his accident, but gave it no serious attention, at-tention, as being hurt by a horse 'is so common in a cattle country as to occasion little concern, he himself having had both legs and several ribs broken at different times, and being accustomed to Similar accidents, the other men on the ranch took the Bame view. Being engaged in the business of freighting, Mr. Munn left roon after af-ter the arrival of the injured boy, on one of his regular trips to Kem-merer, Kem-merer, and when he returned young Henry was dead The account ac-count of those who were with blm at the'last agree, according to Mr. Munn. that he ate well up to the morning of his death, which occurred oc-curred about 9 o'clock May 30. There were 37 people In the employ em-ploy of Mr. Munn at that time and they have now scattered In eery direction, and it is going to be difficult to get any testimony which will corroborate either side of the case. The man who was with young II nry when his death occurred is a Union Pacific conductor, con-ductor, named Vernon Brooks, who happened to be in that country locating some land, and he is now In Nebraska. Two of the features of the case which seem at first glance to bo particularly heartless, are that the boy's father was not notified and that he was burled without the . services of an undertaker, but Mr. Munn explains these by staling that Henry made the statement when he came to the ranch that he had run away from home and that his whereabouts were unknown un-known to his people. He did not mention where his relatives resided, resid-ed, and as (he manner of burial, there was nothing uncommon in that remote district in making burial bur-ial without the services of an undertaker, un-dertaker, instancing -the flu epidemic epi-demic Uvsi year when he wus called call-ed upon to bury triends and neighbors, neigh-bors, when outside help was impossible im-possible to secure. |