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Show HUNTERS FIND CHILD'S BONES Skeleton Discovered Under Cowpath on Salt Lake Farm F5ALT LAKE, Sept. 7. Mystery eur-I eur-I rounds the discovery of a skeleton, 'presumably that of a child six or seven sev-en years old, which was discovered In a pasture or the old Church farm, at Twenty-seventh South and Third West streets yesterday morning at 10 o'clock, by hunters. The skeleton was directly In a cow path and had been trodden in the mud twice dally. Deputy Sheriff J A. Turn blow was notified of the discovery and dug the benea from the marshy ground, later removing them to the countv Jail for Identification William Colbie. 2145 South' West Temple and his nephew, Sid ttird. were attracted by what seemed be a round white rock protrudin;: from the ground. Invent ipai ion proved that the object was a skull. A hasty exam ination revealed leg bones, shrouded with black stockinet?, slickine upright from the ground. Deputy Turnblow dug to the depth of eighteen inches over an area of several feet, uncovering uncov-ering a nearly complete skeleton. The only child of this age who has been reported missing is Lester Mc Alllster. 6-year-old son of F. M McAllister, McAl-lister, who was thought to have been J drowned in the dvick pond at Liberty park. Draining of the pond disproved this theory It Is impossible for the father or brother of tho missing boy to Identify the bones. A second search Is being made today to recover clothing that may be of assistance in identifying the skeleton. I |