Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1922-07-13 | Page 3 | Woman Dies after Attack on Desert

WOMAN DIES AFTER ATTACK ON DESERT LOS ANGELES July 13. County authorities here began the investigation investi-gation yesterday of circumstances surrounding the death of Mrs Frances Fran-ces E Pryor a wealthy ranch owner, who formerly lived In Salt Lake The woman died several days ago at the home of Mrs. B, M I'.rUK In South 1'as.idena, where she was taken after being found beaten and exhausted on the desert some distance from Lan-i Lan-i aster. Before she died Mrs. Pryor made a statement In which she declared sho j had been beaten and forced to flee her home by a man who, she cl.timc- I, attempted to force her to sign away her properly Escaping from the man. Mrs. Pryor said she sought to ' find her way in the night to a neig-li- j bor'a ranch, but fell exhausted As a result of the exposure and suffer- i lng she died within a day afte( she was found. ah iiixsi ijjituun ;i: wiurieu louay by Detective Sergeants Walter Hunter Hun-ter and George Contrerae of the district dis-trict attorney's office, acting under Instructions from Deputy District Attorney At-torney McClelland. I Information concerning the mys-teiy mys-teiy surrounding the death of Mrs. Pryor was first given to local authorities au-thorities hrough Attorney Mathonl-hah Mathonl-hah Thomas, who is said to have known Mrs Pr or when she lived in Sail Lake. The detectives sent Information In-formation to the constable at Lancaster Lan-caster today to make a complete Investigation In-vestigation of the case.