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Show YOUNG MAN COMMITS SUICIDE FRANK WHITE DRINKS SOME CARBOLIC ACID. Is Found on the Hillside In Taylor's Canyon by Hcrdboy Body Brought to Undertaking Parlors. Lester Bleak, while watching milch cows on thf mountain side near Taylor's Tay-lor's canyon, immediately east of Og ('en, yesterday afternoon, made a gruesome find. While rambling over the hills ho came across the boiy of a dead man-in a gulch, a short distance from the lime kiln in Taylors canyon, reside the dead man lay a four-ounce, lot tie of carbolic acid, the half of which had been consumed. The lad notified the police department, and officers, with the patrol wagon, were sent to the tcene immediately. The body of the unfortunate unfor-tunate man was picked up and taken to the station, where every possible effort was made to find out the Identity cf tho suicide. Charles Yoeman stated stat-ed that he knew the man, and thac his name was Frank White, a laborer. He had known him for a long time, ?nd ho staled that the unfortunate man was married only a few mon'hs a'o to a Miss Palmer, and that his father Is a plasterer, residing on Twenty-eighth street, a short distanco east of the Ogden General hospital Tho dead man Is about 30 years of age, and was dressed in laborer's clothes. The body when discovered was barely cold, so that it Is certain that he had been dead only a few hours when found bv the herdboy. The remains were taken to tho undertaking un-dertaking parlors of C. J. A. Llndqulst, where they will be retained until the relatives lay claim to tho body and order or-der the final disposition of it. Upon investigation It was learned that the unfortunate man is the son of George W. White, who lives at L0S Twenty-eighth street. Chief Browning Brown-ing vladied the home of tho aged fatiior and broke the news of the suicide of his son. Upon receipt of the sad news, the old man quite completely broko down and gave himself up to weeping. When told that his son. Frank, had killed himself by taking a dose of carbolic car-bolic acid, the father wept piteously and said: "Tho poor boy, he wa.$ discouraged dis-couraged and despondent when I saw him last Friday; he said he WJ3 not feeling well, and I noticed that ho was In a bad frame of mind, but I had no thought that he contemplated taking tak-ing his own life; it is too bad." As near as can be learned the residence resi-dence of tho unfortunate young roan Is SOS 23rd street. He Is a laborer and has always borne a good reputation. Why he should take his own life Is a mystery to his friends and relatives, but the circumstances connected with tho case seem to show that the ranh act was premeditated. It is 8ald.the man was not addicted addict-ed to the excessive use of liquor, hence his act of self-destruction must have been caused by ill health and despondency. It is reported from an unreliable source that the dead man stated to his wife a short time ago that he was tired of living and that ho thought It best for him to end his days as best he could. |