| Show LAHE I 1 W WW ITEMS Clea lc aring rig up after the destructive Coda gration U H J 1 cams combies LOSE the coroners Coro nerg begins the he C body ody or of rL richard ichard jobeson there Is a ID in the be easiness yet from our regular correspondent SALT LAKE U T jan 14 the view presented this morning at the scene of last nights conflagration in the hooper eldredge block was very dismal the great blaze which raged for hours aud and threatened the w whole hole block was subdued et at an early hour this morning shortly after lit ert the a interior wall crumbled and fell at one time when all the streams were iu in play feet of hose were used the gas which aggravated and hindered lie the firemen in their work was shut abut off which in all probability prevented an explosion that must a barely have followed if it a full current had been on insurance agents were kept busy to today day adjusting justi tig insurance matters an and d computing losses th alie e companies ies represented by II 11 J grant co 0 ere are the heaviest losers as its they bold hold the largest policies of the local agencies and their losses will bo be correspondingly great A representative of the il 11 J grant insurance company tot told d a reporter today to day that tho the agencies represented by them would lose about ill T 0 by the catastrophe it h has as always I 1 ys been the policy of the company never to assume more than one nak in the same building and originally there was but one firm that of richards moyle insured by them but several changes in the location of business by their customers brought about a concentration of polities policies which will be strictly guarded against in the future no serious injuries sustained by firemen have been reported although a man named frank fitzgerald had his lils feet frosted while standing hi ih the W water a ter ila was afterwards ards removed to the station lionso house v when hen a good I 1 restored ree the circulation A man named erang evans a volunteer fireman received an ugly gash gush above the left ear while the fire tire was raging a about bout 7 al clock he lie claims tho the W wound was inflicted with a heavy lantern in the bands hands of assistant levy of the fire brigade the police say the latter is entirely to blame an and I 1 that it was a brutal asnault for w which hie ii the assistant chief should be held responsible ible an effort ef fortis is being made to have the matter investigated attorneys richards and mole io ie w whose bone offices in the tile hooper and eldredge block were hurried burned out will locate locale temporarily in the zions davig bank the inquest upon be the body of richard johnson Joh neon who died in the city aisil nl recently under apparently mysterious circumstances circum atances woo held at TA taylora alors undertaking eats blish ment on first south street at 10 this morning johnsons body which had bad been exhumed presented a truly melan I 1 1 1 d I 1 t 1 I 1 1 ceoly c to lysight eight it was stark naked with the exception of a pair of boots and stockings Bloc kings on the right eide side of the abdomen was a huge cut of about five inches and another transverse trans verae cut of about three i oches on the left eide aide were a number of bruises supposed to be made by rough usage beside the body was a box made of cheap red wood boards this was the coffin in which johndon n was buried dr meacham was examined but did not seem to know much the juror juro r wanted the case settled at once but j juror uror john brt burt that the tile a autopsy be made first and that the inquest be postponed poet boned until 2 p in the coroner tried to go on with the inquest but burt who evidently suspects foul play appeared to be an intelligent tell igent and public spirited citizen and would not listen to the coroner finally the inquest t waa was postponed until 2 p m w when the matter was 1 again l gal n taken up but nothing of importance import ance adduced the proceedings were again postponed until 2 p ea tomor to mor row an extraordinary case is now under way in the third district court it ia is that of the people of 0 utah against geo hancock ancock II being an appeal from the first district court the appellants case waa was argued by Attorn attorney ov arthur brown attorney varian and mr chlon hi his Is assistant tit representing the people the indictment charged tho the defendant hancock ancock II and two other men with the murder of henry jon jobea es on the of april 1853 1858 al payson but it was not found until tie ath of march 1890 some acme thirty years after the commission of tile alleged crime sneak thieves are still prowling about the city more particularly in the su burba and residents will do well to be on t the he alert for their |
