Show INSTANT DEATH Ben Hampton caught in shafting at king mill BODY HORRIBLY MANGLED well known and popular with all classes leaves youn widow impressive funeral services held here yesterday body shipped to salt lake where bunal will take place M II 11 benjaman Ilan ipton a most popular and well known young roan 0 this city was ing at the sliver king concentration null it 10 20 0 clock morn ing by bedoe in gome maoler in the revolving shafting of it e mill tl e unfortunate victim baa terribly mangled though ettli can e eo that ie knew no pain not even having time ta scream oat after he was caught mr hampton aa ao well known and mikeil that his untimely fate cast B gloom over the entire camp hid B borrow and regret nere 1 earil on every band ilig wife oi idaa llian H year was kg geutry HH docs ible of the terrible an I 1 ana completely by the terrible nebb aud for a long time wai in a very jenoua condition the reaia ina were taken to tie city yea berday afternoon after braf for vices belil at masonic ball by the of tl e masonic and elk lodges which dec eael was a member the funeral was I 1 el I 1 lolay lo lay from he family residence at east fourth threet and was strictly private mr II ampton waa regularly employed io the firing room at the mill but sun day tailed on repair work wed beday morning be aad charley robb a fellow workman finished putting in a platform above the ig floor and over the main drive abaft of the robb had a little more to ilo there and II ampton before leaving asked him be deeded aay help robb informed him that he did oot and nin started for the floor below instead of going down tt e estepa however ha attempted to lourer himself through a email aperture be taden the tine and timber of the null and this is where he was caught juat how will never be known there are two theories however plausible one that ha slipped while attempt im to secure a foot ne an hi lowered and threw bia arm over the shafting to keep from falling the other that a pro ejecting piece of his cloning caught on the rapidly revolving shaft and chii hurled him to his beath the apace through which he attempted to dodoo is plenty large enough for a arans body aud is bead of tea by the fillmen as a short cut to the I 1 iwer floor bat as elated either fell or a martof bis clothing caught on the and nothing in the could I 1 ave saved him amsa TIK first that was wrong was conveyed to mr robb when be heard body strike the limpers and felt the unusual bibra eions of the shafting lie at once ran for what is known as the big clutch and throwing it out brought the of the inlall to a standstill io abree quarters of a minute the shaft on which II ampton was imprisoned was going at the rate of revolutions per minute so it cn be imagined with what a terrible and force b life was out ie made DO outcry whatever and never knew w at had happened to him As the mill eama to a standstill II ampton a body fell al most at the feet of bart stanley on the floor twenty feet below stanley was horror stricken thinking however that there might be a spark ol 01 ile left in the body be raised the mans bead and then realized that the man was beyond help A tioila companions gathered quickly bat many ceru lain arced to turn way at the 0 the mutilated reinada re inaSa of their companion wilh whom bat a lime before they hotd worked DI talked and who now lay crushed was torn out at the boulders hia left leg wall cat off at the coee lila right foot waa off at the ankle and there waa not a bole bone inn bead or body HI clothing and elidea bere tripped corn off the wait band of br draisen remaining on nil body the undertaker wa notified and be bent up tua after ahe remaina la a a chape as possible conveyed iberi to town mair MOTi riED the newa of the horrible accident were telephoned down town and lady called at hla home to break the sorrowful Borrow ful to bin wife the duty was a difficult one and when mrs waa finally told of the accident which hal bett llen her husband the swooned completely and it wai a lone time before abe could be brought to realize what bad occurred his people in salt lake were also notified bv wire and the father benaman Be er and bretl er grant drove up arriving here in the afternoon anda F grant brother and uncle of deceased came up thursday Thu raday mornine and returned with the body yesterday yet erday MS of DECEASED II 11 ben II ampton was born at bear river utah and wan 33 years of age he pent the early pait ot hia life in salt lambein Lae bein educated at st marks school and all ll allowa college he a member of the utah in the spanish american war avd hen the volunteers were wl out he came to park city he na employed B assayer at tl silver king mine tor gome time ao 1 later his health ailing he resigned this position and one as clerk at the kearn keith after serving there lor some time he accepted a position in the milt it being his deare to thoroughly acquaint himself ciui mill work aad concentration concetra tion on september ath ot last year he as married to miss joan pearson da ot mr and mrs james learson ot this city the young aid jw is n a ile licate coi didun and wholly br lie great shock tie has hemd tl e hie entire con n dmn goes out lu I 1 er in I 1 r u 1 leu fernl ie bereave ei I 1 11 HI as lu ll 11 i ig father wn I 1 1 oil ars clr lilii 11 11 ely in it is cita ai I 1 in ll 11 e elate t v I 1 e a u deml rr I 1 tinman tin man i IL I 1 alfe tie boy I 1 ar I 1 cl i lei H 1 ll 11 alt of II 11 UK it riv il ady I 1 aib ts a true frien I 1 H I 1 vi K I 1 lial ai 1 devote 1 to nil I 1 ft JOCO life 11 s arance licy 11 u i 11 J I 1 i 11 pin y rOOM tAl ery fin res i services cervices vices larkely at tended fre I 1 fid yesterday jest erday I 1 a I 1 ui ler it e direito n of rev D Q gabill tl e services acre opened ly ft dmn followed b a by a quartette corn posed ol 01 mrs C I 1 bolst liaa lee B igl t anil chas f reading and prayer was offered by rev J II 11 murray follon ed by another hymn james II 11 A blocher anil rev grab 11 gave a few beautiful and appropriate remarks a hymn closing tho ceremonies it was one of the most effecting and beautiful funeral services ever held in thia cita and roust have of great satisfaction 0 o the relatives of the deceased to know that their loved 01 e was hell in sch high esteem beauli ful loners and flural nere in abundance co plemely embedding tl e casket at 1 I e request of tt e relative the casket not opened to view at tl u I 1 all tie were followed to tie by a large number of the of the deceased members of the ifa bonic and elk and employees of the king mill the widow was not present at the liall bat darivin direct lo 10 the train accompanied by her father and er and mrs stevens marshall and joseph cl artland also went to the city to attend tie it inch takes place ali i afternoon ACCIDENT this is ahn fant fatal accident hat has ever occurred at the king null and was one of those fatalities which are un avoidable |