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Show Indian Boy Dies Of Gunshot Wound Leonard Root, a 17-year-old Ute Indian, was found dead of a gunshot wound, Friday, at his home near Neola. A coroner's coron-er's jury found that the bullet wound in Root's head, was caused by discharge of a 30-30 calibre rifle, and was self-inflicted. Officers' investigation dis- closed that Root had been suffering suf-fering from ill health. - Funeral services were held Tuesday at the Whiterocks Episcopal Epis-copal church, under the direction direc-tion of the Rev. Joseph Hogben, with burial in the Ft. Duchesne Cemetery under the supervision of Olpin Mortuary of Roosevelt. |