| Show J t DASHES OUT 11 lift LIFE U UNDER NO fOR i t r MOTOR CAR HH 1 J A. A Milton Meek Deliberately Jj j t Jumps to Death After He H Fa Failed ed to Secure Revolver Revolve I With Which to Kill Self 1 i MYSTERy ENVELOPS CLOSE CLOE r. r OF A PROMISING CAREER Departed Salt Sart Lake in Apparently Good Spirits left teft Train j at t Wo Woods ds Gross and Plunged d. d to Eternity Under Wheels ls t BODY HORRIBLY Y MUTILATED O OBSESSED by despondency said salitto to have been caused by a lovo lov affair A. A Milton Meek one thirty a years old traveling salesman for for- i Crane Co of Salt Lake and member 1 of one of Ogden's prominent families fam- fam flies c committed sui suicide id at t 6 5 0 cl night by l leaping apin in f front ont II of the northbound mo motor or car of the Oregon Short Line o one e mile east o of Woods Cross So badly was his body 1 mangled that it could scarcely bo b b j identified but in his pockets pocket were found letters and ac accident ident po policies policies' J which h disclosed his name I j That Meek leck been brooding oe over unrequited love Jove was learned J friends tO whom V ho hr h horl rl r t lA tt t 11 secrets but hut the name of or the In th tho case casc Is still stilla a 0 mystery At At lila ills home he had never mentioned d It Wit Wil 1 liam hunt Bowen Boyen m manager nager of tho the Crane CranES I company compan Salt Lake stated 11 last night I that Meek Ie always h had d conducted himself him him- 1 sell self a as a a amodel model trav traveling lIng salesman 31 alid 11 t was hold in highest respect b by hi Ills Ills' company His Ills accounts were wore absolutely absolute- absolute ly h regular regula-r. said Jr Bo Bowen Bowe wen f J After Arter closing u u up hl his bib business K for tor th tha 1 11 week at tho the office of ot the Crane j pau pany yesterday ESterday afternoon Meek boarded board- board ed the l train over o the Oregon Short L Line lne for his home at O Ogden Then Then- J I jie h s mel in n n. th b t t or f lt 4 his his demeanor did not attract o 1 as h he left leht the train tb nh when n It stopped i I at tho the station at Woods Cross But j there It seems he took on a n gloomy 1 air and walked to and fro J In deep meditation d lor for n Revolver Walking Walking- Into tho store of pf the L e ve Sto Stock k company l Ic Meek k stepped to to 10 l' l S S A. A the hardware counter and asked to be bo shown revolvers S. S E E. E Seldon a a. clerk t was about to place a revolver on a n. counter when he b. observed a peculiar I face taco of or the customer custom custom- expression lon In the er Still holding the tho revolver In his his' grasp and drawing drawing- It awa away nakEd Meek leek what Jie Jle wanted It for Meek moaned that he hc wanted to use It II Continued d on 00 Four DASHES OUT LIFE UNDER MOTOR CAR CARe CARa CART A. A Milton Meek Traveling Salesman Meets Horrible Death of Own Selection Continued Prom I IRK Inge On Oat oni on himself It and finally slunk out of the Hie ore fi fid d l. l His Ills head lowered and almost almot stepp step step- p ping 1 ng the pace of ot a stage tragedian l feel cek w walked wl to tn tho railway station 0 f 1 the O. O S S. S 1 L. L and asked attendants attendants' f t they I ley w would ud loan or sell solI him a r reo re- re volver o ver He lie was asked what he wanted It u for and mournfully repeated repented the anser an anSWer an- an an ser he had given the clerk at the theof store of thc tho Live Stock compan com corn pan pany Suspicion began to spread through the settlement and several boys at attempted attempted at- at tempted to find Deputy Sheriff George D. D Mann Meek consulted his watch and with a sudden determination determination- strode out onto the railroad track and walked east easL Two Tv boys followed followell him but hut as thou though h att attempting to outdistance tance them ho lie set act a pace that loft loll them far behind The Tho purpose of oC Meek was wag apparent to the few tew spectator that watched him when th the motor car of ot the O. O S. S L. L dashed up the tracks Meek I ck stepped tl aside but a as tho the speeding car was less Ices than twenty five feet from him ho tossed himself on ott the tracks anti and was to pieces Motorman Arthur threw on tho emergency bral brake e. e but tho the car was WaH going more more than thirty-five thirty miles nilles mi tin hour and It was Impossible to stO stop In time time- Recognized cd by Conductor Barr Harry Newberry was first to dish back to lO the mangled bod body of ot Monk Mock Following him came passengers Including Fred W W. V. V Chambers fish nah and game g commissioner who was as on board the car on his way to Ogden The moment moment mo mo- mo- mo ment mont Chambers 50 saw the name on an envelope elope he reeo recognized the man mangled led bo body as that of ot Meek Meele whom ho had known many years about Ogden ana onel Salt Lake Justice of the Peace Thomas rhomas Adams was called to tho ho scene of or tho the suicide before tho the bod body was remo c removed lie He was assisted In tho the examinations by hy Deputy DePut t ty Sheriff Sherif Mann That Mock Meek had com corn committed committed suicide was understood tood after attendants at the railway station and clerks In the store had Informed the Justice of ot the p peace ace of ot request for a n revolver The hod hotly body was waR removed to tho the mortuary of ot Holbrook cc Smedley lc Icy ley at Bountiful where It will be held pending the tho advisability of ot holding an U cat Meek feek was the son of ot Mr and anel Mrs Irs A. A WV Mock Meek 2660 Jefferson Jerrerson avenue Ogden Og Og- den His Ills father conducts a plumbing shop at O Ogden den and ond Instructed d him Inthe in inthe the he steam fitting business until he became bo- bo came so proficient five years ears ago ngo that the tho Crano Crane company compan made him traveling salesman for tor the district of ot Utah DurIn During During Dur Dur- ing In hl his services ser ho he specialized In the tho sale of ot siphon air all valves alve with which he had enjoyed unusual success Mr and Mrs Irs Meek stated at nt their home In Ogden Oden last night that the they never had noticed signs of despondency on the part of their son and declared that to the best of ot their knowledge he had been unusually proficient mental- mental I 11 y and ond physically Mrs Irs Meek recalled last ast nl night ht that when her son came home Friday Frida nl night ht very er late he attempted attempted at- at tempted to walk to his room without disturbing her But she was aroused by footsteps and asked who was in inho inthe ho tho house Vit 1111 In lit Good Gooel Spirits Spirit She says sas her son responded that it Meek that this was as ho Mrs Irs says sas was the he first time ho he had ever ver attempted to o walk to his room at night without turning on lights or letting members o of f the family know he was home Mr Ir and nd Mrs Meek declare that Meek was apparently in tho the best of spirits when he ie loft Jott his homo home yesterday morning to come omo to Salt Sail Lake to attend to affairs nt at the office e o of the Crane Cran company compan The unfortunate death of ot Meek Icek comes as a 11 great shock to me mc said Mr Bowen Bowon manager of or the Crane compan company com corn pany pan last night He lie was one of the tho best salesmen we had bad tie lie had often otten been complimented upon his work and he was tho the sort of ot a young youn man that always makes stron strong bids for tor promo promo- tion hn he l left tt the tho office this afternoon afternoon afternoon af af- af- af he was In the best bost of ot spirits As u usual ual ho he bid m members of ot tho the office good bye as ho loft left for tor his homo In InO O Ogden den Meek was a native of Provo but had passed most of 01 his life in O Ogden den where he obtained his early earil education Beside Beside Beside Be Be- side Ills his parents ho he i is survived b by a sister Mrs Irs Everett Goodell |
