The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-14
{ OGDEN BUREAU.
BUSINESS and EDITORIAL onsc- s1s
Utah Loan & Trust Building
Telephone 2os.
Ogden. April IA.
FOUND A FLOATER.
CAUGHT IN THE WEBER NEAR
THE OLD TAYLOR MILL.
Evident that the BODY Had Been in
the Water for Some Time-State
Industrial School-Personal Prop
erty Tax-Local Briefs.

The dead body of a man was found
in Weber river yesterday about a half
mile this side of Riverdale bridge, in
the vicinity of the~old Taylor's mill.
Dan Stevens first saw the gruesome
object, which had lodged on a snag
near the east bank He called VIII
Allen and "A. Allen to his assistance
and the three removed the body from
the water. Will Allen and Stevens re-
manned with the body while A Allen
came to Ogden and reported the matter
10 the police station. Officer Eggleston
went with Alien to Justice Wardleigh,
who, in company with Undertaken A.
F. Richey, went out to bring in the
body Young Allen said the body had
evidently been for a long time in the
water. The face was clean shaver,
and the man had on a good suit of
check clothes. Allen noticed a note
book in one of the pockets, but the
party disturbed the effects as little
as possible. ~
Justice Wardleigh and the undertaken
brought the remains in. The man had
evidently been dead at least two
months. A note book gave the owners
name as Edward a. Kilday, 1914 Broad
way, New York. Below this address
was written:
In case of serious accident to me,
please notify Mrs. f. A. Kilday, 80 John
street, San Francisco. Cal" The pa
pers We're water-soaked and stuck to-
gether and the writing very indistinct.
Fragments of two or three kilograms
were found, and a letter on a New
York Journal letter-head, saying some
thing about a pass to Omaha. One
fragment of a typewriter document
read:
we, the undersigned, subscribe the
sums set opposite our respective names
for the purpose of sending Edward
Kilday to his home in San Francisco"
None of the donors names were read
able, but the amounts varied from 81 to
IS. A small cross attached to string
of beads, little less than S. in silver,
and a number of cards. were also found
in the mans pockets. The mystery is
cleared, and the theory
that the man is Kilday is strengthened
by referring to The Herald of Feb. 5.
Chief Davenport received about that
time letters of inquiry for Edward Kill
day, one from his mother in San Fran
cisco and another from brother in
New York. The letters were summar-
lied by The Herald and the data de-
scriptive of Edward Kilday published
AS the description is also that of the
dead man, the article of Feb. is here
nc.
WHERE is EDWARD KILDAY?
Chief Davenport is in receipt of two
letters seeking information as to the
whereabouts of Edward Kilday. One is
from his brother, residing at 80 John |
street. San Francisco, and says that |
the last she heard of her son was when |
he notified her from Ogden that he was
en- route from New York to San Fran /
cisco, and would soon be home. This |
was in December, between the 18th and |
goth. she thinks.Tth though Frank Kilday. |
of 228 West Twenty-fifth street, New |
York, brother of the missing man, I
writes from Waterbury, Conn, saying
his brother was there Jan. "a. The mis-
sing man was in the theatrical profess
sion, and was about 80 years of age;
had blue eyes, sandy moustache: was
about feet 10 inches in height; had |
one tooth out in front. and had been
quite i'll before leaving New York. His I
friends are very anxious about him,
while his mother is nearly distracted. /
The police have, as yet, been unable to
find any trace of the man."
Inquiry by Chief Davenport at the
time failed to reveal the mans name
on any of the hotel registers. However,
theatrical people in town knew of him
in New York, and thought the mans
mind had been affected by sickness.
This was probably true, as the broth
sr's letter stated that Edward was
quite eccentric. With these facts, it
seems quite clear that the dead man is
Edward Kilday; that he was enfeebled
in mind and body and stopped off here
IN route to San Francisco. In some
way he wandered off up the Weber
river and died; possibly he took the
Union Pacific train instead of the
Southern Pacific, got off at Uintah and
# a rted hack Mrs KildaV his mother !
n San Francisco, was notified last
night by Mr.. Richey. The inquest viii
be held TODAY.