Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-12-16
cITY'S TRANSIENT DEAD
FIGHTING FOX REMAINS or STRANGERS,


Fighting for the bodies u trausien,
dud is not Il practlcr that sat Lake
undcf.lkcrs have publicly lrrlrcd Ia
TO any considerable cNteu4 '1lugh shore
ate few notable exec Ions 80 this
ruic. The syatom 81 gaming fur and
disposing " the r,maips 20 unfortunate
persons by yhc local municipal and
county authorities pus "a strong check
upon a gru,rimp evil thl, g. nov AZ
nlc.lne Denver, ~ It his done Tor y,urs
pass Speaking OF ihs matter t'day'
one of salt Lakes mo, pr'mincp' UNI
dcriakcis said.
Denver IL a gr,0t place for people 10
die. by shat / ml.n g, always has
large percentage of inHlien, pOpu'a-
ton who are on thclg a-i legs. Many
OF thess hcong to iha pauplr ciass whi
have u,a relatives lu .he Eas. or else
where. who are glad . tender The .lntt
knd onicDs uf IMAM tn man lf giNtn
proper 1pplriuu.ty 800 do fu, ana - h-
YER unicriakers never ffb u sce 10 10
that toe ease ia properly pr,s u.lI.
especially che Official uni tkcr i1r a.
iH ihe chap Wh1 gcts tIl CO.. nu1|uc g.,
80 mIltrr iu what u IlH.flU. a HtfAtgrf
GOES or vhlt c0funcr 'r juuauc hp.ds
the ludm %. she body and du potaiuh
cnccu mus be turned over 90 nm.
= ImU'l tines Che dead man has u1 money
on him ut au but then anmc relative OF
ulei1 can hc found and h.ll iH pre-
f.ttfi Tor three or four times ih' at
tUll txptuF.s. az cuufsH ptupflaiy MI
o.. pDtmlt the dispute OF b.i ~ this
Kind and 10 is PAID. Then 10 u rp-
I mt qucn( that twoniy' thirty nity' one
/ hundred ur even shrtD, four or
| nVo hundred dollars alty Doe found In
/ sas irnor p0ckos. or ssNed lu tne
! cluimug Of the dead tirtnEHr In a man
urr lui place never suap0ctod. !, my
/ relf hayt found large sums uf money W
! ,his way when 10 ia found a gG11
| funeral can Dr. given ths corpse ana
"A handsome profit made. II relatives
ana friends are located at "a distance
I the body IN shipped ana NJ course must
| be suhaifncd and enclosed In cnHkct.
again giving untold margin for biz
I profit 80 you see u " worth the while
~ the Denver undertaken ~ hustle and
he does 30 because u pays him 10 do II.
once IN n while. but u iA once IN a
great while, man dies who has neither
friends nor relatives. 30 far as known,
| ana when he dies he ~ dumped into the
/ plalncst aud cheapest uf board boxes
/ and cnrtcd OF 60 the Puttufa Held
There III absolutely no one 10 shed 4
tear. oucr a prayer or express u word
~ sorrow. His body IL consigned 10 thu
ground. the clods are mechanically
rhovclcd over the crude board box con-
talning II and all II over.
That there are few absolute pauperi
when u comes TO burial II shown by thi
bids OF the Denver undeftakcra. The
Itching drHiro of one OF these gentle
men IN ~ great that he N willing 1,
bury the bodies FOR unc-bllliunth ~ Q
mill each. Now d u clearly apparent
that he Isn't going into the business fOl
charity. lie Intends tu make all tn
money he can out u 10, either IRON
friends. relatives or the money or per
spnal effects found upon the remains.
Fortunately there W not ANA cnnnO
be- such an unscemiy scramble over IN
transient dead In Salt Lake, There I
no Official undertaken here ana person
engaged In that occupation get thei
business w legitimate way. Tn
county and city each allow 80 FOR IN
burial Of such dead. Commenting up0
the Denver nght OF undcrinkorr IN
; Post " that city under aatc OF Doccm
. brr ~. says;
The county commissioners this morn
Ing received bids ON burylnR the pau
pers who die In Arnpahoc county. an
took the various propositions undc
consideration. The underwriters VIII
want the privilege NJ burying the coun
~ poor were present In force ana fairl
strained themselves In endcnvorlng I
, under bid each other.
The county pays practically not
penny for the lnterment OF paupcrs, IA
: undeTgukera making their money in an
, other way. Whenever u person die
without money. ana the matter ~ m
disposition " his body falls upon IN
! county. the undertaken who has IA
contract for the work tclographH Co IN
! relatives or friends ~ the deceased /
. hopes that they win pay the expense
, ~ lntcrmcnt, emhalmlng and funrrn
Z In remarkably large percentage q
eases the friends are willing 81 pay. an
nay well. and no q result the contra,
IN considered n tat one. II IN nlwny
fought for and this morning the rccor
for small bids was made. The hgure
are as follows;
MncKoon and McDonnni-onc one
hundredih ~ n cent FOR each funern
H. II. ifnll-Ono tenth OF mill enc
or | rent FOR tho entire years work.
Walter s. simpson one-hnlf cent II
each funeral.
W. y. Koran offered 10 do u NIL n
nothing. but 90 comply with law
fixed his price nj onc-billionth OF
. mill each.
4 g. NJ. Miiler's was n bid tina, was SUI
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