Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-11-17

STRICKEN DOWN wlTHGRIEF
deceased was a Cierh In the Employ
OF Iteber .. Grant a Co. aud
was wen Known.

with not the alightosl foollnF m APP
prchcnsl1n but happy IN the cXpecil.
ton oi hclnr clarpcd In ,hc arms of her
hunhand. Mna. W. r. Nelson stepped
acr0sa che thro1hold of her home ln cot.
taso court inrt evening. and within o.
Few seconds. found her husband ropor-
Inc ln the cold embrace Of death.
The terrible shock Cor an instant
Stunned her. and then she gave vent 90
q hcartbrcaklng scream. az her body
conyulscf IN grief, foll across the pros
trato form of che dead man. while che
baby that had been dropped 20 The floor
cried ulioouaiy because lta mother had
momcnianly neglected o.
nut ihifty-aiS hours before. Mra. Ncl-
son had Kissed her husband rood byc
al the ogden depot. and with warm
embrace from wife ana child the young
husband had boarded tho train Tor Salt
Lake. promising TO meet them at tho
station. on their return homo. inst night
On nrfiving at tho depot iaHi nInht
however. che felt twiugo nf rcHrrt nt
his not being there but taking hor baby
IN her arms aho started Tor her home.
without thc slightest premoniilon OF tho
uNful experience that was before hrf.
stepping into the huuao. che found her
husband Ia bed, aud. thinking 10 have
n little merriment, she feiunsd much
annoyance at hia not meeting her. and
called him n bad boy The profound
silence, however. aroused htf fears. ana
che quickly turned down tho cover. and
made The awful discovery that was Inc
HlhnVl announced by her pltiful
SCREAMS
Neighbour rushed a. tho houso and
discovered one ~ tho most pathetic
tcenqa that they had ever Witnessed.
the widow waiting dla,ractcdly On the
nafotysma of hcr Erlcf ana thc infant
child crying Tor mamma"
Doctor a. g. Ewing was summoned.
ana o. examining the body. concluded
that hfc had hUen extinct Tor many
hours. Tho deceased was alone when
death came. and the opinion D. that ID
occurred during uromlc convulilonn.
caused by kidney trouble. which had
been proving upon his health for rlmo
time. An cmnty Vial, labeled inudnn.
um, was discovered IN the room. aud IL
may b. possible that tho young man Loo
The anguish ~ his pain. took nn over.
dose 81 the drug hoping 10 alleviate the
without post mortom examination.
II VIII be- difficult 60 state donnlt0Iy
what the actual cause of death was.
but such examination viii not BE- held.
Dr. Ewing o. Of the opinion thar ID WAS
caused by urrmic convulalonH.
The last time Mr. Nelson was seen
alive BY his nelshbora was Wednesday
evening, whom Mrs. Abe Randolph. wh1
resides next door spoke 10 him AZ hs
entered he gate A. that time he was
b. bfirht spirits. 10 had returned
frpm Ogden that morning. leaving hla
WE there 10 VIII her parents. Air and
Mf.. Nash, Of willard. In the after
noon of that day he was at Grant 4
Company onloc. where h. mas bson
employed Tor several years. ana ho
must have retired nftrr dark WaInra.
day night. NJ the lhmp was found bum
INK Dr. Ewing thinks that thr cone
Nulsion came on snfue timr On thr nirht.
aha n, dlcd lhur1lay morning. ha che
Of decomposition.
rhnmaa Burlhce, uclghbor was ha
FIRST 20 reach Mrs Nelson. and th. only
thing that lady could fny was. "Ng
husband q bon bed dead"
Iho body was conveyed Go Eynnaa
undertaking parlurs. ana thr widow
and child went tn the homo uf haf
hroihor-in-law, Mr Frank HlgrIu.
William Francis Ndaon was horn Iu
ogden september 2ist, t,t1 being iu hIs
9Th year lln was "a fn1 of y a. ana
sArhh a NolH1n, Ola and popular rrsI.
dents ~ that city. lis hna noon In tha
employ ~ ilehHr ! Grant f1r sIa vr1rr
neting nH clrrk and collector Wr grlut
WIS among The nrHt 90 reach the aor.
ruw.atrickcn homo. ana foIt mo tg1th
or TIE young man very teUniy
Ihc dccrlnDd'a parents and brother
also tho widows parents. cHuts InysU
frum ogden this morning Tho h8dy
WIN b. Forwarded 90 Ogiou tomorrow
wheru the funeral services will be- hsIl
sunday The lntrrmrnt VIII probably
take place No Willard. beside tha sruy,
Or the Htle child the young couple
buried M that place about III week..
ago,