The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-04
ALAN GREENEP DIES.
Former Secretary to Governor
Wells Found Dead.
INQUEST WILL BE HELD
PASSED AWAY IN ROOM AT THE
Cliff HOUSE.

r. Alan Greenep, formerly private
secretary to Governor Wells, was found
dead in his room in the Cliff house
about o'clock yesterday afternoon.
There was nothing whatever to show
the cause of death. but the cfrcum-
stances point to natural causes.
Greenep. Who was a young man Of
about 2S or % years of age, has a wife
living at No. 227 e streel, it is under
stood, but for the past three or four
days he has been STAYING at the Clint
house alone. When he secured his room
he told the proprietor that he was ILL.,
and had been forced to leave a posi-
ton in Seattle two weeks before on ac-
count of his health. He complained of
was accustomed to sleeping during the
day.
Found Dead In His Room.
About or 10 o'clock Tuesday night
he went TO his room and was not seen
again until found dead Yesterday after
noon When he did not come from his
room in the afternoon the manager
thought nothing of it, as he was ac-
cuStomed to sleep late, but when 6
O'Clock came and he still did not ap-
pear, the proprietor, w. F. Lynch, went
TO his room TO see if he was all right.
He knocked several times, but re-
ceiVed no reply. He then secured a.
som, he saw Greenep lying as if Just
asleep on the bed. Fearing that some
thing was wrong he forced his way into
the room and found that the man was
dead He lay upon his side and looked
as though he HAD just gone into a deep
sleep. Everything was in perfect or
der IN the room, and nothing could be
found TO indicate any unnatural cause
of death.
Mr.. Lynch Immediately summoned
Undertaken nd hid
mer. After the latter had viewed the
remains they were removed to the I'M
dertaker's. to be taken charge of I'M
III the inquest, which will be held in
Judge Sommer's office today. An ex-
animation of the dead mans personal
etfects showed several recommends
items from Governor Wells and Walker
Bros, and others, but there was moth
ing TO throw any light upon his death.
The only thing which might be con-
nected with it at all was a note writ
ten on the back of a worn envelope. 1t
was dated Sept 9, 1900, and addressed
to "Mary." 1t read as follows:
IL ever you get chance, send my
watch to George Loader, as a last re-
membrance. HIS address is on all of
his letters. Goodbye
1t was signed Alan" No Importance
is attached to the note, though, by the
friends of the man.
Pains In His Head.
he had letters showing that he has
brother. Ernest GreeneD, in Butte.
Mont. Mr.. Lynch. the proprietor of the
Cliff house, said that GreeneD. ever
since he had been stopping there, had
complained of a severe pain in the back
OF his head, and had appeared to be
physically broken down. Mr.. Lynch
said he told him that he intended to
go to the hospital yesterday for treat
ment.
The deceased had been travelling
through the west for some time, and
returned to this city about two weeks
ago from Seattle, where he had a posi-
ton with a lumber company as book
keeper. Since his return to this city
he mas not been engaged in anything.
and for the past few days has been
living alone at the Cliff house
NJ. Pratt. a friend of GreeneD, called
at the latter's room early last evening
to see how he was, and was shocked
to learn that he was dead.
Mr.. Pratt said he knew that Greenep
had been i'll, and he attributes mis- death
20 heart failure. Mr.. Pratt said he
had known Greenep for a long time,
and knew OF no reason why he should
want to take his own life, and he be-
lieVes the death was from natural
causes. He Immediately. after learn
ing of the death, notified Greenep's
brother in Butte 1t was not known
that Greenep had a wife until Mr..
Pratt called at O'DonnelPs to see the
body, and the young wife knew moth
ing of her husbands death until sew
eral hours after he had been found.