The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-15
HIS SON
IN A M0RGUE
Terrible Discovery Is Made By
John S. Garrison.
BOY KILLED INA SHELTER
WAS EXPECTED HOME TO VISIT
HIS PARENTS YESTERDAY.

Expecting that each succeeding hour
would bring home to them their L.
year-old son in the full vigor Of his
young manhood, the parents of Charles
Howard Garrison received a terrible
blow yesterday when they found the
dead body Of their boy lying on a
marble slab at a local Undertaker's
establishment.
A mothers mysterious but unfailing
intuition led to the unhappy discovery.
The clew, slight and slender enough,
was furnished by a death notice which
appeared in the columns OF The Her
aid yesterday. The name Garrison was
not mentioned in the notice, which read
as follows:
"HOWARD-At Murray, Utah, Nov. y,
1903, Charlie Howard, aged about 20
years"
That was all Yet 1t aroused some
thing of fear in the breast of the
mother. The family expected that
, Charlie would return home yesterday
and his failure to arrive caused worry
which was considerably augmented
when Mrs. Garrison noticed the. an
nouncement Of the death of Charlie
Howard at Murray. the place where
her boy had been working.
Visit to the Morgue.
! She communicated her uneasiness 70
bIr. Garrison, who had returned but
| the previous day from his mines in the
Deep Greek country. The father Of
/ the absent boy, laughing at the fears
! of the mother, assured her that he
/ would investigate. 1t was merely a
| coincidence, he thought, that the first
/ two names of their son should appear
/ as the full cOgnOmen Of the dead man
\ and, then. the ages were dissimilar.
I But he would call ut the undertaken s
/ and make assurance dOubly sure.
The elder Garrison went to Halls
I undertaking parlOrs yesterday after
/ noon with a clipping Of the Howard
death notice in his hand. He was told
that the body of the young man had
/ been shipped from Murray, where he
had been killed in a smelter. and that
/ Mr.. Hall had been unable to find the
relatives.
Il viii look at the body" Mr.. CARR
EsOn remarked, and he was led into the
morgue.
For two minutes the old gentleman
gazed at the features revealed by the
Withdrawn sheet.
1T can't be; it can't be-" he reit-
Grated
It Was His Son.
But even as he uttered the words
]
There was no room for doubt 1t was
his son. When the first great shock OF
amazement and horror had passed the
grief-stricken father made the identih-
cation complete. The man on the slab
was Charles Howard Garrison.
And so at the Garrison home in Pop
lar Grove sorrow and mourning are
guests instead Of the lad whose home
coming had been anticipated but a few
I hours before the finding of IfFa1as-
body
John 6. Garrison. who is a well known
mining man with interests in the Dutch
Mountain district. left home ten days
ago for a visit to the mines. II was
understood that Charles, the son who
was but II wears old, should attend
school. and the father was consider biz
surprised upon his return to discover
that the youth had gone to Murray fO1
the purpose of working in the smeIter
But this bit Of enterprise on the par
OF the young man did not displease Mr.
Garrison. and with the rest of the fam
lily he was prepared to extend a warn
welcome TO the lad on his return.
Crushed by Falling Ore.
Details Of the accident which result
ed in the death of young Garrison wer,
received last night The young maj
was employed to wheel pulverized or
from a. pile made by dumping from
considerable height above. He was o.
the night shift. While standing dfrectI,
under the chute a load of ore, estimate,
at several hundred tons in weight. wa
suddenly set i'm motion and struck tn
unwary workman, buTyiug him com
pletely. When removed from the Pill
Of ore the young man was dead.
Arrangements for the funeral har
not been made last night.
Grand Concert