The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-10-20
DIES OF THIRST
ON THE DESERT
CHARLES lieweIIyn of Salt Lake
Loses Way and Life.
WORKED OVER THREE DAYS
BURIED IN LONELY GRAVE BY
ANOTHER PRosPECToR.

-hurled In lonely spot far out in the
= una desert in Arizona is the bodv of
1tt res Lleweliyn of Salt Lake who per-
l,s-. ~ th'fSt on the hot sands Of the
s,,,,.S,,.l-.idst June. The story OF his wan
,SlIhss and his lingering death v-os
~ Vugnt here yesterday bv Charles IT
$50 81 an olq pr0spectOr, who watched
",Ner MIN until his demise. Craze5 from
s,e-i,, VII ~ Oh water, he was found stag
T.t1IS through the hills wandering aim
itssiN a6out and retracing his stems time
ana again. At the sight of the ola nros-
~ tor ne became violent and fought un-
~ ne became exhausted and dropped to
~, SIOuhd. hayser carried him on his
aa.tck Tor about two miles To Cullen's
s2ffingS and there cared for him, for three
:, where ne died without gaining con-
rtlVLshess- In his pocket was a letter
winch disclosed his identity and bore tho
eiSiatufe OF j. CrOnin The letter could
not De declphered, but a word here and
mere could be made out which referred
70 MS relatives in Salt Lake CITY but no
post mark could be found TO ten where
m. me letter came from. So far his rela-
ives IN TINS city have not been found. or
51uyo9dy who knows him. but il is be-
neved that Edward w. Llewellyn. wh6
moved TO California a few months ago
Win his family, is his father.
Prospector Tells Story.
CHARLES II. Kayser came to the CITY yes
ltruay IN the interest of several mining
GAINS ne has located in the Yuma desert
me young mans death to Police Sergea Mt
ROBERTS. He is anxious to learn The
WE l,a Of his family. who were re
1SlIeu 10 IN the letter, and to locate J.
Cronin. who he believes would know
something about him.
lie received an honorable burial in that
. ..ar,5y desert kayser said last night
lerings during the three days he Iav in
my tent near Cullen's Springs can never
lex ,,e expressed pressed Ills tongue was swollen so
large that IT hung out of his mouth. and
ne WAS unable TO utter "A sound. He was
ldflnS with n fever during all that time
! sat at his bedside Sixty miles Law
between us and the next settlement.
where a physician could be found and we
We're alone. ] couldn't leave him and [
ola the best I could. I inserted a quill
IN the side of his mouth. through which
gave MN nourlshment and a mixture Of
Slycerlne. water and brandy. The first
DAY he showed signs of recovery. but his
lever grew higher and he became uncon-
scious He noticed nothing and occasion
ally muttered a few sounds but never
uttered a word. When he died he had
dwindled away to a skeleton and his face
could never have been recognized. He
had evidently been on the desert for some
time for he wore a beard and his hair
was long.
Buried in Desert Grave.
His burial place is marked by a small
mound not far below the Cullen SPRINGS
and If his father or mother can be found
4 VIII 90 my part IN having his body re-
moved to a more decent burial place
made a pine box from the trees which
surround the springs. and with my blau-
kets from my bed l lined his coffin. His
clothes were torn and threadbare from
his journey, so / took them off him and
wrapped him in a guilt. All his other
possessions consisted of three silver quar-
ters, and have carried them since the
day I buried him.
With the exception of one prOspectOr.
he was the first man I had seen i'm
months out on the desert, and it was
only by chance that I discovered him.
I was following the ridge above the Cul-
len springs in the evening just before
shutdown, when down in the valley I saw
black object. 1t seemed to he moving
around. and looking through my field
glasses could see that it was a man.
From bis actions I knew he vas lost.
and as 1 approached him could see he
was perishing of thirst. Where he had
come from or where he was going no one
knows, but he had most likely lost his
trail in the windstorm the day before
and was searching for water. [ should
judge he was IS years of age and about
five feet ten inches in height. His eyes
and hair were dark
Kayser has been prospecting for sew
eral years and has been through deserts
of Arizona and Nevada for the past two
or three years.