The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-10-24

at the scene or the Tragedy. IhcSS IL
dictate suicide, with the possibility SIM
existing that a murderer blew out Lar
items brain while the latter lay help
less from wounds or was bound.
c. L. LaritZen, brother of the dead
man a barber in the Hotel Wilson.
made the Identification after reading OF
the bOdy's discovery yesterday morn
ing He was the main witness in yes
terday's session of the cOrOner'S IN
quest, which adjourned TO reconvene
when Mrs. LaritZen can be here from
SEWER county. This viii probably be
| Nov. 3.
Officials Still Working Hard.
County Attorney p. =. Christensen,
Acting Coroner Dana T. Smith and the
police department are working hard on
the still open question of whether Lar
/ itzen. respondent from his none TOO
prosperous affairs, wandered into the
gulch east Of Long Ridge and killed
/ himself; or whether he was murdered
! in that lonely spot
one thing is certain. LarltZen was
killed where his body was found. His
| brains were blown out at this place
He was not dragged there after death.
More than this, the shot was fired While
| the man half lay, half sat with his mead
resting against the cOngiomerate sheiL
| of rock. This story was plainly told
/ of the tragedy.
So far as they have been gathered,
| the facts in their chronological ordefs
( are these:
Laritzen's Strange Disappearance.
/ I.aritz Laritzen was % years of age
/ IT the time of his disappearance. He
/ lived with his wife in GlenWood, SEWER
/ county. There he owned home ana
| three acres Of ground. He had not been
J exactly a successful man financially
I though he was not Ia want. de began
/ soliciting for the New York Life some
! thing over a year ago. he left ms nome
| asst winter to come north.
| I.aritzen had a horse and rig. lie
] travelled up through the Sanpete val
| 'ev. He stopped awhile in MOronl. AT
| Nephi he sold his rig, and came on 70
/ salt Lake City. He told relatives IN
] Noroni that ne thought Of going up
/ into Idaho and looking around He
/ gave out the impression that ne was
! ready 10 resign his position as solicitor
/ With the New York Life because he mad
! not been doing much business. He IS as
! n Salt Lake a week or ten DAYS he
| had s45 when he came here. FEB.
! Laritzen wrote his wife and sent her
! s25 of the $4J.
Vanishes From Salt Lake.
! That was the last she heard from
! r.aritzen. He had visited the Offices
/ IF the New York Life in this city ana
! had seemed cheerful. His two broth
/ ers-L Z. LaritZen. Of the Deseree
! News, and c. L. Laritzen, a barber
/ knew he was here. but he did not Vis-
/ il them. c. L. LaritZen saw him one
I lay, but had no opportunity, he says
Id speak with him. In the local OF
fees of the insurance company Larit-
zen talked cheerfully enough Of his
prospects.
Then he vanished.
The identification, made by {, l.,
Laritzen yesterday afternoon at Jo-
/ seph William TaylOr's morgue, vas
positive The dark auburn hair mixed
with gray, peculiarly shingled behind.
the general build of the body the
clothing, overcOat. Prince Albert,
| trousers. and the Mormon endowmenF
garments, were identified by the brotl
| ~. These latter home sewed, nlaae
c. L. Laritzen doubly positive. The
eyeglasses, in a leather case, were Ass
| identified.
L. e. Laritzen says his brother
LafitZ did not carry a revolver as
/ rule. He was a studiOus man. well
/ informed. He was rather fond OF TAX
I ing prospecting excursions though not
a prospectOr. However, he knew min
| eIal.
Mute Witnesses Describe Death.
| As to how Laritzen died. the only
| witnesses who have yet spoken are
! the material things-the bits Of bon
! blood stains on the rocks, charred grass
ends; patches of hair. and other senl-
nants left at the head of the gully
/ These told some tFings. They said
I that Laritzen died where he was
! found: that he himself on some other
| blew out the victims brains 81 this
/ place, while ne was lying, either ready
! for suicide or helpless.
Here is this part Of the evidence.
Where Laritzen's head had been, be-
/ fore the coyotes dragged the skull away
/ to strip it of hair and SKIN and 10 lick
/ out the brains, is ledge of c0nglon.-
! crate rock. At the foot OF this rock,
I over an area two feet square, o..
| rather. about the edges Of this area,
| are patches of his hair. Against the
! lower part of the rock over an area
/ of six square inches hairs still cling.
And here the rock IS SIN holding
| sticky blood, clOtted and decas ing.
| Blood stains show il this space II
| is only three inches above the boz
| tom of the rock where they are thick
/ est and plainest Just below IS Iona-
/ grass. This is matted down with blood
| and for a space of abour three inches
I square its ends are cuafFed In 10
! other place IA tie lMnleQ1ate Vicinity
/ has the grass been burned
| At the spot where the body lay. riehr
! beside the place Occupied by the tfunlz.
/ iii almost the exact spot where the
| hat was found, a bit OF the skull ".
| found yesterday afternoon. 1t is re-,i
! IS an inch in lengths diamond silqpel..
and hale an inch vide in its ,viriest
| place. IT comes from the trianguIag
hole at the right side o. the ton or
| the skull-the only hole that colId
| have been made o. a bullet. the amer
| ture which officers -belie4ed might nave
| been forced by a shot from a revolver
muzzle placed in the mouth.
Blk of Skull Bears Bullet Mark.
This bit Of skul} beacs two irapolf-
ant marks. IN the FIRST place Il broke
narrow AT the inside flaring out 10 .he
outer edge, as you'd a piece OF bone
forced from Wlshin. And on the inner
surface Where lie BIT of bone comes
to point is deep dent, whose roach
surface has sharp broken ridges. Thjs
dent is. roughly speaking. about one
fourth of an inch square It's burrows
are pioughed from inside toward he
| exterior.
The skull Of the dead man was srae-
tured IN many places when he llied blsf