Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-05-19
.dden End to the Life Of George
0. Dean in City Creek
Canyon.
v,s EMPLOYED AS TANKMAN.
e,oo1, and Glass With Mysterious
sediment Discovered in Room
May Prove a Clue.
ia, However, Is That Death was
, n Natural Causes and That
IL Came In Sleep.

n,,th came with startling sudden
,,.s last night to ex-Councilman Geo
man Of the Second municipal ward
mi, morning his lIfeless body was
,urd at the brick tank In City Creek
avon where he was employed as
pnkman.
Tho cause of death Is not known
,,ough II Is believed that II was duo TO
,,hrsl causes and occurred while
nan was sleeping, though spoon and
lace with mysterious sediment were
| ,,ord I'm the front room. II was a
ssjdv white In color and is being held
rndng an iyyestlgation by the coro-
J" BODY BROUGHT DOWN.
Tho body was brought down the
,,nyon today in the patrol wagon and
,sksn 10 the home of the deceased.
ssi west Second South. An official
,rou,ry into the cause of death has
bsen Instituted and arrangements are
telps made to hold the funeral some
,ime tomorrow. Interment Is TO be at
ND OlNet at an hour to yet be decided
upon r, o,Dy
Cant c. r. Berry who found the
hody said to the "News:" Mr.. Dean
has for some time been employed as
night tankman at the brick tank. He
goes on duty at IL o'clock. Last night
he came up the canyon early and re-
ported for work at 8. The man on
duty before that hour was #. G. Peter
son. Mr. Peterson tells me that Dean
came along singing and happy and was
apparently I'm the best of spirits When
went to work this morning ! noticed
something quite unusual. The Ian
terms were burning in the house, |
went to the door and called out laugh
ingly that he had better get up and
not sleep so long as the city would
soon be without water. | got no reply
and thought II was still stranger. Then
] went to the bed and he looked ma
,ara enough but when l felt Of his
hands and body 1 found they were
very cold. II took only a minute a dis
cover he was dead. Then ! went TO
the telephone and notified all concern
!. ed including the police, coroner. I'M
csrtaSer and family.
SPOON AND GLASS.
IT think" continued Captain Berry,
that he died natural death, but
there was. one thing | don't under
stand. ana that Is the presence in the
front room Of a spoon and glass with
dark. muddy sediment In them.
am holding them for the coroner. They
may contain the leayings OF dose OF
medicine and they may contain some
thing else or course 1t may be poison,
nut ! don't know. An analysis will de-
ternlhe tDat, | have never seen or
known him 10 use a glass In this man.
her or TO take medicine of any kind.
still he may have done 80"
BIOGRAPHICAL.
Dean was 81 years OF age and a
nraAd Army veteran, with a member
ssalp IN me Mexican post of this city.
he was porn In Massachusetts and had
peen N the employ of the Rio Grande
hAlfoad company as machinist for 10
years lie served one term In the city
council, being elected from the Second
municipal ward, and his term expired
on Inc list OF January last. Then he
"oepted position under the Ameri-
gan party administration as tankman
una was Milling that place when the
summons came His only relative here
y ms aged wife, who Is overwhelmed
death. "''
OLD COUNCIL TO MEET.
non + j. Hewlett, former president
% the city council. OF which Mr.. Dean
was member has called meeting OF
az ule members OF that body at 4
O'CLOCK this afternoon I'm the council
s'alnOer. Al this meeting, arrange
nehts VIII be made for the old council
ATTEND the funeral Of Mr. Dean in
d o91S Resolutions Of respect and
coincidence will be adopted.