The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-30
Government Land.

Stanley HeTnaman Wooler, son. died
in Washoe county hospital at Reno.
New, Saturday night, October 20, 1906.
1t is a far cry from a splendid old
ancestral home i'm England to the
rough-and-tumble railroad camp of
Chilcoot, in Sierra county, this state,
where the Western Pacific is driving
through the mountains one Of the long
est tunnels on its route.
Yet two weeks ago among the labor
ers employed there on some of the
toughest work was the scion of not
only a noble English house, but one
that can trace its descent back to King
Edward Ill, who reigned in 1927.
The life Of hardship and exposure
was too much e0r him. however though
youth and health were on his side. ard
a few nights ago he died. penniless
and unknown, in the WashOe county
hospital at Reno. 1t was only when his
trunk had been searched that mis- real
name and lineage was discovered. and
word of his distressing death sent to
sOrrOwIng relatives in England.
Owen Stanley HeTnaman WOOIer was
the name of the unfortunate youth, for
he had barely reached his majority. ac-
cOrding to papers found in his trunk,
and his appearance, too, was that of
very young man. He was handsome
lad. of medium build. fine features,
brown hair and eyes and fair skin. He
was graduate of Denston college. and
to judge from the contents of a large
trunk that belonged to him was of stu
dious habits, Notwithstanding that
there also were found several athletic
costumes, medals. riding suits and 9TH
er things to indicate a love of outdoor
and sporting life generally.
Unfortunately very little is known OF
his life. He was taken with a high fe-
yer shortly after entering the hospital,
and all he said during moments of con-
seriousness there bearing on himself
was toward the end, when ne mutteTed
| that his nurses could learn something
from papers i'm his trunk as to his fam
lily. He minated also that he had
come from England with considerable
money, which he had lost in an unlucky
mining venture. Il is assumed he was
the younger son of an English lord
His evident fine breeding aroused the
interest of the hospital people. and af-
ter his death they lost no time in nOtf-
flying the public administrator. who
promptly responded and at once took
possession of the few belongings of the
dead man. A big trunk was the most
conspicuous thing in his possession. It
was filled with pictures. books. fine
clothing and a hundred odds and ends.
all of which spoke elOquentiy of a gen
tie past. But there was nothing to
throw light on his presence i'm America.
The family address, with pictures Of
brothers and sisters and the home place
in England. were there. but no letter to
tell why he had left to come to a for
eign shore.
One of the most interesting docu-
ments the trunk contained was a paper,
carefully preserved and of fine quality,
telling of the pedigree of the Wooler
family and tracing it hack To Edward
III. and Philippe of HainauIt in 1927.
The officials will not allow it to go out
OF their possession pending advices
from England, but permitted a copy to
be made for the Chronicle. Its gem
uineness is borne out by other papers
IN the trunk. and also by cable reports
from England