Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-12-24
find DEAD BODY
NEAR GRAVEL Pit
Mystery Which Battles Police
Surrounds Young Mes FAC.
senger's Death.
MURDER THEORY ADVANCED
Charlie seinsoth, Sixteen Years
OF Age, Disappears While
On an Errand.
Negro, at First Suspected of Guilt,5
Voluntarily Surrcnders. TO Police and
Tells Well Connected Story.

Finding the dead body OF Charlie
Seinsoth at 1880 o'clock this morn
ing, the police department is con-
fronted with one of the stransest
mysteries in the criminal annals OF
the city. Murder, as the cause OF
death, and Charles Washington, a
negro Pullman porter, as the murderer
were theories first advanced by the
police, but the appearance OF WASH.
ington voluntarily ut police head
quarters this morning has completely
changed this view OF the officials. They
Etill believe that the lad was perhaps
murdered but they say that they do
not suspect Washington OF any guilt
in the affair. The story he has told
the police has been corroborated by
several persons TO the complete salts
faction of those who are probing the
case.
The boy. who has been employed
Z by the Bell Telephone company as
private messenger. had no bad
habits and no companions except
lads of excellent repute. Pending an
examination Of the contents of his
stomach by the county physicians,
whether or not he was poisoned can
not be but In doubt. About the mouth
of his dead body there is an accumula-
tlon of froth. His body shows no
marks of any abuse either before or
after his death. There are no external
Indications of the cause or his tragic
end.
THE BODY is FOUND.
While frantic father and mother
were searching all night for their 10
year-old son; while officials Of the
Bell Telephone company and police-
men and detectives were. assisting III
tho search, the body OF the little boy
was freezing in the snow on the hill
side near a wagon road on Second
North between Main and State streets.
The body with feet and hands partly
frozen was found at 1880 this morning
by two teamsters, q. H. Beverley, So
north Seventh West, and Joe Morris,
along the road when their attention.
was attracted by an object lying in
{ the snow. Upon closer observation
they We're shocked to find the body of
a boy. lying on his back with arms
outstretched-and in the cold sleep Of
death.
The police were Immediately noti-
fled and the body was taken. to
& O'Donnell's undertaking establishment
upon tho coroner's order. al
No case in police annals of this city.
Is more shrouded in inlpenetrable
J mystery than is this one.
Did the boy die from natural causes
or did he fall Victim to foul play?
NEGRO ENTERS CASE
Yesterday afternoon about 4 o'clock
I a colofed man, apparently about 80
Fl years off, age, feet inches
4 tall, weighing about 175 pounds,
called at the main office of the Bell.
Telephone company and requested that
he be given telephone connection with
z Twin Falls, Idaho. He stated that he
wanted to talk with Mrs. Marie Ken
nedy who was at Lee Walkers" place
The connection was made and the man
ralked for about three minutes. The
81 cost came to $3.50 but the negro had
only so cents, which he paid and then,
stated to Mr.. P. Fl. Irwin, city super
intendent. that il he would send some
one with him to the pullman" he
would get the balance of the money
Mr.. Irwin detailed his office hoy,
Charles Seinsotl1, to so with the man
for the money. That was the last seen
J oil the boy alive. Where the boy went
to. what he did. how the lad got to the
place where his body was, found and
what caused his, tragic end vet re-
mains deep and profound mystery.
The father is frantic with grief and
rage. The mother is Frustrated. The
Telephone officials are at a loss TO ac-9
count for the strange turn of affairs
and the police are puzzled.
The father Of the dead boy. William
Seinsoth of i2s1 Concord street. on First
sonti between Eleventh and Twelfth
West streets. is frantic with sorrow
ami rage He believes that the negro
murdered his boy and declared this
morning that he would "lsil every
negro in town to get the right one"
! ALARMS EMPLOYERS.
II was ABOUT AIS when the boy was
sent with the negro to get the money
TOR the call. Wnen the boy did not
return superintendent Irwin and his
clerk, George Il. Maycoek, were sur
priseG ana began to Wonuer what had
become OF the lad. When he did not
;sppe:,r at his nome at the usual Iilne,
surprise was turned into alarm The
parents telephoned to the Bell Office
and we're informed as to the boys err
rand. Then they began the search.
Iha4poljce department was notified and
detectives and patroimen detailed on
the case. They searched the city all
night and were assisted IN the work by
The Bell officials.
q When the body was found this morn
the lads coat was buttoned tightly
around his body and his hat WAS On
i the ground near his head. Tho feet
were close together and the arms OUT
stretched. The body was within Is
Yards of two houses but no one in the
neighborhocd saw the boy. Another
strange feature Is the fact that in the
BOYS pockets was found a transfer is
s,Ietl from State street car by Con-
sii:ctor Christensen at 11:45. But what
+ hi was doing in State street. why he
did not report at the office and how
he cot to Second North street will
z probably never be explained.
After the body was removed to-
o.Donnell's, II was carefully examined
and no marks of violence were discoy-
ered The mouth and chin are dis
eoloretl with brown spots apparently
A cansea by frozen froth. but It is the
opinion Of some that the marks were
caused by poison. An topsH will be
held by County Physician underwood
and The contents of the stomach an
aixzad, IS Until this is done 1t Will not