The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-26
MYSTERY IN
DEATH OF BOY
GROWS DEEPER
Charles SeinSoth Bought Car
bolic Acid on Evening of
His Disappearance.
FRIENDS DIScREDIT
SUICIDE THEORY
ANALYSIS OF ORGANS WILL BE
NECESSARY BEFORE PROBLEM
CAN BE SOLVED.

a Vel OF deeper mystery was drawn
about the death of Charles Seinsoth,
whose body was found under peculiar cir
cumstances Thursday morning. when it
was learned that the youth had pur-
chased from the Leaver Drug company.
S76 West South Temple street. an ounce
of carbolic acid some time between $50
and Z O'Clock on the night of his disap-
pearance.
This fact is verified by the register of
the sale of poisons kept by the drug
store, and throws an entirely new light
on the probable cause of what was first
thought TO be a murder and then a death
resultant from a form of epilepsy.
The complete story of the finding of
young Seinsoth,s body. after he had been
missing since Wednesday afternoon. and
the events preceding his disappearance,
and the holding of the autopsy Thursday
night. which failed to show any traces of
violent death, was told in yesterdays
Herald
The new fact of the purchase of the
carbOlic acid came to light yesterday,
when member of the Leaver Drug com
pany informed the police that Charles
SeinSoth had purchased an ounce Of that
poison at the store on Wednesday night
shortly after $50 o'clock. Earl Leaver,
member of the firm, stated that at the
time mentioned, Seinsoth had entered the
store and asked for the acid Under
the questioning necessary under the law,
Seinsoth stated that he was purchasing
the acid for his father, who used il in
diluted form The boys demeanor and
were sufficient to satisfy Mr.. Leaver, and
he was given the deadly poison after he
had signed the register in proper form.
Case Battling One.
This morning Mr. Leaver will call at the
morgue to identify the body as that of
the youth who purchased and received
the poison.
This new development makes the case
more BARRING than before. According to
the story told by Charles Washington
the negro who. so far as is known was
the last person in company with the boy
before his death. and who is still held
pending further investigation of the case
left the boy at the corner of Second
South and State streets about Ais O'Clock
Wednesday afternoon. How and for what
purpose Seinsoth went to Third West and
South Temple streets to secure a deadly
poison two hours later is a problem to
the solution of which no hint has as yet
been obtained.
No Poison Found
A post-mOrtem examination conducted
by County Physician Calderwood failed TO
disclose any trace of poison. although
this question cannot be definitely deter
mined until the completion of the anal
ysis of the stomach and its contents
which will be made By State Chemist
Herman Harms today. The lips and
mouth OF the dead boy did not show in
any great degree the results that would
follow from taking dose of the burning
acid. The lips were blue, but this condi-
ton might have been due to the exposure
to the cold On the chin a slight excor-
iation was noticeable, but this. also.
might have been caused from the burn
of the acid or a scratch from his finger
nail or other object. II will require the
chemical analysis of the stomach and
brain to determine whether death was
due to poison, drugs or epilepsy and ex-
posture to the elements
The detective force, under the direction
of Chief of Detectives George Sheets. is
at work on the case, and is following
every clue that might have the slightest
bearing on the case. From what is known
of the young man and his past life, the
idea of suicide seems improbable. But
what reason he should have in purchas-
ing the poison is a matter of difficult
conjecture