Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-19
TRAGIC DEATH OF
GORDON S. GRANT
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Popular Clerk of the Reed Hotel
Killed by Runaway
Horse. .A5x
WEBER STAKE CONFERENCE.
WEBER STAKE CONFERENCE.
Temperance Cause is Leading Theme
Elizabeth I1ingsford, II Hand
cart Pioneer, Summoned.

Ogden. Oct. 19.-Gordon Stuart Grant,
chief clerk of the Reed hotel compitny
for the past five years, met with Il
tragic death Saturday evening, which
came as a great shock to the entire
city While crossing street from the
hotel at about $3.50 o'clock Saturday
evening. Mr.. Grant was struck by a
runaway horse and hurled to the street
fatally injuring and rendering him un-
conscious. Without regainng consci-
ness the unfortunate young man died
at 7:45 o'clock that evening.
From a number of eye witnesses the
deceased was crossing the street from
fercely, rafting the signs and making
a noise TO such an extent that Mr..
Grant could not hear the approach OF
the runaway horse which was coming
down Twenty-fifth street hill. When
the horse was about 10 feet from the
Young man he turned and saw 1t and
jumped back about two feet and seemed
to be clear Of the path OF the horse.
Instead of passing the man the horse
turned toward the man and was upon
him in an instant. bearing him down
to the ground.
DR.. g.. A. Dickson, who was passing
along the street Mt the time. assisted
in removing Mr.. Grant to his room at
the hotel, where he was attended by.
Drs. Dickson and Joyce. Upon exam
nation 1t was found that all the ribs
on the right side We're broken. and
there was n deep scaln wound at the
back Of the head. He remained in
an unconscious condition until he died
a. =, Mt, = ~ -
the BRAIN
The body was removed to Richey's
undertaking parlors, where it will be
held pending the receipt OF word from
the mother and brother OF the deceased
who reside In Boston.
Gordon Stuart Grant was born in
Boston about thirty two years ago At
the age of Is. he shipped to sea with,
~ uncle. and for three years lived in
Cairo, Egypt. After visiting other coun-
tries OF Europe and Asia, Grant re-
turned to the United States and Went
to work in a Boston hotel as check
clerk After two years he went to
Illinois. where he worked in the Tran
sit house in Chicago and the hotel in
Champaign. Five years ago Grant
came to Ogden to accent the position Of
chief clerk of the Reed hotel During
his residence here he has made in
Vulnerable friends and was known by.
the members of the travelling fraternity
from one end of the country to the 9TH
cr rs one of the most genial and most
popular hotel men in the country.
Mr.. Grant was member of the local
lodge of Elks. member Of the Masonic
order. the Mystic Shriners and the
Knight Temnlars. He was also a menu
her Of the Weber and Press clubs OF
Ogden.
Mr. Grant had oi,ly about three
weeks ago returned from Boston. where
lie visited his mother and brother, whom,
he had not seen for fifteer years. He
spent the entire time of his vacation
In Boston, saying that he wanted to
snend as much time as possible with
his mother. On Saturday evening MI.
Grant was to give a little dinner to a
ton of the anniversary Of his five
years residence in Ogden, which was
about four days ago
Mr.. and Mrs. Fl. c. Bigelow of the
Reed hotel feel that in the death of
Mr.. Grant they have lost one of their
most valued employees and one who
has seemed more like member OF the
family than that OF employe.
In the tragic death of Gordon Grant.
in Ogden, Saturday evening readers Of
the News" will recall to mind a num-
Der of similar deaths of prominent peo-
pie or this city which have been caused
by runaway horses. Three weeks ago
in these columns the attention of the
police department was called to tho
aross negligence that occurs daily by
the drivers of delivery wagons and
horses in crossing the intersection of
streets at terrific PAGES as well as leaN-
Ing horses united while the drivers
vent into houses to make deliveries.