The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-21
D. PITT DIES
|f ACUTE D|ABETE
L..,r Chief of Police Sudden
II Passes Away at his
: Home Here.
kSwIDELT KNOWN ,,,,, -, , ~,
THROUGHOUT The STATE
lsssrs TO Summons OF trim
|Ps,ner While Surrounded
- by Loved Ones

'A s's Chief OF Police Thomas Den
anta. n. oro of the bess-known men
IS ~ - answered the dnal summons OF
srisrs -death-shortly before
i KY r. IA Monday morning, death beng
,eufe diabetes. He passed away
en- 4. and peacefully, surrounded by
! q "a s,.i ones, entering into the mys'
. tstsI ID q ;be Great beyond without a
s'ss S w.
no !, ,.veraI months Mr.. Pitt had not
S,t; "a tbe best of health. AZ one
"a, Il, condition became such that II
>, ,-. y II ,,sdsd that quick action was neces-
, W W ssvs him and he accordingly
"a 4 rs ~ Omaha. where he entered u
eo.5 y >, hosnital and placed himself in
,,. At several specialists. He re.
on I'd VI in Omaha for some tImc, and
'sa1l' I.ebaroed from the hospital was
sk,< Ls,,red 10 be practically well man.
4 ieaih was totally unexpected and
y ~ "a heavy blow TO his relatives
!. ,a, sH bsts Of friends.
~, ,'i ITt,n entering The hospital the tron-
80 fou which Mr.. Pitt was suffering
vim ~ diagnosed as diabetes. His condl,
Y to ~ ras then considered serious, but by
liza y uisrs hopeless. Under The treat
n n administered to him he began to
n X. % yye a; clce, and this condition con-
In - until q few days ago. Satur-
,r rasi| i was again stricken i'll, and Sun
vass r. yyersl members Of the local lodge
:, Fus lt. of which NJ. PIT; vas mem
t5lsd lpon him. lie stated at thc
Ia tat he was feeling f1.rly wei,
Ais.f nd no; believe that his relapse
80 80 Il al alarming. He assured his
prrIj IuSsl- = his that Monday wouid again fnl
rc l. t ap and about aud that they uecd
< 10 IA !ear .cy BIN. Early MondIy morn
sala message was sent tp his sisters.
70 nN EBB. Heyvood and Mrs. Virginia
min 4 Il s1f:. 1t the Cullen ho:ol. informing
Trt,hs !. that lis condition had suddenly
p dad} n vcIsc and that death was "ulv
and o. n louEs distant. The sisters hur-
hsu =, {; bis aome, Ii3 South Tcnth East
,-". va, n- and were at his bedside when he
MAD III aBa7.
'u's Well,Known Man.
s~' :; few pon were better known III
ian was Tom ID. Pitt. lie WAS a
a 81 PEE pleasing disposition, was always
u ~ - smiling aud cheerful. and was
K, ( '',s ~. Essss even 10 u fault. His friends
du h "a n hgon.
loi b a sWral times he was on tho road 10
"a " Pc but when misfortune and ad
5z sy came ho faced them unfinch-
= 0 - and went on his way as ioyial
s92h he bad met with the success
20 ID I'd anticipated
udpss automobile ride into the interior
en-! ~ AlpUlng, made when returning
~ ~, z tom Omaha, is believed to have
lr.l Is:ponable Tor Mr.. Pitts sudden
Hl Il nhl!e nomcward bound. nc stopped
% pe5 y kock Springs, Wyo,, and, in com
no. mn several friends, took long
ns ~ - noe. Tins resulted in his con.
M 7 '.g cold. which was treated. and
20 smch ne had apparently recov-
J" Ac suffered a relapse. however.
alaF i u ended IN his death. This 70.
= ~, ..,Ss sseorolng to the attending phvsi-
,sss ~ ~ weakened his constitution that
" fruseI .la nos withstand the ravages of
nty ~ haquered. VD 10 ''""'
szr M 81 successful sheepman.
WI Esas Denton Pitt wos harm in .
: ~, ~ NJ Wya ane fond near Bannock couu
ros ~ nss'Saa, August l6. 1864. He was
q Er: ~ ~. ~. VI age when called by death.
-. i,;;,ss nnie OF MS birth his father was
So isawt rs tr bui, giving up this 5usi
'Is,, 'ps,s' "lowlng year, moved 10 this
,cs,s, o y n,;r;. !oung mnn was educated in
n y: r,5nig r,;5Iing schools of the city and
rsss ''duaIea from the Salt Lake acad.
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q = ,ontlnued On Pnnn T,,u