The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-10-19
GLOOMY RECORD OF
VIOLENT DEATHS

VIOLENT DEATHS
Salt Lake City, Oct 1S.-One
brutal murder, one death by
violence which Is still under cloud
Of mystery as to the cause. three fatal
street car accidents, one fatal run
away accident, one peculiar case Of
drowning and the drowning OF child
in an irrigation ditch, two other
deaths occurring In the streets from
natural causes. the finding of An in
fant's body on the street and the
body OF missing man in canyon, is
the rather gloomy record OF violent,
sudden and mysterious deaths during
the first sixteen DAYS Of October.
To the mind Of the police reporter
there appears nothing remarkable in
this for he is blessed with a strange
sense of fatalism born of experience
which has taught that accidents and
cases OF violent deaths seldom come
singly on tho police records. There
has. however. been a certain degree
OF mystery about many of >hese
deaths, and in three of them II is prob
able that the real causes will never
be aScertaiHed
der of police officer ever occurring
in Salt Lake City was that of C. C.
Riley on the night of October 5. when
he was shot down by highwayman
on State street Death resulted al
most instantly. Two men are now
under arrest. but ii is not yet definite
ly known who fred the fatal shot
Either murder or accident may bavo
caused the death Of George alias
Hugh Darling who was found at the
bottom Of a stairway on the morning
Of October 5, In the rear of HIS
drug store. The coroner's verdict was
10 the effect that the man came to
his death by suffcation. Whether OAR
ling was thrown into the stairway af
ter having been robbed OF had fallen
there while intoxicated is q question
that will probably never be answered
John Miller's life was crushed out
beneath the wheels of a street car on
the night of October 8 Richard Solo
mon was killed in a similar manner
by Wandamere car on the night of
October Z At the time OF these
deaths the question was raised as TO
whether they were accident or suicide
Both men fell under the car wheels
after apparently having every oppor-
tunity 10 observe the approach of the
cars. Bror Olson was the third vic
tim Of the street car. He was killed
on main street on the morning of Sat
urday. October 9 So far as the pub.
)ic has been informed this was the
only case Of the three this month in
which the fender of the street car was
dropped Olson was saved from being
manglod under the wheels OF the car
His death was attributed TO co1cuS-
sion Of the brain caused either when
the car struck him or when his head
hit the pavement.
The fender used on the local street
cars is not automatic, and In many
instances the motorman does not see
the object on the track In time TO drop
IL, or is too busy checking the speed
Of his car 10 give the fender his at
tention. or lacks the necessary pres.
ence Of mind 10 do so.
Mrs. ]. 3. Whyte died October as
the result OF a runaway In Cottonwood
canyon. The unfortunate woman was
dashed from the back Of a speeding
horse and fatally injured upon the
rocks.
Becoming unconscious and falling
face downward in a street gutter. Har.
ry w. Blanchard. an actor with the
Willard Mack company, was drowned
In about three inches Of water on
Fourth South street Death had oc-
CURED some time before the body was
discovered.
Francis Brown victim Of the
drink habit. although he carried cre-
dentials that showed him 10 have been
d teacher In Y. NJ. C. A. work, died
of heart failure in the "drunkhouse"
at the city jail
One more sad case Of child drown,
Ing in an irrigatlng ditch was added
10 tho city records last Friday Clar.
once Irwin Riches. two,yearold son of
Mr. and Mrs, Melyia Riches. was
drowned in a ditch near i1l2 South
Ninth East street, The case was a
pathetic one. the mother discovering
the BODY only aftor seeing the feet Of
the child protruding above the surface
of tho water
The body Of an infant was found
by two small boys on First North
street. between Second and third West
streets, Sunday afternoon That il
was left there by an unnatural mother
Is the theory OF the police.
Missed from his home AT 913 East
Fourth South street, Otto JoDanson