Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-06-03
MYSTERY SHR0UDs
DEATH Of HUSTON.
Young Waiter is Found Dead in.
Bathroom by His Wife
This Morning.
NO MOTIVE FOR SUICIDE.
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NO MOTIVE VI: III FOR SUICIDE CT
His Health Was Good and His spirits
Bright--Was Anticipating
Outing Today.

Frank Huston, aged about so years,
and employed for the greater part Of
the past two years as u waiter at the
bathroom of Nick's. Place. No. So
Orpieunl5 avenue this morning. Al
though there is nothing about the
death to point toward seif-destruction
or foul play, yet owing to the dilatori-5
ness of Acting Coroner Stanley a..
Hanks, the exact cause Of death is
still undetermined and somewhat mys-5
tifNitg.
Huston, was rugged. we'll built fell
low, of happy disposition and without
any aiinent except recent ear trou
Bile and a slight touch OF catarrh. This
morning, about 6 O'Clock, he arose as
usual, and in CHEEKY spirits. He chatt-
ed with his wife, arranging for trip
TO Salt Palace or Wandamere this
evening, and then left the room, saying
he was going to take a bath.
Mrs. Huston after doing back TO
sleep awoke surprised to find that her
husband had not returned to the room
and that twas getting late for his time
to go to work. Arising hastily she
Went to the bathroom to find the door
locked. With the fear of pre-
%monition she called to a pass
zerby In the hallway. who by means OF a
chair peered over the transom to dis
cover the inanimate body Of Huston
lying in the bathtub. The. proprietor
was Immediately summoned, and the
door was broken open
HIS NECK BROKEN
IL &. -
The position of the body indicated
that he had fallen backward into the
tub and that in falling the head had
struck the edge of the tub, breaking
the neck. a thorough search failed to
reveal any clue that poison had been
taken. and in the absence of a post
mortem examination the superstition
Is that while preparing to take the
bath Houston either had been stricken
with heart failure or had fallen In a
fit. The position Of the bathtub
showed that the water had not been
turned on. sg5
Mrs. Huston, he wife of the decd
+ ent, was prostrated With grief and
overcome by the shock this morning.
hut to a News" reporter said that
( she could in no way account for the
sudden Death.
Frank had been sick for a while.
she said, with an abcess in the ear,
/ but he WAS getting over that. We sat
up with some friends last night until
late ana he; was in the best of health
land hapTys When he got up this
morning he talked about what we
should do tonight and said that 4
should meet him at the corner of First
South and Main streets when he got,
through work, and we would go out
to either the Salt Palace or Wanda
mere. Then he said he was going to
take a bath. When he left the room
j went back to sleep and when I Invoke
up saw he had not come back and
/ was worried, / went TO the bath
room and when found the door lock-
ed knew there was something wrong.
I called to a man passing down the,
hallway and he looked over the tran.
som.
when he looked into the room he
turned to me and said He's lying there
with his mouth open When we got
into the bathroom Frank was lying
dead.
II don't know what caused it, but it
certainly wasn't suicide"
AT the Vienna cafe, where Huston
! was employed his fellowworkers say
that when he left the restaurant last
night he had been In the best of spirits
AMI had shown no signs of sickness nor
had he made any complaint of illness.
He had been preparing to go to Seattle
within the next two weeks and during
tho past few days and yesterday had
| spoken fequentlv with Pleasurable an-i
| ticipatinn of his going there. Huston
is survived by his wife and one brother.