The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-12-04
DEVIL SLIDE
ACEN 7 IS SLAIN
Body of 5. Il. Turner Found in
Railroad Office by His
Bride.
EVERYTHING TENDS TO
SHOW IT WAS SUICIDE,
Why He Should Have Taken
His Own Life Not Yet
Disclosed.
Special To The Tribune.

| Special To The Tribune.
OGDEN, Dee. 3.-Lying face down.
ward in Il pool of blood on the floor
of his own office, the dead body Of
5. F.. Turner. Union Pacific station
agent at Devil Slide. station thirty.
two miles east of Ogden, was found at
) o clock this morning by his bride of
one month and several neighbors who
had gone to the office after his wifc
had failed to reach him by telephone.
A .3S-caliber Smith & Wessou rcvol,
yer within reach of his right band
containing one empty shell and a
CHASTITY bullet wound in the right tenn
pic bore mute evidence of the means
by which the young man had met his
end
That Turner met death by his own
hand Is practically admitted by those
who have been investigating the ease
all day The fact that his gold watch
was missing when the body was found
and that the door Ot the depot safe
had been found open gave rise to a
rumor which at first blush appeared
plausible. that he had been murdered
and the safe riflcd.
No Reason for Suicide
Why Turner should take his own life
has not yet been explained. But il is
n significant fact that be had banded
in his resignation as agent at DEVILS
Slide several weeks ago and knew that
a special auditor would arrive at the
Office this morning to check up his ac-
counts. Whether he is short III his nc
counts is not positively known, but this
will be determined as soon as the spc
clal auditor completes his examination.
Turner was married one month ago,
and with his bride has been living in
the little cement mining city. He
has held the position since July J. He
iuq To do some work at the Office. When
he failed to return at the regular hour.
his young wife called him up over
The telephone. Failing TO get an an
swer. she became alarmed and called
at the home of some neighbors, re-
questing them to accompany her to the
station to see what was The matter
When she reached the Office she found
her husband lying on the floor cold
in death The scene which followed
was most pathetic. The young wife
threw herself on the floor beside her
husband, where she remained in Il
paroxylsm OF grief, refusing TO be COM
forted
Officers Are Notified.
Sheriff Barlow Wilson and the local
police were notified early this morning
Accompanied by Deputy Sheriff Tom
Burk and City Detective Bob Burk,
Sheriff Wilson started in An automobile
for DEVILS Slide. A heavy storm was
encountered and the party stopped at
Uintah, where they got into communi-
cation with Special Agent Lewis of
the Union Pacific. who had also been
notified. Sheriff Hopkins of Morgan
county was the first officer to reach tho
scene Of the tragedy, He promptly no.
tilted the officers at Echo, Park City,
Ogden and Salt Lake to be on the
precautiou was taken in the event that
the acts surrounding the affair would
show evidences OF foul play.
Three men who were al first believed
TO be responsible for the station agent IS
death were observed this morning by a
train crew on the Rio Graude near Roy,
six miles below Ogden. They were
locked III a box car after asking the
traiumeu for a ride and taken to Boun-
tiful, where they escaped by breaking
open one of the windows at the end
Of the ear. Other clues have been fol
lowed by the special officers during the
day, all Of which lead to the final con-
clusion that young Turner, becoming
dcspondeut over business or other trou
Dies, uTcu Inc lHtO DIS Drain
which caused his Instant death
No Evidence of Scufhe,
Late this afternoon Special Officer
Lewis evidently reached the same con-
c]usion, when he called off the search
for suspicious characters who were
thought to have some knowledge of
the tragedy. The fact that the outer
door Of the station was locked when
Turner's wife and her friends reached
the depot and had to be broken open
with the further fact that the Office
showed no evidence Of scufflc, pointed
strongly TO suicide. The missing watch
is a Howard l9.icweled, open face.
geld. filed, No. 1076574. 1t is believed
that the watch will be found where the
owner placed 1T as soon rs the excite
ment subsidies. The fact that the safe
was found open is regarded as nothing
unusual. as Turner had gone TO the
Office to work on his books. which
were kent in the yault
The day 5 proceeds from the office
are sent to Omaha every evening at 81
o clock, and if tho Office had been
robbed there would have been nothing
OF value TO he found. The dead man
has relatives in the east. and efforts
are being made to locate them this
evening, He was - years Of age,
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