Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-07-23
FAMILY DECLARES
STORY IS FALSE
Say Charles W. CIayton's Death
Was Not Mysterious Nor
Sensational.
WAS NOT RESULT OF WOUNDS
say There Was No ARRAY With Sol.
dicr-, But Injury In Canyon
Caused Wounds

The sensational stories OF the death
NJ Charles W. Clayton In which IL is
claimed that his death was sudden and
mysterious. the result Of wounds re-
ceiyed in an ARRAY with three soldiers.
is denied absolutely by members OF tn.
family OF the deceased and they are
emphatic IN the statement that his
death was caused by intense intestinal
cramps, which attacked him suddenly
Thursday afternoon but which did not
result in his death until 1915 Friday
morning
Ii is denied that Charles CLAYTON had
any ARRAY with soldiers or anybody
else. lie was "A big-hearted, compan-
lonable man, well liked By cveryho1v
who knew him, and according to his
relatives, did not have an enemy ON
earth. He was employed as a decora.
tor by n. G. NJ. l., and was popUIar
with his employers. He WAS working
az his employment up To- the time he
was stricken with cramps, and in fact.
ON Thursday morning he had tele-
phoned his wife. who was visiting with
her mother at Granite, that he Intended
10 gn ont 10 Granite 60 meet her On
saturday.
The TACT that he had not been mixe1
up In any ARRAY Is attested by O. G.
Pratt. with whom Charles had engaged
~ playing a game ~ pool late IN tho
afternoon when ne was attacked by tho
cramp. When the man was stricken.
ON account Of absence OF his family
from the city, ne was taken to the
emergency hospital al the police sta
ton. whore Or 5. G.. Paul. city physl-
clan, DIT. Caldcrwood and Dr. Sprague
worked over him for several hours at
tempting to reduce his pain. They were
unsuccessful and Mr. Clayton died in
intense agony at the residence OF his
brother, Alma &. clayton at IA west
North Temple street where he was re-
moved from the emergency hospital 5
His wife was notified Of his illness by
telephone. and she arrived AT his bed
side few hours after his attack All
that the physicians and loving hands
could DO for him was OF no avail. and
he died az his brothers home
Funeral services viii be held from
the Seventeenth ward chapel at
-o'ciorh sunday afternoon The body
MAJ he Viewed at his mothers rest
dcnce. if4 west North Temple street.
after g. o'clock
Tn the matter Of ordering OF an au-
topsy job \ Lyon county attorney
said this morning.
Judging from my Investigations
do not believe there is anything I'm the
sensational accounts In the papers re-
gardIng the Injuries received BY Charles
W. clayton resulting In his death
Nothing whatever definite has been
found TO sustain tho story. and tho idea
that there was foul play does not seem
90 be well founded. Accordingly In all
probability there win be neither an
autopsy nor an inquest held In the case
So far there Is nothing 10 Justify IL,
ana the relatives and friends OF tho
dead man have requested that the mat
ter be dropped on that account"
Coroner stanley NJ Hanks said this
morning that there would be no in
quest held County Atty Lyon said
there was no ground for holding an in
quest over the body OF Charles H. Clay
ton. said Coroner Hanks and as far
as ! know there viii be- no Inquest"
FAMILY DENIES STORIES.
Mrs Victoria McCunc. sister Of
Dharlcs W. Clayton, said this morn
ing that there was no foundation
for the sensational story '"rhe family
feels very badly that there should
be any attempt TO scnsationalize the
death of my brother said Mrs, Me-
'une. There e. absolutely no truth
In the statement that he was attack
I'd and killed by three soldiers. Some
months ago. while Charles was In
he canyon. he met with an accident
~ which heavy boulder fell across
'iS body tearing a wound in his leg,
md the wound had never fully healed.
lut 10 describe that injury as fatal
,nife wounds Is entirely erroneous.
'harles was the picture Of health.
outside that injury. and there are no
lgns Of any encounter or any other
Wounds on his body. Charley did not
lave an enemy on earth, that he
new or He was whole-hcarted and
ompunionablc. and numbered his
riond5 10y tho hundred. DO
Alma e. clayton. brother of the de-
eascd who U.s. quoted as saying that
is brother admitted 20 him that he
adj been in q miNup with soldiers.
aid this morning that he gave out
10 such statement II ala not say that
harlcs had admitted any such thing,
aid Mr.. clayton. and in fact | did
OF authorize any statement to that
ncct The story is entirely fictitious
~ brother died from the effects OF
ltostInal cramps and he had no
nIfc wounds"
DESCENDANT OF PIONEER
Charles w clayton WAS the son OF
he late william Clayton, who was
member of the first band of
ionccrs entering this valley on July
g. 1917 His mother. Sarah Walters
ldy ton. came with the FIRST hand
art company iu 1856. Those surviy-
~ him. besides his wife and baby.
ld his mother, are the following
-othcrs and sisters. Arch. ".
layton, alfalfa a. Haws. Addie G..
'ukins Lily G. Wolstcnholme
ictoria & Mcclure. Lucy q. Riser
lima G.. clayton and Irene clayton.