The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-03
CLOTHES FOUND
ON LAKE SHORE
That Unknown Drowned Was
Suicide Is Now Theory of
Coroner Reid.
SALT LAKE TAILOR MADE
SUIT ONLY TWO YEARS AGO
Investigation Into Mystery
Will Take Form of Search
for Peter Rogers.

Although the mystery surrounding the
body Of an unknown man. which the lake
cast up on It's shores las, sunday after"
noon. and which was discovered by two
snall boys OF Pleasant Green. was sim
pllfed yesterday afternoon when IN Aus
suit OF clothes on the shore OF the lake
near Garfield. the identity OF the dead
man has not yet been made entirely
clear.
The dead man is either Peter Rogers,
of whom very little is known. or 'soIae
porson to whom Peter Rogers gave his
day T was black. The coat was a three
hutton snck In the pocket OF the cont
the maker had sewed In label bear
Ing the folowi1g inseEiptlrean,i rip en- pascrs a. -
June 16. 1908" :,
In the pockets were found an lngersoll
watch; a pair OF brnss,rlmmed spectaeies'
TO which was attached a piece of string
two pipes. looking glass and a COMB
The watch had stopped ,at II o'clock Inc
clothes were found In heap, as II tno
he went into the water. All these et-
fects were turned over TO David Reid. JUS
tce OF the peace and acting coroner at
investigation when the body was found.
Suicide Indicated.
Acting Coroner Reid Is inclined to the
opinion that the unknown committed sui
eide; that the man removed his outer
clothes and walked into the water with
out removing his underwear and shirt-
The trousers were fraycd at the bottom,
and accord Ing to Acting Coroner Reid APP
peared TO be slightly longer than wonlo
man. Tho trousers. however bore evil
dence tha, they had been turned UP at
the bottom and had been worn this way
for some time.
investigation al Garfield showed that
no such man as Peter Rogers had worked
There or was known there.
a, J. Hall. a tailor living al SIS East
Second South street when seen last night
looked into his. books for June. 1898. and
finally succeeded In finding the entry
concerning the purchase OF black sack
there sr was was no address xas,,EE xa,E NJ entry Nj
:.ogers had signed his name in the book
and had paid $50 for the clothes
Mr. Hall said that he could not rnmem-
ber such man as Peter Rogers definite
IL. but that he believed he was n Finn
lander Of Bingham. An Investigation at
Bingham showed that, that no 20 man by that hat
lived there during the past FIVE years.
Rogers's name is not in the Salt Lake
or ogden directories 1t Is thought prob
10 whom Rogers gave the clothes. Fur
thcr investigation viii be made today.
Garfield Man Missing.
II was reported to Acting Coroner Reid
yesterday from Garfield that n man by
the name Of Fred Arnold better known in
field about two weeks ago and since then
had not heen heard from. lie was an
Icnglishmna about 20 years old and had
worked as m all around man at Garfield
hotel No. 5, OF which Mrs. Collins Is the
proprietor.
Ii II not believed by Mr. Reid that Ar
mold is the missing man. as he does not
tally with the description OF the un-
known and further he did not wear
clothes similar 10 those found on the
shore OF the lake yesterday.
The interment pf the unknown's body
which wns to have taken place yesterday,
was postponed for n few days pending
investigation Into the new developments
in the case.