Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-17
MOUNTAINS YIELD
BODY OF GRAHAM
Airmail Pilot Found Dead Six
Miles From Wrecked Plane
in Long Hunt. +
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CEDAR CITY, Utah, July 1.-THE
long search for Maurice Graham,
Western air express air mail pilot, miss
ing since January, ended yesterday,
when his body was found six miles from
where his wrecked plane was discovered
late in June.
Maj. Richard N. Mcdonald, wartime
flying companion Of the dead air mail
pilot, led small searching party that
discovered the 1ong-sought body In un-
derbrush along q stream in the Ka-
nara Mountains, az miles southwest Of
| here.
Identification was made through two
personal cards, his revolver and food.
StuffS taken from the plane. Mai. Nc.
Donald said he believed Graham died
from exposure, apparently while sitting
down to eat.
In his left hand resting across his
chest was q knife and beside the body
can OF tomatoes. In his right hand
lying over his head he held his revolver
| fully loaded.
Empty Can Beside Body.
An empty can Of foodstuffs also lay
beside the body.
The discovery climaxed an intensive
search of the vicinity which has been
under way since discovery of the plane.
The clue that is believed to have been
mainly responsible for ending the mys-
tery was found last Saturday in the
discovery OF burned-out camp fire
and articles identified as from . kit
carried by the flyer 3 miles south of the
scene Of the wreckaee.
In addition to Mcdonald, the men
who found the body included Jimmy
Allen Of Los Angeles, cousin of the
pilot, and Glen Beal, George Edwards,
Leo Currier and Frank J. Bartlett. all
OF Cedar City. Mcdonald and Allen re-
turned to Cedar City, leaving the other
four men TO guard the body.
Mcdonald Immediately notified the
Western Air Express officials In Los An
geles of the discovery.
Graham was flying the airmail run
from Los Angeles to Salt Lake City. It
was on the last leg Of his flight that he
became lost In storm over Nevada and
Utah.
On Regular Run.
Graham left Las Vegas, New, late ut
night on January 10 for salt Lake City
on his regular airnnail run. At the time
OF his take-oh q blizzard was brewing,
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lieved he could battle through it.
The odds were against him, however,
and before he had flown far the big
zard had increased in intensity. At st.
George, In the southwest corner Of
Utah, residents heard his plane circling
over the town and believed he intended
to land. but was unable to do so because
OF snow that had covered the lights on
the emergency landing field.
Graham apparently gave up the eff
fort to land and again headed for Salt
Lake City. Along the route between
Cedar City and st. George farmers and
residents Of towns said they heard a
plane believed to have been Ciraham's
flying low as If looking for a place to
land. His, plane is believed to have
crashed high in the Kanarra Noun
tains early In the morning of JaTu-
airy IL.
Immediately a search was started by
air and land over most Of Western
Utah and Eastern Nevada. No trace,
however, was found Of the flyer until
his plane was found by two Sheep
herders az miles southeast Of here last
month";.