DEAD BODY IS FOUND SITTING IN CITY PARK
Unidentified Person Committed Suicide Early This Morning
An unidentified man was found sitting under a tree in Central Park this morning with a bullet through his brain, and a revolver lying by his side. He was a victim of his own hand.
Jean Hanson, a newspaper boy while delivering the newspapers on his route was coming through the park about 5:30 this morning when he saw the man crumpled up underneath a tree near Twenty-third street, halfway between Capitol And Central avenues, near the path that intersects the park. Upon going closer the boy observed that the man was dead. He hailed Father Hartman, who was passing through the park at the time, and the latter called the police to the scene. They sent for the coroner, who removed the body to the undertaking parlors.
The suicide was evidently a carpenter and had just come to Cheyenne on the midnight C. &. S. train from Denver. He left a slip of paper in his pocketbook which had written on it, "No relatives: No home." A parcel check for the Union Pacific check stand showed that a suitcase had been checked and a baggage check from the C. & S. revealed that he had checked a chest of carpenter's tools here.
His laundry mark was H12, and on the handle of a saw in the tool chest were the initials I. M. F.
A deposit check from a San Francisco dentist revealed that he was in that city on April 24. 1920, and paid $10 for work to be done on his teeth, for an upper plate and other work on his lower teeth. A receipt for room rent showed that he had paid S2.50 on November 5 last for a week's rent in advance at a hotel, but no name of the city in which the hotel was located was given. It bore the name of Mr. Hunt.
The man is described as being about 5 feet 10 inches tall, and weighing about 165 pounds. He was about 55 years of age, was gray haired, smooth faced, and the upper teeth were all gone. The little finger on the left hand had been broken at one time, for it was impossible to move it and it was very crooked.
There is nothing about the man's effects to indicate where he had lived or what his name is, other than it might be Hunt. Coroner Clyde Early is making every effort to locate some one who knows something about the suicide.
© Wyoming State Tribune no. 139 June 10, 1920, page 1
HUNT IS NAME OF SUICIDE VICTIM
F. W. Hunt is probably the name of the man who committed suicide here yesterday. Coroner Clyde Early sent a telegram to the Los Angeles dentist whose name was on a deposit slip in the pocket of the man, and in reply got the following information:
"Contract 386 was issued to F. W. Hunt of the Hotel Allen, 236 East Second street, on April 24 for a full set of upper and part set of lower dentures. We extracted a number of teeth between that date and May 1, at which time the party expressed to the operator his intention of leaving the city to return within a month." An inquiry at the Hotel Allen reveals that F. W. Hunt registered there on December 14, 1919, and checked out on May 9 to take work out of the city.
"The man was supposedly a native of Kansas. Thomas R. McKowen of Eberts, Nev., is given as a friend's name and the party most likely to furnish further information."
Mr. Early has sent a telegram to this man, but has gotten no reply so far, and has found no other clues leading to the man's identity, or to friends or relatives. The body will be held several days for further investigation.
© Wyoming State Tribune no. 140 June 11, 1920, page 2
Submitted by Lostnwyomn February 2013.
Unidentified Person Committed Suicide Early This Morning
An unidentified man was found sitting under a tree in Central Park this morning with a bullet through his brain, and a revolver lying by his side. He was a victim of his own hand.
Jean Hanson, a newspaper boy while delivering the newspapers on his route was coming through the park about 5:30 this morning when he saw the man crumpled up underneath a tree near Twenty-third street, halfway between Capitol And Central avenues, near the path that intersects the park. Upon going closer the boy observed that the man was dead. He hailed Father Hartman, who was passing through the park at the time, and the latter called the police to the scene. They sent for the coroner, who removed the body to the undertaking parlors.
The suicide was evidently a carpenter and had just come to Cheyenne on the midnight C. &. S. train from Denver. He left a slip of paper in his pocketbook which had written on it, "No relatives: No home." A parcel check for the Union Pacific check stand showed that a suitcase had been checked and a baggage check from the C. & S. revealed that he had checked a chest of carpenter's tools here.
His laundry mark was H12, and on the handle of a saw in the tool chest were the initials I. M. F.
A deposit check from a San Francisco dentist revealed that he was in that city on April 24. 1920, and paid $10 for work to be done on his teeth, for an upper plate and other work on his lower teeth. A receipt for room rent showed that he had paid S2.50 on November 5 last for a week's rent in advance at a hotel, but no name of the city in which the hotel was located was given. It bore the name of Mr. Hunt.
The man is described as being about 5 feet 10 inches tall, and weighing about 165 pounds. He was about 55 years of age, was gray haired, smooth faced, and the upper teeth were all gone. The little finger on the left hand had been broken at one time, for it was impossible to move it and it was very crooked.
There is nothing about the man's effects to indicate where he had lived or what his name is, other than it might be Hunt. Coroner Clyde Early is making every effort to locate some one who knows something about the suicide.
© Wyoming State Tribune no. 139 June 10, 1920, page 1
HUNT IS NAME OF SUICIDE VICTIM
F. W. Hunt is probably the name of the man who committed suicide here yesterday. Coroner Clyde Early sent a telegram to the Los Angeles dentist whose name was on a deposit slip in the pocket of the man, and in reply got the following information:
"Contract 386 was issued to F. W. Hunt of the Hotel Allen, 236 East Second street, on April 24 for a full set of upper and part set of lower dentures. We extracted a number of teeth between that date and May 1, at which time the party expressed to the operator his intention of leaving the city to return within a month." An inquiry at the Hotel Allen reveals that F. W. Hunt registered there on December 14, 1919, and checked out on May 9 to take work out of the city.
"The man was supposedly a native of Kansas. Thomas R. McKowen of Eberts, Nev., is given as a friend's name and the party most likely to furnish further information."
Mr. Early has sent a telegram to this man, but has gotten no reply so far, and has found no other clues leading to the man's identity, or to friends or relatives. The body will be held several days for further investigation.
© Wyoming State Tribune no. 140 June 11, 1920, page 2
Submitted by Lostnwyomn February 2013.
DEAD BODY IS FOUND SITTING IN CITY PARK
Unidentified Person Committed Suicide Early This Morning
An unidentified man was found sitting under a tree in Central Park this morning with a bullet through his brain, and a revolver lying by his side. He was a victim of his own hand.
Jean Hanson, a newspaper boy while delivering the newspapers on his route was coming through the park about 5:30 this morning when he saw the man crumpled up underneath a tree near Twenty-third street, halfway between Capitol And Central avenues, near the path that intersects the park. Upon going closer the boy observed that the man was dead. He hailed Father Hartman, who was passing through the park at the time, and the latter called the police to the scene. They sent for the coroner, who removed the body to the undertaking parlors.
The suicide was evidently a carpenter and had just come to Cheyenne on the midnight C. &. S. train from Denver. He left a slip of paper in his pocketbook which had written on it, "No relatives: No home." A parcel check for the Union Pacific check stand showed that a suitcase had been checked and a baggage check from the C. & S. revealed that he had checked a chest of carpenter's tools here.
His laundry mark was H12, and on the handle of a saw in the tool chest were the initials I. M. F.
A deposit check from a San Francisco dentist revealed that he was in that city on April 24. 1920, and paid $10 for work to be done on his teeth, for an upper plate and other work on his lower teeth. A receipt for room rent showed that he had paid S2.50 on November 5 last for a week's rent in advance at a hotel, but no name of the city in which the hotel was located was given. It bore the name of Mr. Hunt.
The man is described as being about 5 feet 10 inches tall, and weighing about 165 pounds. He was about 55 years of age, was gray haired, smooth faced, and the upper teeth were all gone. The little finger on the left hand had been broken at one time, for it was impossible to move it and it was very crooked.
There is nothing about the man's effects to indicate where he had lived or what his name is, other than it might be Hunt. Coroner Clyde Early is making every effort to locate some one who knows something about the suicide.
© Wyoming State Tribune no. 139 June 10, 1920, page 1
HUNT IS NAME OF SUICIDE VICTIM
F. W. Hunt is probably the name of the man who committed suicide here yesterday. Coroner Clyde Early sent a telegram to the Los Angeles dentist whose name was on a deposit slip in the pocket of the man, and in reply got the following information:
"Contract 386 was issued to F. W. Hunt of the Hotel Allen, 236 East Second street, on April 24 for a full set of upper and part set of lower dentures. We extracted a number of teeth between that date and May 1, at which time the party expressed to the operator his intention of leaving the city to return within a month." An inquiry at the Hotel Allen reveals that F. W. Hunt registered there on December 14, 1919, and checked out on May 9 to take work out of the city.
"The man was supposedly a native of Kansas. Thomas R. McKowen of Eberts, Nev., is given as a friend's name and the party most likely to furnish further information."
Mr. Early has sent a telegram to this man, but has gotten no reply so far, and has found no other clues leading to the man's identity, or to friends or relatives. The body will be held several days for further investigation.
© Wyoming State Tribune no. 140 June 11, 1920, page 2
Submitted by Lostnwyomn February 2013.
Unidentified Person Committed Suicide Early This Morning
An unidentified man was found sitting under a tree in Central Park this morning with a bullet through his brain, and a revolver lying by his side. He was a victim of his own hand.
Jean Hanson, a newspaper boy while delivering the newspapers on his route was coming through the park about 5:30 this morning when he saw the man crumpled up underneath a tree near Twenty-third street, halfway between Capitol And Central avenues, near the path that intersects the park. Upon going closer the boy observed that the man was dead. He hailed Father Hartman, who was passing through the park at the time, and the latter called the police to the scene. They sent for the coroner, who removed the body to the undertaking parlors.
The suicide was evidently a carpenter and had just come to Cheyenne on the midnight C. &. S. train from Denver. He left a slip of paper in his pocketbook which had written on it, "No relatives: No home." A parcel check for the Union Pacific check stand showed that a suitcase had been checked and a baggage check from the C. & S. revealed that he had checked a chest of carpenter's tools here.
His laundry mark was H12, and on the handle of a saw in the tool chest were the initials I. M. F.
A deposit check from a San Francisco dentist revealed that he was in that city on April 24. 1920, and paid $10 for work to be done on his teeth, for an upper plate and other work on his lower teeth. A receipt for room rent showed that he had paid S2.50 on November 5 last for a week's rent in advance at a hotel, but no name of the city in which the hotel was located was given. It bore the name of Mr. Hunt.
The man is described as being about 5 feet 10 inches tall, and weighing about 165 pounds. He was about 55 years of age, was gray haired, smooth faced, and the upper teeth were all gone. The little finger on the left hand had been broken at one time, for it was impossible to move it and it was very crooked.
There is nothing about the man's effects to indicate where he had lived or what his name is, other than it might be Hunt. Coroner Clyde Early is making every effort to locate some one who knows something about the suicide.
© Wyoming State Tribune no. 139 June 10, 1920, page 1
HUNT IS NAME OF SUICIDE VICTIM
F. W. Hunt is probably the name of the man who committed suicide here yesterday. Coroner Clyde Early sent a telegram to the Los Angeles dentist whose name was on a deposit slip in the pocket of the man, and in reply got the following information:
"Contract 386 was issued to F. W. Hunt of the Hotel Allen, 236 East Second street, on April 24 for a full set of upper and part set of lower dentures. We extracted a number of teeth between that date and May 1, at which time the party expressed to the operator his intention of leaving the city to return within a month." An inquiry at the Hotel Allen reveals that F. W. Hunt registered there on December 14, 1919, and checked out on May 9 to take work out of the city.
"The man was supposedly a native of Kansas. Thomas R. McKowen of Eberts, Nev., is given as a friend's name and the party most likely to furnish further information."
Mr. Early has sent a telegram to this man, but has gotten no reply so far, and has found no other clues leading to the man's identity, or to friends or relatives. The body will be held several days for further investigation.
© Wyoming State Tribune no. 140 June 11, 1920, page 2
Submitted by Lostnwyomn February 2013.
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