Elmer Merari North

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Birth: Dec. 20, 1882 Salt Lake City Salt Lake County Utah, USA

Death: Jun. 19, 1934 Salt Lake City Salt Lake County Utah, USA

Cause of death: Suicide, self inflicted, ignited by gasoline

Source-State death certificate

GASOLINE USED IN SUICIDE CASE

Injured Man Wires Self To Tree and Applies Match

SALT LAKE CITY June 21-(AP) —Despondency over failure to recover from injuries suffered in an automobile accident a year ago today was blamed for the death, of Elmer M. North, 51, whose charred body was found wired to a tree at the rear of his residence here.

Coroner Fred Lindbeck, who investigated the case, said North apparently wired himself to the tree, saturated his clothes with gasoline and applied a match, cremating himself. Mr. Lindbeck said North had been dead 36 hours when his body was found yesterday afternoon.

Officers found the body and a note indicating he planned to take his own life, when they were called to the place by neighbors who missed North. Apparently no one saw the fire. North lived alone. Neighbors said he was injured in an accident about a year ago but failed to completely recover and recently developed rheumatism.

Surviving are two sisters who reside in California and a brother who is confined to a hospital in Washington, D. C.

Source- The Ogden Standard Examiner Thursday Evening, June 21, 1934

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Parents:

• Merari North (1852 - 1933)
• Queen Elizabeth Jackson North (1859 - 1917)

Burial: Salt Lake City Cemetery Salt Lake City Salt Lake County Utah, USA Plot: I_15_1 N2_CORN_N W

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