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BODYCEDAIt CITY—Tli0 body ot Maurice Graham has Imejj found.In a deep gully In the Kanarramountains, six miles south of the spotjxvhere his wrecked Western Air Express plane was found on Juno 24, asearching party found the remains ofthe veteran airmail pilot Wednesdayafternoon.The body was flat upon the groundwith the head dropped to one side, asthough he had fallen, exhausted, as heMrug^Ied through the deep, desolatepflows that enveloped the ruggedcountry Gii January 11, the day heflew his last aim^hSix men found the body Ifj (he deepunderbrush, that has made the huRftor the flier's body a heart-breaking/ind discouraging ordeal.Major III chard McDonald headedthe serchers, Others who participatedin the discovery were Jimmy Allen ofLos Angelos, a pf the ill-fatedGraham, and Glen Seal, Gefjr^ Edwards, Leo Currier tiati Frank J. Ear£lett, all of Cedar City,Graham left no death message,Major McDonald told the Tribune re*preaenlatjy©, Ills body was fullyclothed, JJIs eeryjfie pistol, fully loaded, rested in his holster, The bottleof wheat that he carried on everyflight to stave off starvation In jusst2uch an emergency was found in apocket,His bankbook, a $10 bill and a sticko£ gum also were in his clothes,Major McDonald, who has headedthe search for the body with unrelenting courage since the finding ofthe plane three + weeks ago, +reportedthat the body was located a2j3S p. m.All 3i3C mem seemed toJfind the bodyat the same time, Major McDonald reported, the Reader apparently seekingto give credit to the entire party thanto a single Individual.The pilot was headed toward 551 onNational park when exhaustion oyep-eame him.If he lmd pply an hour more, bwould have made it/* commented jgrizzled resident of this region aftethd long bun ended.The residence of Zion Nationalpark's caretaker is only fiye milesfrom the spot where Graham's bodywas found,Major McDonald immediately uptinfinding the body dispatched one of theparty to Cedar City todnform SheriffJ. T. Leigh, who will leave at daybreak Thursday, together with themajor to return the body to CedarGi.y, and later to he removed do LosAngeles, Graham's home, for bufial^ Sheriff Leigh said that no officialInvestigation would be made, as hewas convinced that the flier Had methis death through oxhaustion and thatthere was positively no evidence offoul play,—Tribune, July 17.Later Exraets from Tribune July fsMaurice Graham made his last flightThurgdpy nigtit,Aboard a tri-iuotored transportplane, accompanied by oM friends, the(Continued on Back Pago)
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Kanab Kane County Independent
Kanab, Utah, US
Fri, Jul 18, 1930
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