The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-01-06
ARA W. SABIN.
He Gives His Version of the
Attempted Suicide.

Attempted SuIelde.
A week ago We published an &C
count OF the attempted suicide of Ara
v. sabin, at Grouse Creek. BoxElder
County, on Sunday night, the 18th
OF December. Sabin denies part OF
this statement, and at his request be
was visited by HERALD reporter on
Wednesday. The previous statement
said ne had been drinking little for
q couple OF nights and up 10 the time
OF the shooting. He declares he had
not tasted liquor for eight days
previous. His wife and mother we're
sleeping in the same bed. and be and
his bfosher-in-lGw. in the same room
gith them. He denies that he was
standing at The bedside about mid.
night, gazing at them in peculiar
manner. when the old lady awoke
ard saw him and awakened her
daughter. He says he had been
t-lkiug to his vile for quite time
b5iOre her mother aroused, and that
she did not wsken her daughter, who
WIS not lying down but halt reclining
Wbsu he lett the bedside he went to
a cupboard and took q bottle Of
laCdauum up; his vile asked him for
It. bnt he would not give it to her.
With this he lay down on the lounge,
snd ATTEMPTED to pail out the oerk,
tut could not do so as it was in 100
tight, and he gave it to his bTother.in
law, who had been asking him for il
all the while. He then went into
kitchen for his SIX shooter, but being
unable to find it, returned into the
room and moved to a little toilet
table, where he had A smaller
Waapnn. 81 stood near the head
OF a lounge, my back to my
wife aud her mother, and near
looking glass. The cock and trigger
of the pistol did not operste properly
so l worked them awhile. l finally
thought it would go all right, and /
shot myself. 1 took step or two and
my brother. in-lsw made an attempt
to catch me, but iell on the floor.
The old lady did not touch me. nor
speak to me. The pistol which l had
il my hand 1 dropped, and l lay on
the floor until l was picked up and
placed in q chair by neighbOr. As
he picked me up, the pistol rolled
away from my clothes; | did not
hold it in my hand, and did not
attempt to shoot myself again"
Reporter - You aimed at your
heart, then? 54bin-I intended to
make a god job Of it; but suppose
lhe trigger and cock did not work
we'll; the cock partly stopped when
about halfway down, and suppose |
moved and missed the place. They
l wa dying and said some
thing aboCt "a Mi. One was written
out and | siCn d 1t, anu two minutes
later | did not remember anything
about it. ST sequently asked to see it,
and i resd that ii | died | willeG feb
my property TO my wife. and half g.
ny motneT-in. lava thing | should
lot think Of doing if in my right
.enses.
R.-Was the conversation you bad
Sith your wife at the bedside, just
before the shooting, the cause OF your
attempting 10 Kill yourself? Sabin
after LILLE hesi;ancy) - Well,
partly.
R-Are you willing to tell the
cause TOR the act? Sabin with a !
make of he head and q moments
-Guess not. While the
natter rests as it does, am willing
o leG it 20 the way it Is, with the
blame On me; but if they (presum-
.bly referring to his Wiie's people,
crowd ne too far, l may tell more.
R.-Have you had enough of at.
emptIBg to shoot yourself? Sabin
with quiet smile)-May be l have,
md mag be net.
lie is young man, quiet and IN
but has considerable
II determined air about him. He
aid he did no. know but his wife's
nOlhsr was the authority for the
timer version. and preferred to have
{ correct. He betrayed no emotion,
nd when be ssid he shot himself, it
vas in a quiet way, The only evidsnce
# feeling Of any kind being just
-isiblesin a peculiar and almost I'M
,eroeptible smile, which some might
.ttribute to a Notifying sense, and
thers to q habit.
He was anything but % we'll on
vas in greater pain,
oughed frequently, and spit con-
idera5ls hood, which are uniavorable
igns