Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-08-10
EX-SALT LAKER SUICIDES.
Jim smith Again In Trouble sheets
Awni Tish story shall the
Police collect uiilsf

ith. perform their antics and generally
mako things lively ali around. Nut
wiahIng 90 deprive the sherIn of the
glory The police think that manincs.
imbocllef and gentlemen with bats in
their rorrrt" should bc port and parcel
~ deputy Hhor.na burden. The ahcr-
iu on tho other hand thinks otherwise
and there the matter stands The ofl-
GERS however. are willing TO gather IN
any rubid lun1tlcs that are encountered
at large on the streets and turn them
over To- the sheriff who has "a nice pad
dgd cell down ut the county jail for
such unfortunate.
The iandlady NJ the Aiyorl lodging
house on west South Temple street last
night reported 90 Ofncgr Smith that one
Of her star b1ardcrs had been acting In
strange manner since Friday night
ANA would the police look into the
matter The pntrulWnn made hla ro-
port 60 headquarters and the rhrrlna
Ollie" was notified when the answer
came back over The phone that II was
ns much the police departments buHl-
ness aH the ahorinH 90 look after the
dcmonted man. There the matter rested
ana the other ludElUrH CO. the house
iinuy refused 20 20 90 bed. Later tho
Hhefln rClCutod and concluded 90 to-
cclye The man. whose name In W. ~.
rest hiuh pnlCrfH Edilugtun and
knuwltnn finally H1lliod forth and sub
Hoqurutly handed him over TO the GUS
tudy uf the sheriff
shafkoy has been acting ln O. strange
fashion f1r some days past Last even.
Ing Doc pufuded the hallway outside hia
room, clad mostly lu fresh AIR and "a
bland smile soizlng the lighted lamp
that stood ON ~ table ho mounted
chair. struck au heroic attitude and in.
formed the uWyHtrlckun luignrE3 ~ am
liberty onliFhtenlng the world" and
then proceeded Co blucken the ceiling
with tho smoke from the lamp. when
hls Torch Of Liberty WIS gently taken
away from him DE- amused himself by
making u bonfire ln the hallway tho
blaze was promptly distinguished and
then shurkry turned his attention 10
waHhing tho walls Ills antics GRATED
considerable alarm among the people
In the lodging hodse.
sheriff Howolls was much wrought up
today over an article that appeared In
this mornings Herald, intimuting that
Dee had been dercllct IN HE duties by re-
fusing 70 arrest william sharkgy,
thought 90 be- crazy
sharkey has been making things de-
Cidedly lively az the AlvUrd lodging
house ON West South Temple street FOR
the past few days. Last night he had
another nc and was running around In
state or semi -nudencaH, when the at
tontlon % pntrolmun Andrew smith
was called 20 the man. The officer CONE
munlrntod with chief Hilton and was
told 90 notify the sheriff and have
Sharkoy taken 20 the county jail.
- was sitting In my office late last
night" said sheriff ilowellH. when Po-
70 -
phone ana Informed me that an indi-
Nldunl was acting somewhat peculiar
nt the Alyurl lodging house. I asked
the officer why he didn't arrest the man
ana ! gut an answer telling me 10 was
my duty On pull crazy people
Now" continued the sheriff, ~ think
I know what my duties are without
having 90 be- told them by Chlof Hilton
ur anyone connected with the Herald or
police department I am not aware 90
tho existence uf any friction between
my office und the police department l
am attending 90 my own business and
Try 90 leave other peoples alone. There
have been numerous instances ut late
whore people have been brought TO the
county inil supposed 10 bee insane, when
ls matter OF fact they were only
sleeping on a drunk or found tn bg adj
llUtud 10 the morphine habit. Take the
case OF Babe Lakewood. referred % by
O.
brought 90 the inll by Mr. Burbldge and
laid there Tor two days before any one
connected with the police department
HwOrr 90 "a complaint in order that l
might have her taken before the cN-
aiming board. ! asked them repeated
ly To do something. ana sent men on
three different occasions 90 500 u Mr..
liurhldEn ur some one would come down
ana Sign re- complaint charging the wO-
man With what she had been arrested
for, ] know nothing NJ the woman or
tho circumstance surrounding the
ease; neither ana amy OF my mon. When
she finally dld get hearing the board
udiudgud her sane, I then notified the
police that hereafter ! would require "A
warrant or the fllng OF "a complaint be-
fore I would allow people 10 be- brought
90 the Jan, ana udhrrIug Go this rule I
am acting under Instructions from the
board ~ county commissioner
Shurkcy ~ confined ln the county jail
awaiting un Investigation 90 hla case.
tie may be given hearing tomorrow
The unfortunate man lH re- lather by
trade ana ut one time made himself
quite Cnnaplcuous in political matters
IN The First precinct. whore he resided,
\ TOW years uro hls vito obtained "a dl.
vorCe from him ON the ground OF exc
treme cruelty Al tho fam he told
Night JHlIyr Nick Gu.hrausru that ln
order 10 plaster houses he had been
compelled 90 pull the hairs out or hls
muHtuuhn. az o. timn-and now had
enough hair with which 10 finish
number ot Jobs lie also stated that he
had q Job uf luthlng iu Wyoming. for
which Doc was going 90 Boz paid $4,000.
Asked uH Go how long De thought 10
would take him 90 DO the job. Sharkpy
replied. 'uh, about two days"
Word was received IN this city this
morning 60 tho eject that Mrs. w. H.
l"o of SAT- Lake city had dlud ut the
Liudrll Hotel iu Hastings Neb.. from
the effects " 20 biz dose ~ morphine
Mrs. leo arrived IN Hastings ON Tues
day night a letter was found IN her
room addressed 10 her father II was
very brief and merely mentioned that
Hho was anxious 20 get home and en-
JOY o. family visit,
Inquiry In thlH city develops tho
fact that there d. mo- W H. Lee here;
tho nearest approach 10 the name being
w. a., L0u, who boarded Cor time al
the Normandy he came from Ohio and
spOko OF having "a wife In the East. 10
several VI the hoarders there. iie LEFT
this city a couple OF months ago,
Jim Smith. the cN-convict who recent.
ly got twenty-five days FOR prddliug
without "a license. N once more IN the
TOLLS tie has only been out NJ jail a
couple of DAYS The onenae for which
hH was Jailed was that he WAS ondony-
nHug TO sell o. guiloless old gentleman
from New orleans some fake spectnclea
at eNorbltant prices. Smith limited that