The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-30

self. He considers it the toughest eX-
perience of his life. A man came to
the Jail with smallpox, all unknown to
the officials. Everybody was exposed,
and it fell to Sol to take him to the
pesthouse out near Fort Douglas. He
was Guaranteed with the prisoners,
and had to stay in the jail for two
weeks. Again the jailer was called
upon to move the sufferer over into
Parley's canyon, somebody having COM
planned that the pesthouse was too near
the city. During his two weeks con-
finement the jailer could only associ-
ate with his prisoners, and put in the
time playing cards and listening to their
tales Doc Clinton fumigated the Jail
afterwards with coal oil and sulphur,
and Sol blew the city for new clothes
the best he could find.
Pete Miller. the jailer believes, was
the toughest man ever in the city jail.
He is doing time in Colorado for burg
larry now. Miller was in the hands of
the local authorities three days, and
in that time all but effected his es-
cape twice. He first changed clothes
with a lodger, by preconcerted arrange
ment, it was subsequently learned. he
was detected in the Office, and on the
second night of his confinement was
caught sliding down from an upstairs
window on a rope of blankets.
The Morphine Cure.
The accompanying cut shows the first
four morphine eaters cured by Jaller
Kimball with DIR. j. w. Harvey's dis
covery. The photograph was taken on
the day they first went under treat
ment, and the cure was perfect. Inc
medicine is an herb found by Dr. Har-
vey of this city on the Colorado river
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that, although its powers have been
amply demonstrated, the doctor never
has used his discovery as means of
making money He is in the mining
business, and cares little for the life OF
a medico. He experimental first on
Morphine Dutch OF this city and eff
fected a cure. Jailer Kimball heard OF
it. and, having eight fiends in the city
jail at the time. determined to try the
remedy, in which he had but little
faith. Obtaining a bottle of the prepa-
ration from DR.. Harvey, he went to
work on all of his wards. The picture
shows the four worst cases, the sub
jects having used the needle for from
ten to twenty years. 1t took ten days
to get them in condition to do anything
for themselves, but the magic liquid
performed it's work and none of the
patients has ever gone back to the use
of the drug. Since then the cure has
been improved and strengthened, and
it has not yet been known to fail in its
errand of mercy. Fifteen cases have
been treated successfully by Jailer
Kimball, the last being that of man
named Dimick from Skull valley, who
was not even locked up while under
treatment, but came to the jail from
time to time for his dose. two-ounce
bottle of the preparation will cure the
worst case. Jailer Kimballs patients
are grateful to him for the good work,
and very often call at the jail to see
him.
The discovery was great thing for
the city Formerly there were five or
more fiends always in the Jail, and 1t
was a matter of some expense to keep
them supplied with the drug. Ii they
were deprived of it their screams made
night hideous, and could be heard for
blocks around the city hall. One man
hanged himself in prison for want of 1t,
and a drunken woman one night found
a bottle belonging to another woman on
the windowsill drank its contents and
died. y,
1t was such things as these that drew
Jailer Kimball's attention to the neces-
sity of cure and with its aid and his
careful attention he has worked Won
ders.