Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-06-18
HERMAN DABIS
KILLS HIMSELF
Found Dead In Ogden Jail This
Morning,
THE NAN WAS DEMENTED.
Coiored BOY sIugged-Attempted Bur-
giary school Board Rejects BIDS
For Annex work,
lsneclnl 10 the 0News. y


Ogden, June lS.--This morning as the
TALLER at the city prison was making
his usual rounds to count the prisoners
previous to their going to breakfast he
discovered the body Of man named
Herman Dabis stark and cold In death
with pair of suspenders tied around
his neck and fastened to the upper
bunk In such way as to strange the
unfortunate fellow 10 death The man
had arrived here yesterday from Hous-
ton, Texas, and showing signs Of de-
mentla. was taken care OF by the police
till his relatives could be notified Of his
condition. When discovered he had
been dead some time as his body was
cold and rigid. Judge Howell was noti-
fled and he with a jury composed Of
Stanley Johnson, James McBeath and
n, II. Jones, viewed the remains and
then turned them over TO Undertakers
Larkln q Son, at whose morgue they
now lie awaiting directions from the
dead mans friends, who have been
notified of his death. The following let
ter, found on his person, shows the con-
dition Of the mans mind;
capt George Dabis, 80 Baden street,
Straslund, Germany:
Dear Good Father Sister and Broth
er-'All OF your endeayors and your dear
good but sharp admonltlons have not
had any effect on me. | have time and
time again made good resolutions, but
am SORRY the flesh was too weak, The
last occurrence panied me terribly.
Perhaps ! viii not be able to finish this
letter The watch (meaning the jailer)
Is coming nevertheless he VIII perhaps
give me a chance to shoot myself For
give me as you can be forgiven.
greet you all with a thousand greetings.
Herman"
To this was an incoherent postscript.
Among the mans effects was a num-
Der OF letters from lis parents
and other relatives, and a tele.
gram from Houston telling him that a
ticket and money awaited him al the
Union Pacific office here, and instruct
ing him to call for the same. The
stranger was an arcrltect and evidently
man Of means and refinement. Word
Is expected from Huston. Texas, to-
day from relatives there, as to what
disposition to make of the body
CoLoRED BOY sLUGGED.
Early this morning officer Wilson
found a colored boy lying near the Tn
Ion Pacific ice house in an unconscious
condition with his skull fractured.
When taken to the station the boy rail-
lied long enough TO inform the police
mat last evening he was In company
with negro from New York when the
latter beat him over the head and left
him where found this morning. Other
colored men Informed the officers that
the New York coon had left ogden this |
and he was followed to Uinta |
where II was ascertalned he had board |
er train for the east officers along |
the railroad have been notified and II il |
thought the thug will be In custody be- |
fore night DR.. Gordon. who attended |
to the injuries OF the youth, IL Of the !
opinion that they are not necessarily |
fatal.
An attempt to burglarize the resi-
lence Of Abe Coone on Madison aven-
Ne and Twenty-fourth street was made |
ast night The thieves had started to |
break into the kitchen window when a
discovered what was going on
and telephoned for the police, The noise
made in calling for the officers, how
aver, alarmed the intruders and they
made good their escape
BIDS REJECTED.
At Its meeting last evening the board
n education rejected all bids submitted
or work on tNe new annex. The rea-
son for this action was that the ar
'hitect had submitted other plans
dds on these win now be advertised
or