Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-06-18
HERMAN DABlS
KILLS HIMSELF
Found Dead In Ogden Jail This
Morning
THE NAN WAS DEMENTED.
CoIored Hoy slugged- Attempted Bur-
glsry- school Board Rejects bids
For Annex work,
Special to the News. -

Ogden, June lS.-Thls morning as the
jailer 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 strangle the
unfortunate fellow 10 death The man
had arrived here yesterday from Hous-
ton, Texas, and showing signs OF de-
mentia, 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-
fed and he with a jury composed Of
Stanley Johnson, James McBeath and
n. II. Jones, viewed the remains and
ther turned them over to Undertakers
LarSln & 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 Dabls, 80 Baden street,
Straslund, Germany:
Dear Good Father, Sister and Broth
er--All Of your endeavors and your dear
good but sharp admonitions 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 (meanlng the jailer)
is coming nevertheless he will perhaps
give me a chance to shoot myself For
give me as you can be forgiven. |
greet you all with thousand greetings.
Herman"
To this was an incoherent postscript.
Among the mans effects was num-
Der OF letters from tis parents
and other relatives, and a tele-
gram from Houston telling him that
ticket and money awaited him al the
Union Pacific office here, and instruct
ing him TO call for the same. The
stranger was an arcritect and evidently
man OF means and refinement. Word
is expected from Huston, Texas, to-
day from relatives there, as TO what
NA'fN'''AeiA W MANI VI AlN bhugt
CoLORED BOY sLUGGED
Early this morning officer Wilson
found colored boy lying near the I'M
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
that last evening he was in company
with a negro from New York when the
latter beat him over the head and left
him where found this morning. other
oolored men Informed the officers that
the New York coon had left ogden this
morning and he was followed to Uinta
where II was ascertained he had board
er train for the east officers along
the railroad have been notified and It is
thought the thug will be In custody be-
fore night DR. Gordon. who attended
to the Injuries Of the youth. Is Of the
opinion that they are not necessarily
fatal
An attempt TO burglarIze the resi-
dence OF Abe Coone on Madison aven-
ne and Twenty-fourth street was made
last night The thieves had started to
break into the Kitchen window when a
neighbor discovered what was going on
ana telephoned for the police. The noise
made in calling for the officers. how
ever. alarmed the intruders and they
made good their escape
BIDS REJECTED.
At its meeting last evening the board
OF education rejected all bids submitted |
for work on the new annex. The rea-
son for this action was that the ar
chitect had submitted other plans !
which were more acceptable and new |
bids on these will now be advertised |
for