Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-09-18
DURANGO ENTERTAINS
A SILVERTON GUEST

1t had been printed in the paper
and attracted attention, and during
the evening hours the fellow who had
won distinction for being charged with
an attempt at self destruction was
subject for speculation. One OF the
neighbors recalled that somebody had
undertaken to steal his tomcat and
another had lost washtub with a
hole in It, and they wondered If the
wouldbe suicide was not the guilty
one
The Herald had to take up the story
hrst yesterday and appears to have
covered the ground quite we'll Fol.
lowing up the thread Brice Patterson.
chairman of the board of county com
mlssioners at Sllverton was told by
Herald reporter yesterday evening
| that La Plata county had been delayed
a little in action because 1t was / Sii
Yerton case. Mr. Patterson said.
That will be all right If It ia our
case, and | guess 1t is, we will take
care of It, wonder who he Is. May.
be know him" but It was too late to
go over to Mercy hospital and Mr..
Patterson said he would go this morn.
ing
They had brought the crazy man
doDn from lockwood y9atetcay even
:r1.s and snAfabody had No take care
of MIN and Offcer sfapssS to,d L.
Craig TO go over md lltsh an. sin
during the night. Ice has no dspionlf
or other assuring document, but was
free to confess that the other fellow
Is nntty. He says he looks like 4
slaughter house few days after the
blood letters had failed to clean 1t up.
a cash here and a streak of dried
blood there. Lee said to tell every
body ne had gone to bed
Tom Hamor fell In about the right
time, when everybody in lockwood
was scared with the crazy man, and
he acted as officer. citizen. physician
and plenipotentiary he dressed the
unfortunate's wounds and tried to
adapt himself to the situation In the
detail getting the fellow to talk con-
tidentially. Mr.. Hamor said that II
the poor fellow had been violent 50
that cutting his ears or knocking him
out would have helped. he could have
got along better, but with all and
whatever he had lost OF his mentality.
ne was still an lnoffensive gentlemen.
seeming to fear he would commit some
overt act He gave his name as C. n.
Senior and told Mr.. Hamor he had
been prospector In Ouray county
for eleven years, so La Plata county
is not guilty this time
In one Of his seemingly lucid mo.
ments ne told Mr. Hamor he had tried
| TO cut his throat with razor and.
| becoming fatigued and thirsty, la,i
| he razor down and went to the river
to get a drink when he returned to
she rocks where he had begun self
destruction he couldn't find the imple-
ment and remembering that he dad a
pocketknife, took that and jabbe1 It
through his throat and into his mouth.
| He was determined. but had misguided
his thrusts for the jugular.
Coming down on the train he saw
fancying that some of them were pret-
ty he wanted to give them to bevy
OF little girls. whom only he could see
The unfortunate man who would
probably be very much better dead by
his own hand than In his present con
dition. viii be taken care OF at Mercy
hospital. and human Imagination can
speculate on the cause that led to the
results. He hadn't prospectei In the
La Platas or had any deals there, and
he is not accused Of having worked On
a newspaper.
DIR. Lefurgey, who has the charges
of the county at Mercy hospital. safe
this afternoon that he had treated tn,
poor fellow who had become tired o
this worlds theater. and that h,
: thought there would be fair chance
!. for recovery. His more serious In
r iuries are stab In the throat and
+ deep cut on wrist. DR.. Lefurge
y says the man Is insane and that II tn
mild conditions prevailing continul
his chances for recoveyr will b. n
AHA.