The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-27
|lESPONDENT YOUTH
/ COMMITS SUICIDE
yictor Turner Drinks Carbolic
Acid in Presence of
Sweetheart.
|JOIyS THE MAN WITH
SKILL AND CR0SSB0NES"
Lads Rash Act Follows Dream
of Younger Sister to
That Effect.

Iepecjal 10 Inc iiIo"iAe'
EoGpEN. Nov 26.-Without any cxpla-
/. alton OF his rash deed. but with the
n ,re statement 81 am going to Join the
Imap with the cross bones" Victor Tur-
L. an elghteenyear-old lad employed
n, ihe Southern Pacific railroad shops.
I.rs,lowed the contents OF a small bottle
If carboc acid in the presence of his
.Feetheart Miss Libbie Brown. at her
I6ome on West Thirty fourth street.
/Thursday night and before medical as
|<islance had reached him was lying
|sorrsc on the floor OF the sitting room.
'sher, he bad few moments before been
happily planning for the future.
Las The culmins tiou OF a number OF sui
|laI threats which he has frequently
|n,sde OF late. He called at the home OF
II sweetheart who is a daughter of MIR
Isnd Mn. \. L.. Brown. carly in the even
IDa for a social visit. The parents OF
I,fs youuc lady were just leaving the
|@,me for the city 10 attend a picture
|,6eater and left the two young folks
I.ope after Turner. In reply 10 a qucS-
HIM had said that he would remain un-
I'm tlicy returned.
Turns Despondent,
1 Mss Brown who is but sixteen years
/ a age. said that she and Turner were
XIteJ IN lIlt lTOllN IDplIl NdlhlIe. lie
|.uyersation turned to his future plans.
i'm the young man said that he in
tnded soon To obtain a position as To-
onoive fircman. and that he was then
4 .oIne 10 buy q horse and buggy for their
csslIre In the converse ton Turner
roke dejcctcdly and finally. turning Ia
a sweetheart. handed her q small watch
shth he had taken from his pocket and
IpB her 10 keep II as remembrance OF
| ,Turner had often spoken of suicide be-
Xtr and the girl says that she refused
ID take the watch. when he laid il on "A
/hble and walked 20 the back of the
1use. When Turner reached the kitchen
\ notlced n bottle Of carbolic acid stand
a or the stove. which had been LEFT
here by Mr. Brown that afternoon, after
- bad finished treating sick horse.
Ifln the remark about joining the man
Irith The cross bones. the young man
Used the bottle to his lips. and before
He girl could prevent him. drank several
rDtss OF The deadly draught lie then
1ked TO the stove and Spat several
Itscs TO relieve the burning OF his lips.
Help Called,
The girl. who had been sitting alone
: te front room rushed TO the kitchen
when she heard him make the remark
|Thicl Indicated that lie was going to
|ph his life. After seeing that he bad
Iaried out his threats she gave him Il
Ifeee OF butter TO stop the burning sen
/etlcn. She then sent a Younger broth
n 10 the ncighhorS for assistance. The
I7tuni OF The gflH arrived homo at this
me and. seeing thc young man lying on
Ne floor Mrs. Brown thought he had
irrmed this position 10 nlghten them.
II AeT shaking hlu by the shoulders and
|irilne that hc had taken the poison To
~ his life. she hurrcdly summoned i
I'eslcian. who arrived too late To lie OF
|'ny assiStIuce. Hearing the instructions
Ettn TO summon q doctor the Young man
ssd That no effort bc made 10 save
~ life.
4 Young Turner is = son of MIR. and Mrs.
sff Turner. who live on Ca t"ou road.
~ lailier is a conductor ou the Den
Ia Rio Grandc railroad and took his
pSolst run out from Ogden the morn
II before
Girl Heartbroken
no Brown girl lis hcaribrul<cn over
III traeic death Uf Young Tumcr. She
cIls that they had no quarrel before
deadly poison was taIScn and that
IErs shn has. been receiving his attrn-
1s fhe had been going with no other
ihe suicide Of the young man did not
ecme generally known until this