The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-11-28
QUOTES SHAKESPEARE,
THEN KILLS HIMSELF
T. F. Story Recites Soliloquy
Before Sending Bullet
Through Brain.
RESULT OF DISSIPATION
Cartridge Which Does Deadly
Work Borrowed From
Police Officer.
RESULT OF DISSIPATION

"Jor Is IL better to go through this
winter as ! did through last. OF shall
shuttle OFF this mortal coll-'rather TO
bear the Ills We have than f1y 10 others
that wo know not Of? No. I had better
shuttle off. Joe :.
Thus 7. F Story. known Us Tip"
aged AZ years. harness maker, the
himself TO J. c. Plat. harness maker
ut 50 South West Temple street, yes
,orday afternoon. With the last words
the front Of the harness shop.
Here, Tip! What monkey business
are you making there?'' cried Platt, be-
cause he did not believe story was In
earnest. He ran 10 the front OF the shop
and Story WAS stretched out upon a
long bench with bullet through his
braln-dead.
At 2:SO o'clock yesterday afternoon
Story was arraigned In the police court
on charges OF drunkenness and carrying
concealed Weapons. Ihe case case was ,,,nr dis
emptied Of Its cartridges, was returned
To him. After leaving the police sta
ton. the RECENTLY liberated man walked
Temple street Here he turned north
and entered the Platt harness shop.
where he had previously been employed.
Story Borrows a Cartridge.
Story seemed TO be in good spirits and
discussed commonplace topics with Mr.
and told the officer that he was making
a. belt for 3S-caliber cartridges and
asked II the officer would not loan hin,
a cartridge as a model. This the officer
Story re- entered the harness shop and
placed the single cartridge in his re-
volver, Flo then talked time with
Joseph Plstt. aged II years. son OF the
proprietor Of the shop
The BOY then left the shop and Story
sat down upon a bench In the front Of
short soiloquy to Mr. Platt. lifted the
weapon To his head and pulled the triG-
ger, The body was removed TO the
o'Donncll undertaking establishment,
tion With the dead mans relat!ves.
Mr.. rlatt said last night that he be
lievcd the motive for the act to have
oeen disgust with life brought about
through excesses in the manner Of living.
Although an educated man and pro-
ieieut harness maker, Mr.. Flat said
The harness maker said that story had
often threatened suicide
Son Of a Minister
On one occasion he came 10 the har-
ness shop with bomb which he had
manufactured. he said. for the purpose
he had said that he intended to commit
suicide when he got good and ready
and that when the tine came he intended
TO take one OF the boys along with
Story was born forty-two years ago in
Oklahoma According to "a statement he
his father was a minister OF the gos ].
pei. He graduated from the common
schools and came TO Salt Lake about hf-
been been 2sS m since nee that time ho had
ness makers in this city. He could hold
none OF his positions long, as he was a
heavy drinker.
\ few months ago Story appeared to
have Strengthened UP. lie went to ST.
Anthony, *da., where ne was employed
By j. %. Rule. harness maker He re-
turned TO Salt Lake about a month ago
and since that time had been out of EN-
ployment
For a number OF years Story had been
employed as Il fireman a Pocateilo, Ida.
IT is understood that he has sister and
other relatives at Pocatelo. He was un-
married.