Show E kl T F 0 M N ELEC T pi I 1 C IT I 1 climbs up pole and grasps high tension wires in attempt to end E nd his own life will lose both hands as result victim now no at local hospital HosPi ial A man named edards 38 years of age evidently demented attempted to commit suicide at sigurd last 11 monday londay ile he took rather a peculiar method to release himself from this mundane sphere and his case is unique he is now at the local hospital with both hands and practically incinerated from contact with the high voltage wires that lead to the jumbo mills or to the pumping station south of sigurd he is said to have climbed an electric com banys pole and grasped the high tension wires with both hands how long he was held suspended in the air while the current played through his body is ie not known but he was later found lying at the foot of the pole in an in unconscious condition from the electric shock and exposure to the cold he was picked up and revived and then removed to the local hospital so badly were his hia hands and arms burned that an operation has been determined upon and the incinerated members halfway half way ay between the hands arid and elbows will be removed the man has been working at the ranch near sigurd and it was between the jumbo mill and the t he ranch where he wa was found he claims shoshone idaho as his bis home he is roamed married to a woman many years his senior who is said to be v visiting I 1 relatives at shoshone ile he stated that this is his second attempt it at self destruction and that he hopes to make his third attempt successful he is not violent but seems to labor under tinder a mania for suicide he states that thai his hia sister has haa also attempted to take her own life the officers expect to have him placed in the state asbe asylum lum as soon as his physical condition will permit meantime antime le he be seems perfectly contented no word cord has been received from any of bis relatives |