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Show LEPER IS CONFINED AT COUNTY HOSPITAL. Salt Lake, April 4 Authon Leta, 5G years of age, a cook, and a native of Italy, Is in the county hospital with a genuine and well-developed case of leprosy. This much was aumltted last night by tho officials of the institution. institu-tion. Leta has been at the hospital for a week and his case has been carefully care-fully and scientifically studied. Leta came to Salt Lake three weeks ago from tho White Rocks Indian agency. He wandered about town, friendless and virtually penniless, for two weeks, and then sought and obtained ob-tained admission to the hospital. It was stated last nlszht that Leta had apparently been suffering trom tho disease for about threo years. It was also stated that the question as to what disposition would be made of the case was as yet undetermined |