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Show Young Man Losess His Hind Cones Near Shooting Children Is Taken to Mental Hospital. Frank A. Jacobs, a young man 29 years of ago und living In the north part of town, lost tho balance of his mind Monday attornoon. With a shotgun and a box of shells he started start-ed on the war path 'and Had not tho mnrshnl arrived just In tlmo thero would have been somo fatal results. Ho took ono shot at a young boy nnmed Mood who happened to bo just out of range, and as he was sneaking up on a number or small children with his gun In position and his fin-go fin-go r on tho trigger ready to pull, Marshal Chlpman came up from behind, be-hind, knocked tho gun from out of his hand and with the help of John S, Miller and Arthur Hawkins overpowered over-powered tho Insane than and, took hlni to a cell in the city jail, , ; Itappears.OHrt Jajgbs,' shoutMhrfee years ago," vvtitfelvTng' In California) got up one night to get a drink of wator. Ho fell and slightly fractured fract-ured his skull which resulted in a partial paralysis of his body and the entire loss of his speech, Tho puralyslB later disappeared but his speech never returned. Several days ago tho neighbors noticed that ho began to net queerly, throwing stones ot pcoplo, etc. Monday ono ot tho Wood boys called for n younger brothor or Jacobs to go hunting. Frank ovldcntiy Imagined Im-agined that some harm was Intended his brother and followed with tho loaded shot gun. Young Blood, when ho Baw him coming suspected that tho domonted man was after him and commenced to run. Jncobs opened flro on him but hlB intended victim was 75 yards away, jUBt out of rango or tho ordinary shotgun. Neighbors who saw the Incident sent In a hurryup call for tho marshal, mar-shal, who nrrlvcd Just an he was sneaking up on a bunch of young children. His gun was In position and .his flngor wnB on the trigger, nud so Intent was ho watching tho' children thnt ho did not notico tho marshal. In tho scufllo that ensued the marshal mar-shal unlocked the breech from tho barrel and the shells fell out. John S. Miller and Arthur Hawkins arrived ar-rived JUBt then nud helped to overpower over-power Jacobs. When they arrived at the San Pedro tracks on First West street Jacobs wont limp ns a rag and thoy loaded htm on a hand alcd and easily took him to tho city Jail. Hero, however, his strength returned and It' required four Btrong men to get him in tho cell, ny this time he Jiad become a raging mnnlao and It was with great difficulty that thoy got him In Jail, hi tho coll ho divested himself of all clothing aud was about to do hlmsoU bodily hnrm when the marshal mar-shal nud others put his clothing on and strapped him down. Tuesday mornljig ho scorned nbout normal and readily accompanied the officers to Provo In an automobile Ilowovor, when ho arrived at the sheriff's olllto ho went to pieces again and It roqulred tho sorvicas ot a numbor of men ror un hour to qulot him. An olllclnl examination was mado and Judgo Morgan committed him to the state mental hospital. When tlu' American Fork people left lu tho afternoon, he seemed plonsed with his aurrdundlnga nud wns ttr x laughing Jnod, with apparently ap-parently nothing tho matter with him |
