Show PUT fORGER IN ASYLUM Ingrate Who Tried to Swindle Best Friend Sent to Mental Hospital Special to The 4 Provo Jan Hamilton who has been held In the county jail here awaiting trial on a forgery charge since November 16 and whose trial before the district court was set for toda today was yes yesterday yesterday committed to the state mental hospital Hamilton came to Utah Immediately after the San Francisco earthquake and fire In Salt Lake forged bank paper earned him a sentence In the penitentiary He served 18 months be before before fore being pardoned Later he forged the name of his benefactor County At Attorney Attorney torney Job Lyon who had procured his pardon He came to Prove November 25 Here he uttered three forged checks one for 2 25 which was passed on a local clothing firm Another for the same amount Is still In the hands of the Smoot Drug company compan and the third was offered the Homer saloon but was declined Hamilton Is an attorney and at the time of hiS arraignment appeared In his own behalf taking the statutory time to plead and demanding the privIlege of the law library He had been a very heavy drinker HI Insanity was established established chien chiefly on his own testimony Sheriff George Judd and Deputy Sher SherIff Iff Al AI Hales both testified they consid considered considered ered him sane |