Show VAN AUKIN THE DENTIST One of His Periodical Sprees Finally lays Him Oat Of a welllmown character in Salt Lake a Sacramento paper has the following All Sacramento have doubtless observed upon the streets of this city within the past year a large man with long flowing brown beard and who made himself conspicuous con-spicuous by wearing a showy uniform of blue cloth decorated with brass buttons This man was J R Van Aukin a dentist and he claimed that he had a right to wear a uniform because of being a graduate from a surgical institute in Indianapolis Van Aukin has been in the habit of going I on periodical sprees and a few weeks ago he started in upon a drunk He kept it up day after day and was frequently seen reeling thronch the streets One evening recently while in this condition he fell upon the sidewalk bruising his face fearfully fear-fully He was placed in a carriage and sent to his apartments but he was soon on the street again and resumed his protracted jag He finally drifted to Nevada City wherq he died yesterday from acute alcoholism alco-holism It is said that while in Nevada City he would drink straight alcohol in halfpint draughts and that within two days he consumed two gallons While Van Aukins end was miserable it seems to have been in keeping with his career He is said to have been married several times and always treated his wives brutally While in Chico he married a young lady and then basely deserted her while she was on a bed of sickness Many stories have been told about his shady I transactionsbut he is dead and iet him rest n |