Show WANTED TO DIE I AUGUST KJEILBX SLASHES HIS THROAT WITH A TABLE KNIFE Concluded to Sacrifice Himself in Order to Save the Public Despondency Des-pondency Over 111 Health the Cause Will Recover and Will He Sent to Provo The Details of the Deed August Kjellen a Swede aged about 47 attempted suicide yesterday by cutting cut-ting his throat The wouldbe destroyer des-troyer of himself lives with his brotherInlaw at the corner of Third South and Iowa avenue and for sometime some-time past has been in a despondent mood owing to matters connected with Bis financial condition Kjellen came here from Wisconsin two years ago and at that time had about 5300 in money Ill health befell him and for a year he has been in a very melancholy state Recently he informed his sister Mrs Lundgren that he intended leaving leav-ing this world but little was thouht of the assertion until the Easter season sea-son began when he became imbued with the Idea that In order to save the people of this benighted community it was necessary that he offer himself a sacrifice to the Lord Seeing that he was in earnest tho family removed all the knives razors and pistols belong ing to the nouse to places or saieiy But yesterday he secured a table I knife which he secreted under his vest at the table and taking a file repaired I to the barn where he sharpened the Instrument and proceeded to attempt harikari The wounds inflicted were of a hor I rible nature The first slash extended from ear to ear but as it was directly over the cartilage of the muscles which shield tia windpipe he tried again j I This time results were different The I gash severed one of the juculars and I several of the small arteries Dr P E Jones was summoned and dressed the gashes Althbugh very weak from I excessive loss of blood the patient will recover thanks to the heroic exertions of the physician Kjellen is insane beyond doubt and will be examined as soon as he recovers re-covers sufficiently and sent to the asylum Lundgren his brotherinlaw is a wagon maker with a shop on West Temple street |