Show PENNILESS RUSSIANS DEED I i Believed That Joseph Schmidt At Attempted Attempted tempted His Life in Mountains East of City Joseph Schmidt a Russian Jew who ar arrived arrived rived in Ogden about five days ago from San Francisco shot himself yesterday afternoon on the mountain side about five miles east of Ogden Schmidt says that the affair was accidental though the in indications indIcations at this time are that he had in intended intended tended ending his life as he had opened his coat and vest and must have held the pistol a very close to his body bO his shirt being powder burned He Is ex expected to recover The wound was inflicted just below the tho left nipple P G Poulsen P and A G Al Alsap Alsap Alsap sap were about of a mile below the foot of the mountain when they heard the scream of a man They went to a a nearby house and secured a shot gun and instructed the woman that If she sh heard three shots fired that she should notify the authorities The men then climbed the mountain side for a distance of nearly half a mile where they found Schmidt lying among the th rocks He was conscious eon clous though suffering great pain The men endeavored to take him down the mountain but found that this would woul bo be impossible therefore gave the agreed warning with the shot gun The authorities authorities ties tics were then notified by telephone and responded Immediately Im tely The wounded man was from mountain by the and placed In the patrol wa wagon wagon wagon gon which conveyed him to the police sta station tion tien where City Physician A S 5 Condon examined the wound and later tho the man was removed to the Ogden general hos hospital hospital hospital pital An examination Uon showed that the bullet bull t had passed through the body coming out near the spine It Is understood that Schmidt was en route from San Francis Francisco co to New York and stopped off at Og den expecting lo 10 receive a draft here The money did not arrive and he was unable uD ble to secure work It is supposed that he became despondent on account of his sorry plight His mother who re ro resides sides in Russia is his only relative |