Show HOPES DASHED HE SEEKS DEATH Michael Murphy Fails to Gain a Sec See Second Second ond Fortune ONCE PROMINENT AND RICH FAILURE TO FINANCE MINING I COMPANY CAUSES DESPAIR Shattered hopes hop of ot gaining from Mother t Earth a 1 fortune fotune cued caused cu Michael Murph Mur h owe once on a prominent Colorado Colordo min mining mm ing ilag WI expert and to t make a de deI des I irate at nt at suicide yesterday forenoon He cut eat his hi throat stabbed tabb him f IH i if lr ov 01 over r the heart and an slashed his hi ll tt a dull dali dul knife kalte while In the Hotel Cullen Culen lavatory When hen found he hel heLy Ju l Ly on the floor blood blu oozing lug ing from frum the ragged gashes gashel he lie had hd In Ini i 1 l teJ He was wati wa taken to the White Cross COa f 35 South Sout West et Temple street treet streeta a and 11 d last night his Ms condition was report reported ed o L to be b dangerous Murphy is hi 55 5 years yer of o age He had made and lost loat a fortune fortune In the hope tr f gaining another he went vent to the Bull Bullet Bul et Hog trag rog district He came to Salt Lake with wih Ur dreams urns of financing a mining company to tt t develop there Buoyed Buoye up by t this tula expectation he talked of ot the fortune furtune has was ws to enjoy Then he hi began begani i heavily From his carousal Murphy woke to find his hie dreams gone summering His Hh money was gone Cone and andins ins option opton had hd expired expire He made a a des desperate de desperate p rate attempt to end his hia life Ute Little Litle Hope For Him During the te night nI ht Murphy was ws delirious S TV ith tb fever and Dr A A C Ewing Elu who attended him says ys there I II Is little hope hopen hop n ot et Ins his recovery He lie stabbed himself thirty times Ume but none of ot the gush gash t i touched touche a 8 vital vial spot The knife knie he hei herd heid i sr rd id d was WW rusty ruly and dull dul and the cuts cuta it ill ted were not deep dep Murphy urphy claimed he lie was waa associated aBlate with wills wih tan taij Francisco capitalists and that the company intended to Dut ut the stock stok on the thc market He lie had some money moue when LP hE first came to Salt Sl Lake but he spent pent penti it i all aU while drinking heavily When he realized his condition he lie talked of his prospects and said sid he lie had about played out Ms hla string He le had a number num r of friends among Salt Lake mining men A few days ago Ie e received an order on J P Gardner Gardners a tore dore arM arid ard purchased some clothing He kept on drinking steadily and was wa on the theorge oree ree of ot delirium tremens Thursday Thursay r right Former Resident of Leadville Murphy urphy lived in Leadville a number of or orar jears ears ar ago and while there was a 8 min multi mining minIng ing lag expert expert He served several terms term there thereas serve ut as alderman and was prominent in poli pl tl ti i US s He le had considerable money mone then but sunk it i in mining properties He afterwards went to New Mexico and Ari tri Arizona Arizona zona zona and did some prospecting He went Into Bullfrog when the camp was aa first cp ned UD no but failed tie to e get et t hold of a ag agod I g god od claim He hoped hop to recoup reou his lila loss lossis 10 I is 5 through the option opton he held which ex ox expired expIred Ho He is a native of Ireland Ireland It I is II not known whether he has any relatives in inthis inthis inthis this country or not |