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Show BY HIS OWN HANDS.1 Fam ily Troubles Drive Ja'ob Bai, a Oabi-tet Oabi-tet Maker, to an Awful Alternative. A BULLET IN HIS MOUTH Removed to the Oity Jail -Dr. Meacham Takes- the Case in Hand and Traces the Slug- A few minutes before 3 o'clock thi afternoon Jacob Bai, a cabinet maker in the employ of Barrett Bros., thrust the barrel of a six-shooter in his mouth and pulling the trigger inflicted a wound that will, in all probability, result re-sult fatally. Bai has, for eleven years past, been upon the stair of bis present employers and has been of the most sober and industrious in-dustrious habits. If he ever sought the glass or indulged in any of the olio of vices the fact eluded tho knowledge of those about him.' Yesterday he reported re-ported as usual for work and during ,1... l,iwin trt ttllOW Sign of Kfupuudcncjr. Something was gnawing at his heart. As the day wore on the trouble broke its fetters, and producing a revolver he declared his intention of killing himself him-self Desperate, he would havo executed exe-cuted the fatal threat had not the bookkeeper book-keeper and another employoo of the establishment disarmed him. Ho reported re-ported for work this morning, but soon abandoned bis bench and sought the saloon where he sought to drown sorrow sor-row in the glass. In the meantime he bad seem ed another weapon and about noon sauntered into the Wave saloon anil back of the staircase leading to the second lloor. Settling upon a step ! llKn to Sulk . and took several drinks before the habitues were stunned by the report of a pistol shot and Bai came tumbling down, landing on the lloor below. A torrent of blood gushed from his mouth and bo laid apparently dead until supported sup-ported to a carriage and removed to tho bunk bouse down at the city jail, to which Dr. Moacham had been summoned, sum-moned, A few moments later the surgeon sur-geon arrived, and with considerable difficulty, ascertained that the ball had shattered the wall of the right jaw and continued upwards in the Dirertlun of thu Brain. i An effort was made to obtain Bai's J story of tribulations that had driven . him' to the rask act, which he was perfectly per-fectly w illing to recite, but which in the f shattered condition of his jaw he was t unable to do. I It was family trouble, he said, and tho legend was cut off there. Dr. Meacham was undecided as to the , exteut of the self inflicted wound at a late hour this afternoon, although the loss of a large amount of blood renders the condition of his patient exceedingly exceed-ingly critical. To his employers the act was a great surprise. Bai has a wife and four children, a comfortable I home and was apparently a contented man. His employers speak of him in highest terms and much regret is ex- pressed at the bloody deed. i , |