Show COMMENT OF NEIGHBORS Say He Was Often Despondent Through Bad Investments That Collins had lost much of his savings through bad Investments In mining stock and that he was given tQ fits of despondency n a result Is itS serted by several 0 those who have known him intimately Frank Barnes an employee of the Warm Springs says Collins frequently complained that he was growing old and had little money tQ care for himself In his Infirmity He told me said Mr Barnes while ho was employed here as a clerk that he had once been wealthy In New York but had been reduced to poverty by the lost of 36000 through bad Investments In-vestments After that reverse so he said he had never been able to get a good start In the world Out of his meager earnings he saved a much money as possible and made an Investment in Tesora mining stock He told mo ho Invested 300 and lost the most of it After that ho was given to fits of despondency After he left the springs and wont to work at the Wasatka ho soon became discontented with his position there us It did not pay him much A short time ago he asked me to look out for him for a Job where he could make some money us he was getting old I dont know what I will do for something to eat unless un-less I get something else to do ho told me on one occasion and added that ho was making Just enough to buy provisions with Ito was well educated edu-cated well mannered and had seen n great deal of the world I doubt very much If any ono would have been able to lure him up In the hills to murder i him as he wa very suspicious and I soonird to bo fearful that someone would rob him Mrs Orson Parker of 113 West Second I Sec-ond North street at which place Collins boarded r until a month ago says he1 was given to brooding and had spells of despondency because of louses In mining deals Ho used to tell me of his hard luck said LIrs Parker Pie always appeared to have plenty of money with which to pay his bllia but H I he ever had any large amount of money I never learned of It and he used to tell me many of his affairs I I Mrs Felt mother of Clyde Foil said last night that the last she saw of Collins was last Monday morning when let ncto the house to borrow a hatchot to chop some kindling 1 She asked him whon he was going to Now York having previously heard from J her 1 boys that hevas going Bast and hereplied Urn ho did not know on what day ho would GO dd 1 |