Salt Lake Tribune | 1907-07-18 | Page 10 | Whisky Lands Old Man in Poorhouse

' WHISKY LANDS DID 11 II P00RHQ0SE Sam (j. Obrav, Paralytic- and Loafer, Sent to Infirmary to End His Days. Sam G. Obray. an oid man known to the police as a saloon loafer for years, wan boforo Judgo Ritchie in t.ho District, court Tuesday on a charge of insanity. After hearing thc testimony the court decided to send Obray to the county infirmary, where, in all probability, proba-bility, ho will end his days. As a result of his excessive iudnl-goncc iudnl-goncc in whiskey. Obray has had two Blrokes of paralysis, and a third stroke, it is believed, would snufl' out, his life. His wife had him arrested on tho insanity in-sanity charge, because he assaulted her Sunday night, and tried to choke her to death. " thought my l.iiuo had come,' explained ex-plained tho old woman to tho court. Tf not insano, Obray is at least practically prac-tically an imbecile from the long use of liquor. Ho uppeared to be indifferent indif-ferent as to whut happened to him. Ho and his wife have been living ou West First South street. A.J,, i la. M-44i