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Show WYOMING CATTLEMAN 118 TO 10 LiFE Roy C. Foster Attempts Self-; Destruction While Inmate of Ogden Jail. Special to Tho Tribune. OGDEN, SepL a. While temporarily deranged from excessive drinking; Roy C. Foster, a Wyoming cattleman, made an unsuccessful effort to take his life Thursday Thurs-day afternoon, in his cell at tho police station, where he was being detained on a charge of drunkenness. In Homo unaccountable way tho drlnk-crar.od drlnk-crar.od man bail gotten possession of a sharp piece of rusty wire, and with this ; crudo weapon had stabbed hlmsolf sov-eral sov-eral times In tho throat beforo tho officers offi-cers at tho station woro aware of anything any-thing wrong. lie finally called to the officers. "I havo killed myself!" aftor cutting cut-ting himself soverely. City Physician Browning was summoned, and It became necessary to place the raving man In Irons beforo an operation to closo tho gaping wounds could bo perfonnod. Fearing that another suicidal effort would bo niade. tho prisoner was removed to the padded cell at tho county Jail until Ills condition Improves. Foster came to this city several weeks ago with several cars of llvo stock. Ke-ccntly Ke-ccntly ho has been drinking heavily and this Is responsible for Ills condition. |