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Show 10 KAMI CARLSON AS 10 HIS SANITY Case of Axel Carlson, Slayer of ' Matilda Ecklimd, Is Puzzling. Axel Carlson, who murdered Miss Matilda Ma-tilda Kcklund of Sandy last Thursday night, will appear before a santly commission com-mission at tho county building this mornlnf- tp be otunlncd as to his mental condition. Dr. D. IX. Calder of the ntntn mental hospital at Provo and Dr. Brown IIcw-iiif-, two specialists on nerve and mental troubles, examined Carlson, Monday, at the county jail. Although no official report ban boon made of the doctors' opinions, It ts safe to .say that Cnrleon will be Judged tn-Hane tn-Hane and committed to the stale mental hospital. Tim r-rmnlr- n , I1ir..-ll lnn I ..1,1.... .... tlvo steps In the cusp, and It was the orders or-ders of County Attorney .1. P. L,von to havo Carlson examined ns soon as possiblo possi-blo as to his sanity, for ir tho man Is not crazy a complaint charging- murder In the first degree will be Issued against him. The doctors who oxnmln.-d Carlson Monday, say It Is the most peculiar case they have heard of for a long time, as In many ways the prisoner Is verv sane-and In others ho shows signs of suffering fiom a most dangerous mania- Other physician present at. the examination exam-ination Monday were County Phv.slcian I. G. Odcll and his assistant, Dr. II. V Klrtley. |