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Show .EUGEHE ZEKGER ENDS 1 I LIFE WITH POISON Cigarmaker Was Despondent Despond-ent Because of Long Illness. .Carrying- out his threat to commit buI-cide, buI-cide, which he made earlier In the day to his physician, Eugene Zenser, 30 years of age, a cisarmaker by trade, ended his ! life in the Eagle's club rooms at 8 o'clock last night by swallowing poison. I Zenger, who was a sufferer from tu-, tu-, bereulosis, called on Dr. H. B. Sprague In the latter's office yesterday afternoon. Hp told the physician that he was discouraged dis-couraged and thought he would end his lii'e. lie even Inquired concerning the f-ffects of certain drugs. Dr. Sprague endeavored en-deavored to tiisuade Zenger from his expressed ex-pressed intention, and the latter left the physician's office apparentlv more cheerful. cheer-ful. Several persons were in the clubrooms when Zenger took the poison, but he attracted at-tracted the attention ot" none of them. A fellow member of the lodge had observed ob-served Zenger seated in a chair in the card room, and spoke to him. He found that Zenger was dead. Dr. Sprague visued the O'Donnell undertaking un-dertaking rooms, where the body was sent, and pronounced death due to poison. Zenger lived in Salt Iake City since childhood. He was married, but his wife had commenced divorce proceedings. Since separation from his wife. Zenger had lived witlj his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Zenger, iSO Bryan avenue. The elder Zenger is employed at the Walker Brothers Broth-ers bank as messenger. Mrs. C. F. Pinkerton. wife of a local physician, Is the dead man's sister. No funeral arrangements ar-rangements have been mace. |