Salt Lake Tribune | 1915-12-07 | Page 10 | Found in Hospital

FOUND IN HOSPITAL Weber County Man Is In Sad Plight In Nevada Special to The Tribune OGDEN Dec 6 Ktttr an absence of three weeks, during which time his rela ttves supposed he was in California, Ora Foy S years of age, a resident of the Slaterville district, has been found in the state mental hospital at Reno Nerv ac cording to information received by the family today The man was removed to be mental hospital several days ago when it was feared that he would injure himself while confined in a cell at the Reno city jaiL According to the information received from the Nevada city Foy was arrested last Friday night when he was found roaming about the Southern Pacific sta tion at Reno in ap aimless manner He told officers that he had a wife and child Mvtng on a farm near this city but when tie began talking Incoherently they were inclined to doubt the troth of his story Foy who is a son of Fred Foy residing at Slatervflle comes from a well known family of this county and as he is not addicted to the nse of liquor his strange conduct at Reno cannot be explained by the relatives. Whether the man had been to California and was returning home or had not yet reached California is not known bv either relatives or tbe autborl ties m Nevada The man cannot explain to hospital attendants how tie happened to stop off at Reno or Wh4t became of Ms railroad ticket to San Francisco Relatives departed today for Reno to in vestigate tbe case.