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Show SUICIDE ATTEMPTED BY EDWARD JOHNSON Provo Man Becomes Despondent After Having Spent Savings; Fires Shot Through Cheek. Following the spending of mo?t of hi? sav incs during t he past three days in S;ut ,ake and ashamed to return to his wife in Provo. I'dward Johnson, 85. a contractor of Provo. attempted Miiride in the rear of the Headlight bar, 104 West Fourth South street, yesterday morning lw firing a bullet through bis mouth. Although the muzzle of tho revolver wa held inside his mouth and discharged the wound was not serious, as the bullet pierced the riht cheek, leaving only a uVsdi wound. A drink 'of whisky which he had taken before the attempt to steady his nerves, Johnson paid, onlv unsteadied them and the drink is declared by him to have saved his life. .Tohn;-on was able to leave the emergency emer-gency hospital, where the wound wns dressed, earlv vesterday afternoon. He nid he would return to his homo iu Pro o. |