Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-10-25 | Page 13 | Seeing Blood Cures Soldier of Suicide

SEEING BLOOD CURES SOLDIER OF SUICIDE Aviation Corps Private of Ogden Is Sent Back to Kelley Field. Special to The Tribune. ':' OODEfr, Oct. 24. Private Frank Ben- jdt, aviation corps, attached to the army I t Kelley field. Texas, who is said to b,rnfttempted to end hl3 life by sevet-' sevet-' yjtfa vein In his leg in the mountains fat of the city yesterday afternoon, was able to leave this mornnig to rejoin his 1 companv at the camp. According to information given out by ? Bennett last nisht. he had gone to the 1 hill to end his life and had previously ; sent a note to the local morning paper with a photograph, lie said that after "' cutting a gash In his leg and it had stopped bleeding, he made up his mind 1 he did not want to die, so he came to , the city and went down to the newspaper office and told them to "kill" the story. Captain Mohlman of the police depart-1 depart-1 ment and Walter Rlchey of the local exemption ex-emption board took up the case of the 3 soldier. Mohlman located the latter at the Elks' club and Rlchey communicated with the commandant at Kelley field and arranged for the transportation for Bennett. Ben-nett. The soldier said he had been searching for his wife In Salt Lake and had been taken ill. When he failed to find nis wife he telegraphed to a friend for funds, the failure of the letter to ar- rive yesterday morning causing him to try to take his life. The expected letter n with the money arrived in the afternoon. Bennett left this morning for Texas.