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Show TIES POISON III ICE cm l OGDEN", Sept. 1. With the calm deliberation de-liberation of one who was seeking refreshment re-freshment upon a cool evening, Joseph La Font, a Frenchman, 4S years of ae. walked into the soft drink parlor at the National hotel at S o'clock last night, ordered or-dered a dish of ice cream and after pouring pour-ing the contents of a bottle of poison upon It, quietiy ate It. Before he had finished the death-dish i Font" was seized with contortions and began to lapse into unconsciousness. : Medical aid was called and the man was rushed to the Dee hospital, where he j died within twenty minutes from the time he began to eat the cream, after suffering great agony and convulsions. La Font, according to his friends, has ; been in failing health since he had the influenza last winter. A few days ago ho i returned from Los Angeles, where he had been visiting his sister for several weeks. Since his return he had appeared to be melancholy and morose. He has ; avoided being in company with his fei-low-countrymen. The body was removed to the Kirken-dall Kirken-dall undertaking establishment where It will be held pending receipt of advices from the sister. |