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Show FOUUBllY AMI MOIIPIHXE. V. II. ltrotiucll Has an Uiiplcaiaut l'tpcrlcuco iv 1 1 Ii Hot Is. K, It. Hrownelr, an eretwhlle aspirant aspir-ant to Jouruallstlo distinction who has been leading a dissipating and reckless reck-less career of late, made an unsuccessful unsuccess-ful attempt to commit eulcldo while under attest at the police ttatlou last night. Ho was tnkeu Into custody by Detective Itbodea short time before on n chBlgu of forgory. He haibeon out of employment for tho last month and been drlnklngandgambllngnud leading a fast life generally. Ho has resorted to various means to borrow and lulsu money, i-lnally he commenced tho forging of checks aud was arnetcd for that olhujc. Ueorge K, lllalr, lucl-tiiaa lucl-tiiaa manager of tllu lliraUt, waa one of his victims; n chick for M purporting purport-ing to havo been signed by lllui waa raised on a produce merchant mimed Miller. The paper pauod Hie clearing houso without Interruption or iiuo.llou but ou reaching thu Btatu llankof Utah It wa declared u forgery. On being taken tu Iho pollen station Ilruwnell was allowed to taku it seat It hind the railing In thu disk ser-giant's ser-giant's room nenr the stoe. A few minutes afterward he bocntue. unconscious uncon-scious anil the olllcura tuijecled hlm of having swallowed aomo powerful drug aud at once commenced to administer admin-ister thn usual re ttoratlves. They weru sueccsalul In their work and on rt gaining gain-ing sensibility llrownell confisied to having swallowed thirty grain of morphine, with tha Intention of outwitting out-witting theufllcore. Later II was discovered that hu had I passed n forged check for $J5 ou the proprietor of thu Caledonian saloon Lover the purported signature id C. L. Uulne of publlo works. |
