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Show DETECTIVE SHEETS SUDDENLY STRICKEN George A. Sheets, oae of the beet known deteetiree in the entire western country, and formerly ehief of the Belt Lake City police department for. eighteen eight-een month a, ta seriously ill of e epinnl nerrotu malady which attacked him acutely Baturday night. Mr. Sheets had been ailing for eev-eral eev-eral weeks, complaining of feeling that be waa "farmed out.7' He believed that hie trouble was rheumatism. Hia condition became so bad Saturday night that Dr. J. E. Trree waa auni-moned. auni-moned. He eaw at once that hie patient waa in a sen on condition and summoned sum-moned Dre. Union Worthington and A. 0. Beehle into eoneultation. They diagnoaed his ailment at en obscure nervous disease of the spine, rarely en-countered. en-countered. While hia life is not considered in danger, Mr. Sheets may not recover for a long time, according to his pfaysi cians. He suffered a great deal of pain until yesterday afternoon, but rested easily last night. j George Sheets was with the Salt 1 Lake police department for more than : twenty years, serving in many eapaei-ties. eapaei-ties. He ia one of tha shrewdest and beet informed detectives in the west and haa haled many noted criminals to justice. He haa been connected with a greater number of important criminal cases in this part of the country than anr other detective. Since leaving the police department he had acted aa a private detective. |