Show TiTus III SELF SELFo l f ON o J Ji i STREET J Aged Visitor Despondent Despond Despond- ent Over Coming Blindness M MA 1 T A A. CALLAHAN 65 Go years ears of age believed to be a resident of Chicago shot himself through the i heart in front of the Amelia palace at 5 o'clock this morning Two patrolmen attempted to prevent prevent pre pre- vent ent him from taking his life but bUl were too late and he died a few minutes after the deed De Despondency over approaching blindness III ill health and poverty po are arc the causes which the police believe 1 led d to his despondency a and ond suicide i t Patrolmen Emery Emer and Burt I I I were standing In front of ot the Deseret Sunday School hook book ook store I IH I 44 H East South Temple street when they first observed ed the man He leaned against the Iron railing railing rail raU- In ing in front of or the Amelia palace and for tor a moment seemed to be beIn beIn bein In the act of ot prayer praye The officers saw him draw a revolver and anticipating his act they da dashed hed to his side Callahan was too swift however and sent senta a bullet through his heart He died without speaking and the hod body was removed to the S S. D. D I Evans undertaking parlors I An examination developed de the fact tact that the man a detect defect of at the eyo f was that was pr probably causing blindness This th theory ory is strengthened b by the fact that he j wore ore thick glasses and carried a cane His Identity was not completely com corn established until this morning when his name was I found written In Ink In his clothIng clothing cloth cloth- In Ing which had been heeD made by the Para Paragon on tailors of ot Chicago His His' initials were also found on his slIver silver belt buckle Several cards of ot Denver physicians physicians clans were found in his pockets and it Is believed that Callahan came west est In search of ot health hei and stopped for tor a while in Denver Den Den- vcr ver It Is believed that tha l he had just arrived in Salt Lake L and had hadnot hadnot hadnot not engaged ed a room Although there were ere traces of at r refinement about the man no money was found on his person He was dressed In a modest black suit black blaek fedora Cedora hat and black shoes |