Salt Lake Telegram | 1916-03-03 | Page 16 | Shock of Dismissal Serious for Pratt

SHOCK OF DISMISSAL if SERIOUS FOR PRATT The sudden shock of f r receiving his dismissal papers within twenty-four twenty hours after he had undergone an operation for appendicitis caused a 11 serious relapse In the condition of 0 O. P. P Pratt former plain on the police force who has been at Mercy Judge-Mercy hospital for tor several weeks Notice of his dismissal from tho the police department was sent to him by bythe the city aud auditing ting department delivered delivered ered by Patrolman K P. C. C Anderson who walked into Pratts Pratt's room at the tha hospital while the nurse was va out and g give gave ve Pratt the papers After reading them Pratt suffered a o relapse and aid lid passed a nervous nervous- night His His- c condition was s somewhat improved im proved however this morning I 1 did not know that dismissal pa papers papers papers pa- pa pers were taken to Pratt while he was sick said Police Chief C. C W W. Shores this morning I knew that he had been Jeen dropped but had not seen his resignation papers I did not know th that t. t he Vas was ill in the hospital If I had bad those dismissal dismissal- papers certainly wouldn't have been taken out to him while in in- his present Two weeks ago igo Pratt fen and fractured frac frac- his hip