| Show r v fH LL 5 r T ii f i IN HOSPITAL WARD WARDI ARD ARDt I t j ji t i Family F Distracted Over Ove His Hi Fail Failure Faili Ii t i ure tire to Meet Them Here j t t POLICE RECORDS i 1 Judge Judg C SI 31 f Nielsen Search Scorch lor for lost anti Traces Trace Him rm Through rugh Ills Arrest Arrs I It I was Wa Indeed a a sad sa Christmas spent sp nt by b Mrs Mr Joseph Joeph Larson Lon and her nine 1 children They Tle came here In fri December ith tho Intention of or spending tho the holi holidays hol days daye da hero and having havig a n L good god time The husband and nn father who was wa working I at the te smelters in Sliver Silver SIer City had sent them to Salt Lake with Instructions s to toWn I Walt Wn hero here tor or him and nd ho sold said he would conic comb about the of oro tho I month That date camo cao o but Larson failed tale to tl put nut In an appearance a Think Thinking i ing ng that Larson Jrsn would surely come the family made mae what hat preparations thuy they could for COr an a enjoyable Christmas and nd Santa Claus for tho the little ones one They were w ere practically their thel preparations were wore necessarily meager but they were encouraged anti anil ani made happy happ in tho thought that to toe tie head of the household would soon b bl be here and would woul be well wel They Thoy I waited day after day da but ho he did not nt not come core coreen en when Larson failed to arrive on eve ee hope lioe was not given ghen up u he ho had been ben delayed delye 1 but would reach Salt It Lake Christmas morning That joyous day came and went but Larson did not come Becoming ap apprehensive apprehensive Mrs Larson Larsn sent a mes message me message sage to Sliver Silver City where here her husband had ha been ben working for tor A a long long time and word came back bae that he had left there days before In the meantime the tho fam fau family ily 1 had ha secured a place to live Hv In the southeastern part part of he city near the car barns and dad assistance was rendered them by Judge C G M a brother inlaw InIn of Mn Mr Larson Laison Larsn Judge Nielsen did everything In his hI to locate Io te the thc missing man but without success until this morning when en he learned leme J that Larson J on had been arrested arres d on the tho of the month at First West eFt and First North orth by b Patrolman Pierce and an taken to the city jail jai The patrolman naturally natural thought Larson Larsen Laron had been beell i drinking too to much muth mu 1 because the man manI I staggered and acted In a queer man manner I nero ncr but after aCer taking him to the be city cH Jail jai It was w found that tho the thoman thoi i man mn was seriously m lii Dr Steele Stele was called and found that Larson had ha l LU LUnah I been poisoned d The unfortunate te ma nah nahan was unable to give gle the tho authorities an J Information whatever whatever about himself elf t tHe He could scarcely remember his name and could not tell tel where he came from who his friends were now how or when I he got here He was ordered to St at StI I I Marks hospital where ho he lay l on a cot for days and days day his mind almost a blank NOT A DRINKING MAN r While Larson was wa va at the tho hospital i dangerously ill 1 from poisoning his dis distracted family searched In vain a In Judge I Nielsen scoured the city cit In hope of lo 10 locating cating him and sent message after message to different place whore where tar Lar Larson Lr tarson son might b but without satisfactory results Judge Jude Nielsen did not once think about abut Inquiring at police headquarters as Larson Is i not a drinking man alan and ad adI andI I I the possibility of his arrest arest was not notI I thought of ot As a last lat resort however I Judge Nielsen called cled at polite pollee pol e head headquarters headquarters headquarters quarters this morning moring and then learned that tha the unfortunate man had been i brought to the station staton about three weeks ago then sent to St Marks hospital When hen Larson Laron left lef Silver Sier City Cf ho had nearly nearh 10 OO on him At the police sta station station tion there was wa 29 to his credit I r never dreamed of finding his name nameon nameon nameon on the register here said ald Judge Niel Nielsen NielSen sen cn Larson Is not a drinking mart man mn martt t was never drunk in his life so far as asi J i know and never neer was arrested before r He was wa a hard working man and nd was wn employed for a long time In the smelt smelters I ers era rs at Silver Siver City I learned from fromI that place pl ce that he hc left there on Dec I 10 but that he acted In a I rather rather pe peculiar peculiar I culiar manner He Ha was seen to walk to the depot and back several times 1 hut but hit he took the train trin for Salt Sal take Lake Upon his lila arrival here the tho poison In his system so affected him he ho became I Irresponsible It I Is possible that some someone somei someone i one saw him and naked asked aked him to have hae a aI I drink and he ho accepted the Invitation 1 because he did not realize what he was doing or where he was vas Whether he was Avas 8 poisoned at the smelters or given somo seine drug dru after aler arriving here heN I T of course do not know but tho the I physicians at the hospital say B hl hie con Is quite serious His family feared feard foul play pia and were In despair because of o his failure to arrive They The Thee Thep came e to me and a of course 1 at once Oa took steps p to O find d Larson I I was aa completely complete baffled I could i Imagine Ima lne many man things that might have happened to him but never nevar once i thought of ot the police station knowing Larson so r well well Finally r I came hero i and learned he had been baen brought heo In Ini r i about three weeks ago and then sent L k to the hospital |
