| Show THE WAGES OF SIN writing master clark commits suicide in california mr james S brooks of oceanside san diceo county california sends us the following july 1887 editor deseret news the person referred ref refe cried ried to in the enclosed article mr C it M clark Is we well I 1 known to many of the inhabitants of utah having lived there for many years I 1 thou thought ht that by your insert ing ing a notice oi of his bis death his many acquaintances qu quain alu would learn leorn of his sad e end and see another proof that the dav of the transgressor Is is hard bard he formerly lived at council bluffs and taught school there he being beine a splendid penman enway and many of tile the people 0 of utah have taken lessons from froin him I 1 have heard beard that the same disgrace that has overtaken him here was the cause of his downfall at council bluffs bluff 8 and the breaking up of his family who it if I 1 am rightly informed are still living in utah the article referred to is as follows and is taken from a san bernardino cal paper of july yesterday morning about 10 there was quite an excited crowd gathered at harlem kennedys Kenn edys wood and coal yard where a citizen of san bernardino was soundly thrashing an old man by the name of 0 B R M clark the particulars that led up to the row were as nearly as could be gleaned from the enraged parent and the bystanders as follows it seems from reports loi persons living near harlem kennedys Kenn edys wood and coal yard where old man maa dark clark bad been livin living forma tor many nymo months that clark has been U in the habit of enticing little girls to his bis q quarters u arters and feeding them on candy and other ocher toothsome nien acs this was not known to harlem kennedy the proprietors prie tors who out of charity had the old man shelter and allowed men im the room and the use of wood for cooking purposes free of rent or charge but there were other parties in the neighborhood that had bad often seen little girls enter darks clarks bedroom and remain there some sometime time the 0 old I 1 d man here bere so far as these parties knew a good reputation and they thought he merely got get the children there to give them candy and treat them because he was so fond of children but the frequent visits of the nine year old girl whose father gave dark clark the beating aroused the suspicions of the neighbors and yesterday as the little girl entered the old mans room a friend of the girls father immediately went land notified the childs parent the father came down and finding his little daughter still in darks clarks room where she had been for some seme time he asked dark clark what he meant by such conduct dark clark said he liked little children andl had merely called her in to give her some candy but demanded the irate parent what right have you to be continually calling my little girl from the street whenever she passes on an errand and keeping her here alone in this room with yourself the old man tried to explain but could not do tl the case justice and the father of the little girl knocked dark clark down and would have kicked the life out of him but for the timely interference ot ol kennedy harlem and llo 1103 d the old man apte picked ked himself up and the father of the child left the room harlem and kennedy then demanded of old man dark clark that he pick up his belongings ana leave the premises immediately he said he would and asked a few minutes time to pack up ap the young men left the room but in bitout about fifteen minutes mr kennedy returned to see if dark clark was getting ready to leave he found the old man gieely quietly resti resting ug and when asked why he e was not gathering his goods together 9 ether dark clark replied that he had taken something to quiet his bis nerves and all would he be right shortly mr il kennedy ennedy immediately botic noticed A that something was wrong aud after consulting M mr rH harlem rharles sent for dr aldrich on the arrival of the domor doctor dark clark who was pretty well v under uder the influence of about an ounce of laudanum which he had taken told those around him to leave him alone but the doctor administered auLi antidotes dotes and brought about a healthy pulse leaving oe he old man apparently all right and on the way to recovery but not restored to consciousness he was laid upon the bed and there remained alone save an occasional cilious cl ci rious visitor up to about 7 last evening ev euine when he dieda whether old wan loan dark clark has been guilty of act is not known but will probably come out at the inquest this morning but one thing is certain he was guilty of doing what no good goo 1 minded man should do enticing little girls from the street into private rooms and no one could have blamed the little girls father yesterday if he had gone ever evea farther than he did in chastising the old man deceased has been a resident of sian san Bero Beruard ardino ino for the last eight or ten years he was nearly seventy years of age of ate years lie he has been engaged as janitor in some of our public schools and the past year has been cleaning the offices in the wixom block aud in other buildings since the occurrence of yesterday yesterday morning mornin and the old mans man s death many stories are out from different quarters stating that dark clark has been tampering with little children for many years past both in utah and since he came to san bernardino if this was the case the public should bave long since sie bien been alao him |
