Eureka Reporter | 1907-07-26 | Page 8 | "Tex" Goes to Asylum

tex goes to aay asylum IUM I 1 W J tex wilson who thre threatens threat atene enel I 1 to kill J 11 II mcchrystal and J Q packard was committed to the state mental hospital at provo on tuesday 1 after an examination before ju ige ritchie at salt I 1 ike witnesses were secured to testify regarda g wilson s record as a gun ff man J 11 II mccar mcchrystal stal ft as the first witness and he told of wilson s enmity to I 1 im tin wl ich tell had co con ered the past years the trouble grew 0 S out of a d over the ownership of a mining claim near eureka which wilson haa has always claimed mcchri tal cheated him out of the latter I 1 denied this emphatically and said aa id he b bought 0 U alit the claim while it was unde ped V 20 and that since it has become a valuable property As far back as 1898 wilson threatened to end his life ind and because of this ft as confined in the nephi jail ail for six months after which he went to the asylum among the other witnesses were mrs Me mcchrystal Chrystal of salt lake dan B bromn and gus J of eu reka and P P christensen of nephi who was sheriff of this county at the time wilson was confined in the ja jail at nephi