Inter-Mountain Republican | 1906-03-24 | Page 2 | Ghastly Deed of a Desperate Man

GHASTLY DEED OFA OF OFA OFA A DESPERATE MAN Preferring to Disgrace le He lie lt Cut Jib Il I i is Ii Throat float and amid Hll Walked Lcd loi Forth ii to Meet Death Chicago March Mach 23 Spreading 23 3 Spreading consternation con con- In his path lath eorge corge Kuehn walked waleed over o cr a mile mie through the streets a 1 ghastly sight bleeding to death from froma a self inflicted self inflicted wound His neck gashed gashel gash gash- ed el and ant clothing soaked with blood Kuohn Kuehn o l ho Is a ci amaker at iH 71 West Vest Twenty first Twenty frt street sought to end hl his life fearin fearing he would be evicted from his home homo because he was unable to pa pay the rent remit rent After ACter cutting himself he lie walked blocks through h the streets of the south southwest west vest side and finally fe fell exhausted In front of oC a saloon over o a mile mie and a quarter from Crom his home When the man manas as vas discovered he ho was almost cious The police nolice were vere called and Kuohn was as taken to the county hospi hospi- tal ml tul There It ft was learned the wind pipe had not been severed While Kuohn Kuehn la lay on the sidewalk sidewalk slowly losing his strength he gasped forth his story stor For many Jany weeks he aspet has been hee failing to make male money out of hi his business s and gradually ran Into debt He was wa unable to pay nay hi his rent and declared that unless he hc was able to toral ral raise e f 25 5 h he lie would he be evicted from rota hi his home home Rather than submit to the disgrace dis el grace o of being driven into the tho streets he secured one of oC the sharpest knives used to cut tobacco o and sla slashed het hl his throat Ho He then started from the tho house with wih tho the blood spurting from rom the I wound and tried to reach tho the home of oC his son He wi willdie die