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Show ATTEMPTS TO SHOOT 8ELF AT ARREST Woman Caught Selling Liquor In Private Pri-vate Home on Sunday, Tries to Commit Suicide; Officer Saves Her Life. Salt I,ako City. Feb. 27. Itathor than be led to police headquarters nt. the elbows of two city detectives to bo locked up In the city prison on a charge of Belling liquor on Sundny without license, Mrs. Charles Lnngc, 14 West Fourth South street, levoled a levolver nt her temple nnd tried to commit suicide shortly nftcr 4 o'clock o'-clock yesterdny afternoon when her homo wns entered by officers. For fifteen minutes the llttlo woman wom-an pleaded with Detectives W. 0. Zccso and Hugh I.. Glenn and Patrolmen Patrol-men H. A. Olson and W. K. Jcukas not to take her to pollco headquarters. headquar-ters. Though they entered hor homo without tha necessary search and selzuro warrant, tho detectives hi slstcd upon her arrest Finally they tried to forco her Into accompanying them whom she beenmo hysterical. Mrs. Lango sprang to a bureau drawer and swiftly withdrew a revol-el. revol-el. Sha leveled tho weapon at her temple and the hammer was about to drop on a cartridge when Detcctlvo Glenn grasped her hand and forced tho revolver downward. Tho shot was discharged and penetrated Mrs Lango's clothing, grazing tho left leg. Sho mado a second attempt to shoot herBcIf when Glenn finally succeeded suc-ceeded In wrenching tho weapon from her. Tho officers concluded It would not be safe to tako Mrs. Lango to police headquarters In tbo face of tho enactment of a near-tragedy. How-over, How-over, thoy took to pollco headquarters headquar-ters nlno men who were In the house. Their names wero taken but no effoit3 were madd to hold them or enter their names on tho polios blotter. See Men Enter House Detectives Zccso and Glenn wore called to tho second floor ot the Federal Fed-eral building at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon to watch tho back door of the Lango home. They declaro that they saw men enter tho homo by n kitchen door and come out under the Influence of liquor. After watching tovornl minutes they followed two men and went Into tho house, commencing com-mencing a senrch for liquor. They obtnlned two quarts ot wills ky and two cases of beer, most of which wns hidden In a bed. It wns during tho seizure ot the beer and whisky irom tho room of a boarder that Mrs. Lango became hysterical. Charles Lange, husband of .Mrs. Lnnge, who Is tho proprietor of n at-loon at-loon at 374 Main srtcct, was not homo when tho altercntlon took place between Mrs. Lango and tho detectives. detec-tives. When the officers left hor home, Mrs. Lange was still hysterical nnd she had to bo given medical attention. atten-tion. Symptoui3 of nervous proscra-lion proscra-lion became evident late last night and Mrs. Lango may havo to bo taken tak-en to a hospital. Mr. Lango saB ho will put the case In tho hands of a lawyer todiy when he declnrcs that tho raiding officois will bo mado to oxplnln why they entered tho rooms of lodgers in his homo nnd confiscated bcor nnd whisky. |