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Show CRAZED YOUTH : mm m SALT LAKE, Jan 1. Dominated by tho delusion that Samuel Xew-house, Xew-house, mining millionaire and business busi-ness man of Salt Lake, owed him $1,-000 $1,-000 for -good advice," E. .V Crawford, Craw-ford, a young man of good appearance, entered the offices of Newhouse Saturday Sat-urday morning nnd Insisted upon collecting col-lecting the money without delay. Crawford was detained at the offices of-fices of the man ho vainly insisted upon up-on seeing, until the police were notified noti-fied and Patrolman Gmndvlg arrived in plain clothes and took him to the city Jail. (Early Saturday evening, just after finishing his supper, Crawford fell In an epileptic fit and remained unconscious uncon-scious for somo time. In his fall he struck tho radiator of the ward in which he was couflnod. badly cutting his chin and face. Dr. H. B. Sprague dressed the Insane man's Injuries. Exaggerated Ego. Crawford talks in a perfectlv rational ra-tional manner upon almost all " subjects sub-jects until asked about himself. Then the peculiar nature of the hallucinations hallucina-tions and delusions that possess bim become quickly apparent. "I am the greatest man in tho world," he remarked, In a mattor of fact way to Lieutenant Richard Shnn-uon Shnn-uon and several of tho detectives who were questioning him after he was taken to tho police station. "In what line?" Crawford was asked "In any and every line." came tho calm, quiet reply, "I contvol the money market of the world. I can cause the greatest of panics or stop them in a moment, I know everything every-thing about law, and am the greatest of detectives "Money 1b no object to me. I can get all the wealth of the world If I want it." Aud so Crawford rambled on, declaring de-claring with no trace of boasting, that he could do any Impossible thing tho detectives questioned him about. Questioned on every day matters not directly affecting himself, he spoke as a young man of fair education and wide reading. Had Receipt Proparcd. When Crawford entered tho offices of Newhouse In the Newhouse build-Ing, build-Ing, ho had with him a receipt in a receipt book-, filled out as follows: "31,000.00. 12-31-1010. "Received from Samuel Newhouse one thousand 00-00 dollars. Services rendered. (Signed.) "B. N. CRAWFORD, "Wlznrd." Questioned as to what services he rendered to account for presenting Buch a bill, Crawford said: 'This is for advico I gave Mr. Newhouscj, which prevented a great panic, the greatest the countrv lias ! oyer seen. Ho was about to go to al street and begin gambling In! Btocks. I told him not to do It and ' prevented the panic. I think that Is worth at -least ?1,000. But it don't matter If he pays It or not. I can get all the money I want without any effort ' ' , Crawford is about 24 years of age I wiys he Is unmarried and camo to Salt Lake from McCJH, New, where ' no holds a membership In the Brother-nood Brother-nood of Carpenters and Joiners. He registered at tho Cullen hotel Decern-ber Decern-ber 12. and during his stuy In tho city conducted himself in a normal hUnnncnCr ,?FtU he a"Pearcd at the New-house New-house offices making his demand for |