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Show w JAPANESE LEPER HIDIIGJI ZIOtI Tho health department of Salt Lako City Is quite certain that the Japanese leper who was hustled out of Evans-ton, Evans-ton, Wyo., a few days ago and started on his way back toward Ogden Is now hiding In tho capital city, and tbo efforts ef-forts of tho health department officers arc bolng centered on the search for the victim of the dread disease Tho Salt Lako health officials are being aided by the police departmont detectives, and while the search has so far proven unsuccessful they claim to have obtained positive Information that the Jap has been in the city since last Thursday. As a result a constant watch Is being kept in the Japanobe quarter, which Is confined to Plum alley, Commercial and Richards streets The alarm of the presence of the leper in Salt Lake was given when u Japanese in Richards street was confronted con-fronted by a fellow countryman, who carried a grip and wore bandages about the wrists and throat. The stranger asked to bo shown to a place where he could go and recover from a serious Illness without being Interfered Inter-fered with by the police The Jap became suspicious and attempted to Ignore him, when the latter became angered and scratched him with his linger nails. Before the attack could be resented the unknown Jnp ran down Richards street and disappeared Later, It Is declared, he was seen In Commercial street, but for some reason evaded every Jap with whom ho came in contact con-tact Lato yesterday afternoon Dr. Paul received a telephone message from a Japanese, who said that tho leper was hiding at 33 Plum alley. Ho declared he had seen the leper and knew him to be the Japanese who had been chased by health officers in this city and Evanston Tn response to the telonhone message mes-sage Dr Paul assembled all the health officers available and led them to Plum alley. Then he called I Icutenant Shannon and the address given by the Informant was searched from scl-lar scl-lar to garret This address Is Inhabited Inhabit-ed by Chinese. They said that a Japanese Jap-anese wearing bandages had been seen there early in the afternoon, but is believed to havo walked into the Big house In Plum alley and disappeared. disap-peared. The Big house, which ie the chief dace of assembly of members of tho Chinese colony, has many hiding places -"- |