Show WITH blaul TRANSIENT SEEKS DEATH IN REED HOTEL Is of unsound mind and labors under delusion that enemy seeks his life from wednesdays standard laboring under the belief that some one had plotted to take his life adolph of oakland cal attempted to commit suicide at the reed hotel last night and succeeded in nearly severing his head from his body and but for the timely arrival upon the scene of sergeant would have bled to drath the weapon that used was a cheap pocket knife and with it he succeeded in hacking his throat almost from ear to ear producing an ugly wound that required ten stitches to close by good luck the jugular vein was not cut although all of the other veins and the windpipe were severed early yesterday morning switzer landed in the city and meeting officer john hutchens on the street approached pro ached him and engaged him in a conversation hutchens believing that the man was mentally unbalanced told him to go to the police station this switzer did and there met sergeant fred tout whom h told that he expected that some one was trying to get a chance to kill him and that he wanted to go to a hotel where hs would be protected sergeant tout took switzer to the reed hotel and secured a room for him at the same lime telling him that he would call upon him curing the evening this tout was unable to do but he asked sergeant to call at the hotel and in quira about the man early last evening sergeant called at the reed hotel and asked about switzer he was shown to salt room and after knocking and securing no answer opened the door which was not locked A ghastly sight met gaze there on the floor lay switzer his throat cut from ear to ear and his head in a pool of blood took in the situation at once and hastily retreated to summon n physician he found dr hinton in the hotel and the doctor responded at once to the call and realizing that upon prompt action depended the mans life at once called in dr eghan the two worked over ofle man for two hours before they chuia pronounce him out of danger in order to prevent switzer from making a second effort to take his life a nurse was secured 10 remain him during the night ana today he will ac removed to the ogdan general hospital in speaking of attempt to inake his life doctors hinton and eg ban said that the mens alfo was saved bythe fact that in railing after cutting his throat he twisted his neck in such a manner as to prevent tha float of blood even this did not save from losing a great amount of blood swiller had a ticket in his posses sion from oakland to philadelphia what his business in the latter city n as has not as yet seen ascertained lut etwas supposed judging from his condition that lie was in search of health the man is a great sufferer from and his hands and limbs are swollen greatly considering this baclit is a wonder that he had tha strength to inflict the injuries upon himself that he did chief of police browning notified be mans brother louis switzer who lives in oakland of his brothers act |