Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1927-03-15 | Page 2 | Doctor Kills Self in Cell

DOCTOR KillS SELF IN CELL Shoots City Manager Uses Small Knife to tv Slash Throat 4 AUSTIN USTIN Texas March By H-By IS ByThe The Associated Suicide Press rrt s with an n Inch and a half halt penknife that police overlooked late lato lit Mon lIton Monday day removed Dr C C W Goddard city physician from accountability ty for or shooting and nd seriously City Manager edam Adam R Johnson a s few t w hours hour earlier as atho the climax of ot a li growing disagree disagree- disagreement ment between them over o operation pf tho the city health department Goddard wi was WIlB dead In a city Jail cell cill ell wh r h he was being beiBe held with with- without without without out charges Charles pending outcome of Johnsons Johnson's wound from 1 pistol The city manager may re recover reo re- recover cover the hospital ho said Police had hid failed tilled to tako hike the by small pen knife With it he had hd slashed his hi throat and wraps and nd bled to death deuth Goddard polka pOlice said ld came cam to Johnsons Johnson's office and shot hot him blur aft ott e er exchange h c-h i o f ot of o only a few lew werd words word He Ho gave ve mo me m a paper to read Johnson on was quoted as saying s k J him Id I'd have to reer him to t tits tin th sanitary engineer and he began ogan Mooting It was learned from city oWe oWe- offic officiate that members of the city coun coun- council eI cil had virtually agreed tr cd to ask resignation ot o Dr Goddard City Manager Johnson Is said Bald ald to have Ilave nothing to do with It It that ot of the affair however Johnson served on the state board bUArd ot of o control under former torme orm governor Pat M NEff N ft when Dr Goddard became becam chief ot of the h health doi department ot Texas uni uni- uni university herf here