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Show SHOOTS HIMSELF IN CHEST GLEEFULLY Salt Lake. March 29 "It is sweet to die," said Prank Trunk. 42 years of Hge. a few minutes before placing his back to the wall of the Temple grounds, a few rods south of North Temple on Main street, and firing u Lullet into his chest with a revolver at (, o'clock last evening. Putting the revolver back Into his pecket, the man wilked north to the corner of the block. Several citizens who had heard his remark and witnessed wit-nessed his act were Inclined to be-lleve be-lleve that Trunk had been bluffing, and fired a blank shell. But at tho corner he crumpled aud the police :nh nlance was gent for At the emergency hospital at po- , lice headquarters It was found by I Dr H. B. Sprague that the bullet bad entered the chest on a level with the heart, but on the right side It v ras extracted from the man's back, 'nd the patient was removed to St. 'lark's hospitr.l He is thought to have a chance of recovery Ed a pocket of the man's coat were found a railroad ticket purchased Hi j Oakland Marrii 25, .nnd a letter to I Rosa Carry, 5002 Minnesota avenue. Pruitt ale, Gal In the h-tter he had di I lured hiv Inteniion to take his own life. The man Is thought to have arrived here from Oakland yesterday yester-day morning He appeared to have . been under the Influence of intoxicants intoxi-cants at the time of attempting his lite, an. talked incoherently after s-hootum himself. j Among other things he said that he was recently examined for his sanity san-ity in California. He also said that he had buried $112, but refused to vay where o money was found on bis person. The revolver used was i UeW one of .38 caliber |