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Show BEN F01I CUTS HIS THROAT FROM EAR TO EflB When Judge Howell called Ben Forman for sentence this morning, Forman did not respond. The district dis-trict attorney then stated that because be-cause of self Inflicted injuries a few moments before tho convening of court the defendant would not be able to appear. Tho time for passing sentence was set for May 4. Forman was convicted last Thursday Thurs-day of grand larceny and was to have been sentenced Monday morning but he asked for a continuance until this morning which was granted Since last Monday he has made an effort to get In touch with some of his relatives rela-tives at Heber City, but without avail This greatly depressed him, the officers offi-cers say, and in his desperation, because be-cause of disappointment and the state penitentiary again staring him In the face, at a few minutes before 10 o'clock he slipped Into cell No. 3 of tho county jail and, drawing a small knife from his pocket, shushed his throat from ear to ear. The desperate man rushed from the cell with blood streaming from the gash In his throat and fell into the arms of Myron A. Smith who called for help. Forman was taken to the shorlffs office and count: physician. Dr. A. A. Robinson, quick ly summoned. The man was hastily taken to the Dee hospital whore he was placed under an anaesthetic and a number of stitches taken in the wound. It was discovered that the large arteries of the neck had not been severed and that, while the man had lost considerable blood, by which he was weakened, his condition was not considered of a serious nature The knife put" extended from a point near the richt ear ncross the throat to the left side, not being deep enough, however, to sevor the main arteries. Had the knife been sharp In the opinion of those who examined the wound. Forman would have mado an effective Job of It. As he sat bleeding In the sheriff's office, waiting for the doctor, he com I plained that his people had not re sponded to his requests and he ap-j peared to regret that he had not cut deep enough to end his life. He Is about 55 years of age and alread ' has served a number of terms In the j state penitentiary for burglary and grand larceny. He is now considered a habitual criminal, to whom no len lency is given. The officers say that ' In all likelihood he will spend the balance of his days in prison Forman was found, guilty of stealing steal-ing a horse from William Pearce and a harness and buggy from llllam i Anderson, both of this city, August 7, 1913, It was said on the witness 1 stand that ho took the outfit to Salt Lake and disposed of It for another rig, which he afterwards sold. Ho was arrested at Logan In November of last year and was returned to this district for trial. He was first tried In February of this year, tho jury disagreeing, which necessitated the trial of last Thursday. He was resting easy at the hospital this afternoon. on |