Ogden Daily Standard | 1917-01-19 | Page 5 | Blancett Tries to Committ Suicide

BLANCETT TRIES TO fftMIWITT Qinrmc Santa Fe, N. M Jan. 18 Elbert W Blancett. charged with the murdr-r of Clyde D. Armour who lived in Sioux City, la, at one time, tonight is in SLf 'h'' hospital ol thi New Mexico pen iientimy hen Ilia- condltinn is still serious, due to his alleged attempt to kill himself. He stood the trip from Friday Harbor, Wash., well. Attorneys for (he Armour family had obtained a court order authorizing the commitment, of Blancett before the arrival of Chief of Police Galusha of Albuquerque, with the prisoned The train was stopped at the penitentiary, a short distance from the passenger -lation here and Blancett was carried into the prison on a stretcher. Blancett had been apprised of the finding of the body of Armour in the GlOrieta mountain's. Chirt Calusha said He refused to make any statement. state-ment. Oddle Dyer, hotel manager, one of the men who is said to have bought Armour's automobile from Blancett, alleged to have posed as Armour, tonight to-night Identified the prisoner. Blancett denied that he knew Dyer or that he had sold him a car. He will be formally arraigned on the murder charge as soon as he re-mm re-mm (overs, it is said.