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Show TWO OGDEN BOYS IE VICTIMS OF FATAL OESPOIEIY One successful and one unsuccessful attempt, at suicide featured police record.- yesterday. Cedric "Eddie" Williams, "newsle." who attempted to take his own life last evening at the residence, 463 Twentj'-first street, has a chance to live, according to Dr. H. W. Nelson, who attended the boy last evening. The attempt of the Williams boy, who is but 18 years old, was unsuccessful, unsuccess-ful, while Adolph Young, -132 Twenty-first Twenty-first street, was successful In his attempt at-tempt at self destruction. The two liv nnvncR tho olvnof r,.. each other. Young discovered yesterday morn-' morn-' Ing that he Was suffering from tuberculosis tuber-culosis the police sta.te. Lastnlght, shortly after 11 o'clock, he Is said to haze had a hemorrhage. The ofj'icers state that he then arose from his bed, took a .38 caliber rovolver from his trunk, loaded four chambers of the weapon and shot himself through the forehead. Officers Williams, Btitter-fiem Btitter-fiem and Noble investigated the suicide. sui-cide. The body was removed to the Kirkenhall chapel. Vas Tired of Living. "Eddie" Williams, suffering from partial paralysis and nervous disorders, disor-ders, told the officers after he had shof himself, that ho was "no good in this" world and was tired of living." He shot himself through the abdomen, the bullet entering the right ride and pene trating the body. He used a 32-30 call ; ber i evolver. t The mother and stepfather of tht 1 boy, William Kennedy and Anna Ken -. 1 nedy, were visiting with the boy's sis J I ter. Mrs. Joseph Dace. The boy was - g alone at the time of the shooting. t B Young Woman Gives Alarm. f Miss Ruth Farr, daughter of Oficer K Ezra, Fair, heard tho shot and sum- tr moncd J. Sullivan of the Covey apart ' ; monts to go with her and lnvosllgato i S Williams is a fniniliar figure In the J U streets of the city and generally sold R papers from his wheel chair at the i; ft corner of Twenty-fourth streot and f- Washington avenue. j fe" |