Show from daily jan SHOT HIMSELF LO sicilian of louisville attempts suicide this mornings salt lake djerak contains the following just before on thurmay afternoon a young roan named leo steinau shot himself with a revolver lie entered the gunsmith shop mr jos barker on commercial street and began talking with the proprietor in the course of the conversation which was about nothing in particular he said he wanted to buy a futol mr barker began showing him some and inquired he about their details finally he was shown an old navy revolver the barrel of which had bee cut down to abolt half ita usual length he asked what sized bullet it carried and was shown some saps which had been ili iriel one and finding it wi nol a fit whittled it down with his fc ana told mr barker to load the pistol and be would buy it adding that one load would do mr barker did not take the sins which had cut down but another and having loaded the weapon handed it to the young man llo took me pistol and mr barker turned to replace the pistola he hart been showing to just tinned his head when ho heard the click of the oylin der turning and around he saw steinau with the muzzle of the pistol against his left breast and bo fore he could grab mm the weapon was discharged steinau was standing near the door at without ony evidence of agitation laid the pistol on the counter with bis right band and alis door with his left and walked out followed closely by barker mr barker and mr pierce in the next chop who heard the shot and s tw the young man walking in an unsteady manner caught bold of and assisted him he walked alon until he got nearly in front of mr liquor store when he sank down and vas carried into the wasatch drug store lie was examined by a number of doctors and there was difference of opinion as to the character of the wound whether it was fatal or not it was conceded that the ball which entered the left breast a little below the collar bone and coursing downward came out at the back on the left side of the spine and near the last rib had passed through the left lung while there dr taggart told him he was being to die and he said what I want the doctor then asked why ho shot himself and he said he did so because he was tired of living his brother mr joseph stein au then came in with tears in bis eyes when leo told him not to weep and said be had done it wilfully as be was tired of living he was removed to his brothers rooms in the kin house in the rear of the drs hamilton and bane him there was some intimation that a female was concerned in tho affair but he indignantly denied it his brother questioned him but got no answer beave that be had been a great expense to his parents in louisville kentucky and that be did not wish to be BO any longer lie also told hi brother that he had written a letter to him winch he would find in bf ta at mr jo steinau wished to read it then but leo strongly that bo resisted desisted des isted mr jos steinau said the young man had been very fast of late and spent considerable money but there waa no occasion for his doing the rash act his parents live at lou aville ky where be has a good home and to which he could have returned at any time at 1230 last night his condition remained unchanged lie apparently suffered a great deal was perfectly conscious and very quick at was going on in his room there existed at midnight a wido difference as to what the effect of the shot would be he had spit no blood and some of the doctors declared that his lungs had not been touched and that he would recover unless inflammation with tho attendant dangers set in some say the ball merely entered the flesh and passed around under tho skin and came out at the back thia seems hardly reasonable and physicians agree that the ball passed through bis body but as to its having touched the fung or not there is difference he is a little over 20 years of age and possesses de cidely prepossessing features fea turea |