Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1922-07-12 | Page 10 | Slashes Wrist in City Jail

SLASHES WRIST IN CITY JAl Former Soldier Charged With Being Drug Addict Tries Suicide Judge D. R Robortu In the city court this niornlnj?. tool; unflor ad-v. ad-v. vlsctnont until thLs afternoon, awa.ll- ins nn Investigation by County Attorney Attor-ney David J. Wilson the case of W. v, i '.' A. H.-irvpy. who M arrested In the 'v Blly hall park Saturday nljrhf. on a . charge ( boinc nn addict to drug. , ' Harey. according to his testimony, V Is an ex-soldler, and was jra.ssed by ""-'X chlorine in the trenches In France V H If now Buffering from tuberculosis , v hirh developed from r n i gassing, nd received narcotics from doctors srho have treated him After he be came affected with tuberculosis ho came srdst from Chicago, in search of better climate. If" has been em-l.lr.yed em-l.lr.yed by the- Oregon Short Lin. in jj foratello. While awaiting in the city jail yesterday yes-terday for arraignment this morning, Harvey made an attempt to take his life by cutting the arteries and tendons ten-dons In his left wrist with q piece of J a safely razor blade. Immediate medical attention was given the mnnj by the city physician. Roy Wilson. I . Wilson. .staled that the wound extend-! ed into the wrist, and it was necessary to tlo the artery to stop the flow ol I blood. Severul stitchss were taken