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Show PARENTS BOTH ARE DRUG FIENDS Salt Lake, March au. Aiier listening listen-ing to the tragic story of the lire ot L. E. Uhrman and his wife, Mrs. Beatrice Bea-trice Uhrman, who sell newspapers ou the streets, which precipitated them from a high social position to the abject depths of morphine llends. Judge Gowans of the Juvenile court declared their two children delinquent delinqu-ent and delivered them Into the custody cus-tody of their grandmother, Mrs. Bertha Ber-tha C. Erlckson, today. , Mrs. Erlckson, who Is the mother of Mrs. Uhrman. came secretly trom her home In South Dakota, and asKcu that her two granddaughters. Beatrice, 6 years old, and Marcellas. 9 years old, be given to her care and keeping. She showed tbat she was financially fixed so that she could give them a cheerful homo and educate them. When her request was granted today, she showered presents upon them and will leave tonight for South Dakota. For the last three ot four years tho children have lived in a miserable homo of filth and Bqualor. Uhrman was educated as a physician. physi-cian. He began practicing in South Dakota and a few years later met with an accident. He underwent an operation and, according to his own testimony he acquired tho habit oi ulng morphine to relieve his suffering. suffer-ing. He was married to his wife but a short time before the accident happened. hap-pened. After Uhrman bArae a fiend his practice fell ofT and he soon round himself without means. He left South Dakota and has dragged hla wife and children from state to state, securing secur-ing employment wherever ho could. Fok. the past three years he has been unable to perform manual labor on account of his failing health, caused by tho excessive use of morphine. In the meantime. Mrs. Uhrman became addicted to the habit and admitted that she used morphine frequently. Pince they lived In Salt Lake tbey have sold newspapers on tho streets. Their two children havo alBO sold papers pa-pers after school hours to assist In making a bare, living for the family. |
