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Show Mm to Provo. where he will probably epend the realnder of his natural life at tho state mental hospital. Physically and mentally the man is abnormal. Hl6 sl6ter, Mrs. Emma Hickman, Hick-man, told the Insanity commission (hat he had complained of imaginary noises by wagons and trains, and ho had a delusion that the smelters had fetolen a smoke-' consuming device which he had invented. He had been addicted(lo the use of liquor since he was 12 years of age. Anton Gustavo Carlson, a brother, al60 had noticed J that the au had acted queerly since Christmas, and "'had induced him to come from Park City to Salt Lake to obtain work, thinking that he might be better. AXEL CARLSON IS DECLARED INSANEN Salt Lake. Jan. 20 Axel Carlson, whir killed his sister-in-law, Matilda Fxklund. at Sandy on Thursday night, will escape the executioners for the same reason that Harry K, Thaw did net suffer the death penalty for the killlnc of Stanford White. Carlson Is pronounced a parauolac. Furthermore, Further-more, the lunacy commission which has been sitting upon his case for two days says that he is a degenerate of the worst type. The commission has found that Carlson's Carl-son's case Is one of unusual malformation malfor-mation No two members of hi3 body are alike. His rJght ankle Is enlarged, enlarg-ed, his right ear, right nostril, right nhoulder and hip are all abnormal and ot peculiar formation. His hips are sunken. His right eye differs from tho left In Its form and expression. All of these thing, which were discovered dis-covered by the doctors who made a physical examination of the murder, have resulted In a decision to send |