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Show JOHN SCHNIDER KILLS HIMSELF BY HANGING Salt Lake. April 9. John Schnlder. C3 years of nge, committed autcld-, by hanging hiinnelf In the basement of Fritz Splngman's ealoon, 211 South State street, sometime early Friday morning. The body was discovered by Paul oench, an employe of the saloon, at 8:55 o'clock. Drench Immediately Im-mediately cut the rope and notified the police. When the body was removed re-moved to the mortuary chapel of O'Donmll & Co., It a.s discovered that Schnlder had attempted to end lls life by drinking carbolic acid, but bad not taken enough to accompliMu his purpose and had then hanged himself. Schnlder, who was employed for a time on railroads In Idaho, after corning corn-ing to this country from Switzerland, and who had no known relatives In this country, had. prior to his death, b-en emplojed as a "swamper" In various var-ious saloons ab"iit the city. Ho complained com-plained to Mr. Sprlngrnan som ftmn age vt being too 111 to work and was given a place to hleep In the ba. ment of the halo.n. His meals were a!i-o furnished. For some time thoe aUmt the onb-on saw thai Srhnld.-r was In n melancholy mood, though he tald nothing about ending bis life. After taking th- acid, the man tlel the end of a rope to a pipe projecting project-ing from a boiler In the basement, then tl.-j the rope around his neek and Jenip.-d off his When the bo4v va examined therf. ttu, eridence pointing to (he fart that Schnldur had been d-ad a number of Lours. |