Ogden Daily Standard | 1910-08-10 | Page 5 | Transfer Man Shoots Himself

TRANSFER MAN SHOOTS HIMSELF William Mason Attempts Suicide in Pioneer Saloon. Salt Iake, Aug.' 10. "Come on, Mail, and have a drink; it will be the last timo with nie." Immediate-U, Immediate-U, alter extending this invitation to a friend. William Mason, a driver lor the Kimball Van &. Storage com-pauy, com-pauy, walked Into the rear of the Pioneer saloon at 51 West First South street and fired a bullet into h!s body with suicidal intent The missile pierced the left lung Jimt aliove the heart and his recovery i? very doubtful. The cause of bis rash act Is believed to be despondency cer a love affair with a woman who Is supposed to be Mrs. W. A. Glea- I son of Tonopnh, Xev. I A short time before attempting to end his life. Mason wrote a letter to the woman, and when he was removed remov-ed to the emergency hospital a returned re-turned telegram was found In his pocket from tho Western Union, which stated that his telegram to ?1rs. Gleason, dated Monday, was not delivered for the reason that the party was unknown in Tonopah. It is believed by his associates that the woman hn I jilted him and, brooding c.cr his disappointment in the love affair, he derided to end his life. Mason Is about twenty-six years of axe and was employed as a driver fur the Kimball Van & Storage company, com-pany, where he has b"en employed lor a year past. During the past v.erk he has ben very despondeuf, and has drunk to excess Tuesday n'.cht he was In the Pioneer saloon wl'h a number of friends an,l was drinking freely. Early In the evening even-ing he wrote a letter to the woman in the case and voon after completing complet-ing the letter lie made the attempt to end his life.