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Show BERNARDS IS SENT TO PK0V0 i A board of sanity, consisting of Judge Howell an,l Drs. Gordon and lugniiretson, today committed Peter Bernards, a harness maker, to the state mental hospital, and Deputy Sheriff J. I. Murphy took the man to Provo this afternoon. Bernards ha a wife and three children, chil-dren, and his actions have been so queer of late that the officers and the wife concluded that it would be unsafe un-safe to permit him to go at large. The man came to the sheriff's ofllce a few days npo and complained of his xvife's infidelity, renuesiin-r the officers offi-cers to do a little detective work on the case. An investigation disclosed the fact thnt the man's suspicions xveie entirely without foundation, and be was arrested and placed under an examination for sanity. The doctors declare that the man is suffering a mania of jealousy and that his suspicions sus-picions are illusions, pure and simple. The unfortunate man stated to the board of examiners that it seemed at times that some one was about him and told him of his wife's actions and that H xvas very difficult for him to reconcile himself to the apparent conditions. con-ditions. He said it made him worse when his wife would laujh at him for his fears and make no explanations explana-tions to him. |