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Show 'JAPANESE DOCTOR' TTEiPTSSUiClOE Writhing In nKony ns tho result of swallowlug n onantlty of aconite and I iodine, li. Harry Kang, a Japanese 1 resident of this city, wan found lyiDg on the sidewalk near the corner of ! Twenty-fourth street and Adams nve-I nve-I uuo last nlht. The .lap had taken ihe combination , of powerlul drugs with a view to ending end-ing hl.s life, but he was discovered In ', time to prevent a fatality. It was lm-, lm-, possible to si-cure a rtatenieiit from 1 tho man last night, but it is believed that hla rash act was the result of despondency following losses at the gambling tables. Kang was discovered by Officer .loo Crompton and a physician was summoned sum-moned before the runn was removed from 1 ho siot. Two injections if ant l-morphlne were made and this saved the manV life. Ho was remov ed to police headquarters, where City Physician Anna Hols was summoned to attend him The mans mouth and throat wore burned hv the deadly mixture which he had swallowed It Is believed that he will completely recover from the effects of the near-fatal done. Near Kang's hand when he was discovered by the fif fleer, was found the empty phial which had contained tho aconite and iodine. It was discovered that Kang was a member of the United States hospital emps. |