Show WAS IT SUICIDE the tile strange case ease of hugh S wallace a painter pointer and decorator i olied it 11 11 with iw two large mae di ia in oil nil efad may lay be b suicide and lay ba footpads friende in salt take notified otili cl yesterday morning about 1130 tho the C officer meer in chargo charge at tho the city jail was notified noli flod that an officer waa was wanted at I 1 no to 2175 jefferson avenue officer ivansen was dispatched ta ti tho the location mentioned and and was mst met at tho the door by tho the lady of the house who I 1 informed him that ono one of her lodgers was I 1 lying ying in hia hie room in an unconscious child condition tha the officer acco accompanied the lady into the apartment men t lyl lying ng on tho the bed moaning and tossing wae was a man with a bloody bandage on his bead head A conveyance was procured and tho the unconscious man removed to the city hospital tho the mane mans hair was clotted with blood which bore the appearance of having been there several days after the blood was washed off and the hair clipped from the eide side of his hie head B it was found that there were two email small ragged wounds oa on tha right sido ride of tho the scalp a little abiva the car dr powers made an examination of the wounds and from their alpean nce it was the thought ugh t they were the result of wing hit awit with b aro a revolver volver or come some other weapon after further examination the wounds were probed and it was found that the skull was fractured the proba entering far enough to prove r ove that something had mado made a hole allowing 1 the brains to mcp out the physician is not prepared to state h how ow the wounds were inflicted until a more thorough examination is made at intervale intervals since tho the injured man has been in the city hospital ho he has been P elfed with violent i con va inions after each spage he seems to grow weaker in addition to the injuries hia his feet aro are skinned in several placed place as is if inflicted by ecat ching himself kith with his toe nalla nails A STA IMAnD reporter visited tto tho premises where tho the man had been rooming and from the landlady learned the following particulars the injured mans name is hugh S wallace and ho lie came to room in the housa house the eth of tho the present month wallace allaCe stated that tie ile formerly lived in colorado bat but fir for the past two years had made salt lake bia his home where ho he follow follo Aed od the occupation of a painter and decorator last friday morning he lie left the house and returned in tho lie evening sa baying ying he had been upon the mountains ta 1 ns lie ile asked the lady for rome warm water with which to faeh hia his head tho the water sater was furnished and a brother of the lady offered 0 10 o assist wallace who accepted the young man dressed tho the wounds on the mans bead head end and advised him to procure ro c u ro the assistance of a physician wallace V a 1 lace said he did not hive havo h avo any uee for a doctor aid and refused to tee cee one ue offered in explanation for fir his lite injuries that ho he had been tooling fooling with his pistol upon tho the mountain and it accidentally vs went ent off wallace kept to hia ills loom pretty much until tuesday when ho he came down to the telez telegraph raph office and sent tent a dispatch to a ladkin salt lake take who is supposed suppo eed to be ats wife in the af al nn ail answer was received but what the contents were could not bo be learned tuesday night ho lie v bed as usual during the night mat ho be I 1 wes was heard to groan as it i f in n areat grea pain yesterday Yeste rJay morning tho lidy I 1 k into hia big room and sad disc discovered overe IL blat at a he lie was in fa an unconscious condition conditi cn the authorities were wore notified no titled and a message sent to the party in salt lake when wallace came to the hougo house to 0 o room ha lie unpacked some of his effects and from the toilet articles ho be pope possessed essed it is evident that ho be is a man of refinement the lady noticed that ho possessed P heavy pitol p iytol but since the evening he took it from his ills valise nothing has bu been seen of it A search was made of tho room by the file officers but the p pistol etol could cot lot be found cje wallaces V a alac llac es wife arrived in this city last e evening v en 1 ag and was greatly shocked at t what had occurred sirs mrs wallace is at a loss to think what caused the injuries to her husband and will I 1 not 0 t believe that the injuries were inflict inflicted t e d by hie his own hand A wallace vallace died at 3 th this s morning W |