| Show A pitiable case one of the moat pitiable cases that ever came within the notice of the local authorities was that which deputy sheriff sullivan took chai chaia a of last night yesterday afternoon a telephone was received from the bot springs that an old man had been living in a dilapidated cabin near the shrines bince icat sunday and was almost starving deputy sullivan started out and at an old cabin near the utah northern track ho found the old man who gave his name as edward david salem he was in a most filthy condition and cold and hungry he said be had had five lunches since sunday the last consisting of some bread and six plums he had evidently forgotten to cleanse himself for several months and hie clothes had not been 0 o ane wasu for many moons he was brought to the county hospital and given i bath a drink pt whisky a mea and be dr rich waa called but postponed examination until today the man does not appear to be suffering from any physical ailment but he is not in lie most robust condition mentally he talks about owning railroads and having been robbed ot his trunk he gays home ig in hamboldt nevada |
