BUTLER ATTEMPTS TO KILL HIMSELF.
FOUND COVERED WITH BLOOD.
HE USES HIS NAIL AS A KNIFE. Pt«>« Association.—Electric Teleiraoh. Copyright,
New York, April 3. Sensational reports come from San Francisco in reference to the attempted suicide of Butler.
The warders, hearing a peculiar noise in his cell, entered it and found Butler sitting with his arms resting on a- table almost covered with blankets and his face all bloody,
It was discovered that with his thumb nail he had made a ragged incision half an inch long near the temporal artery.
The doctor considers that the results would have been serious if he had correctly located the artery.
Butler has recovered from the effects of the wound.
11l consequence of this attempt increased vigilance is being exercised by those in charge of the prisoner.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 10408, 5 April 1897, Page 5
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