Says He Ate Glass

Harry Allen, of St. Johns, wïro was locked np the day for picking John Kearney's pocket, oreated s small-sized sensatlon yeaterday ly devouring, as be says, a quantity of broken glass and soap with the avowed iutention of ghuffllng off tuis mortal coil and ending his Hfe. The sheriff was rather skepticW as to whether or not the man has eateu any glass, but he had apparently disposed oí soino soap for he was voy si.-]; yesterday. It appears that Allen is troublod witli a loathsome disease and is in pretty bad shape anyway, but he has a reputatlon for working tin1 sympathy racket to get oit of ehuilaiserapes, and it was hard to teil whai to do with him. Sheriff Judson trierl to get him tato the hospital yesterday but was unsuccessful. Then the poorliou&e was tried with like results. The man was in a fllthy conditkm and so ho was moved to tlie barn until : better disposition could be made of Kim. Monday morning IMr. Goodyear succeeded in getting the Homeopathie hospita! to t:ike Allen in and he is now at that institution in a critier.l ecndition. It is not kno'wn for sure whether he will pull tlirough but he is being eared for at any rate. The auihorities at St. Johns informed Ui" sheriff thai Allen was a hard case and kiiown to be crooïced. They wlred iliai lus brcther would be down here to take him away il' he was released, and In this way finally li' disposed of if he survives froni his present state.