Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1833-04-25
From the Boston A tIas.
TIE SUICIDE OF MIR CURTIS.

Fatal Cynsei asnces of Gtmbttug.
The Para 5r"rh we published yesterday respec-
ting the " heb I'D Mr. Curtis 10 the ooinmis-
| SION OF sell murder al Providence, is confirmed 10
us from d source winch places it beyond alt
! doubt A highly respectable gentleman ofthls
city, ON reading II, his kindly comm an,;~tcd ~ US
the tufIo"ins melancholy particulars.
About cight weeks ago, Mr. Curtis called at Ne
Office Of friend IA this eiiy, and fully disclose his
| Siuots.l a1d tie causes which led 10 H. lie IN
formed HIM tlS on the frs, day OF November last
he was worth littlc more than five thousand dol
las, 9nd that before the middle of February or
about that time, he WAS insolvsnt in about the
same sum lie whole Of ms dmonaf, pi%-SlG.
600, lie had Lost ruhin that period, ~ ganibiing-
He stated that hc had been invited by two per
sons from bostcn to play Il gare of "pr"ps, II,
Brighton, and Ihat they won n considerable sum
from him they invited HIM to try his luck again
and he cpntlnucd t, meet them Ia Br, hton, AID IN
tins clty until he was stripped Of over ten thousand
dGflarS The two hcllhounds alluded to, won over
! 81 900 from different persons IN abou, weeks
oho OF those DEMONS OF darkness ii Provi fence
when The wrctchcd man hung himself having fled
from Baston because he vas fearful oil being apprc
htndcd
lhe whole STORY is not yc, told he infAua-
ted Curtis stood not solitary chance Of success
with the ganiestcrs. Their gambling apparatus
was prepared that he must lose. Then
props were loaded, and though they might al
low hun 10 WIN at hazard now and then, it was
only to make his destruction the more certain.
lheie is abundant evidence of this fact but the
self desro, lion of ueir miserable VI clim, will pre-
vent the strong arm OF aA from fail.nS upon his
cold bloc le murdcrers.
In addition 10 this We learn from, the tc 1t o,.
| thority that young mechanic Of this city was
/ prI, t,I, 7vhf I,,,
of these worse than highway ROBBERS, and inta
mousiy swndlcd out of ssll2J in the course of
i've IN 5hts, for which he drew his checks upon
one OF the Boston Banks. Is il not high time
| that the community WAS IN arms against these
dlabolcai ruthans ? The editor of the Galaxy
! with fearlessncsa that demands bile approba-
ton, has drawn the character OF two persons well
known among us as unprlnclp!ed and abandoned
wre,chcs, aud has exhibited such scene OF va-
ny, vlce and cruelty cannot fail TO startle and a.
larm oar citizens. What steps may be taken 10
check the career of these vile inccndiarcs of the
public morals, we know not Ose thing we do
know and thu IS, that unless something be done
and that quickly, To- the young and unwary
from the snarcs that are set in their paths, and to
| bring the villains to justice, an excitement will be
raised among us that never has had parallel.
n B. Since the above was written. we have
received the Providence Gazette, which contains
the following article:
" Not little anxiety has been experienced in
this city since Saturday, in consequence Of the mel
ancholy suicide of Mr., Curtis, who, ii is alleged
hanged himself in his ioorn at Jones' Providence
Hotel. Many stories ARE in circulation, with refer
cnce TO the NATTER and fthe facts that have reach
ed us can be depended upop, the affair demands u
much more rigid investigatioh than what has becn
gwen. il ssnld and we repeat the assertion upon
the best authority, that when Mr.. Curtis arrived in
thus city, he was known to have in his possession
a large amount of money when found dead, his
money had disappeared, Il rs IA fact, that there
was deep wound ON the back of The dead mans
neck, that could not have been inflicted by hand
kerchlef and 1t Is 10 evidence that suicide was
committed because three doors which led to the
room OF the stranger were fastened There are O
thcr circumstances Connected with thsafa,r
which are Singular, dark, and mysterious, and call
upon the people of THIS city, for rigid examination
Of the suicide"
we un iefs'and that the dcceasr! borrowed Sl2J
oil il tr.end before he left Boston, and that he was
| i.lced to go 10 Providence by letter lie received
from one of his robbers, which assured him tina, il
he would come hhcr he woald be able To rccove,
his money. The paragraph from the Providence
paper lntlmatcs that ne wns rlurlered
! MIR. Curtis lived in Cambria eport and has lief
wife and scvenchhlren, the oldest about IL wear.
Of age.