The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-12-06

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William q. wetmore, well known merchant doing
business At No 90 Dey street. committed suicide yester
day morning. at his residence No. 724 Broadway, by cut
ting bis throat with razor The deceased appeared,
boarded with Mrs. Cornea Clarkson, at the above nun
ber For the last three four days he confined 10
his by attack Of erysipaIas On Friday night
number OF friends called TO see him, when they found
him sitting up and apparently in a cheerful mood On
their departure Mrs Carkson thought proper TO remain
up with the invalid until about five O'Clock yesterday
morning, when sho retired. Al ~ O'Clock A. NJ one OF
the domestcs tried TO get into tho deceaseds ROOM for
for the purpose Of lighting fire in the CRATE, but was
unableto do SO, as tho door was locked the inside
Mrs. Clarkson knocked at the door repeatedly,
but was unable TO obtain any answer from
within. Finally, one Of the chambermaids put
her eye to the keyhole, and looking into the
the bedroom horrible spectacle met her view. The
body Of deceased covered from head foot with gore,
with the threat cut from ear to ear and blood stained
lying beside the corpse completed the ghasty pic
ture. The alarm promptly raised, when message
was despatched No sSt Marks place. the residence
OF deceaseds brother, informing the latter Of the sad
occurrence. The bedroom door subsequently burst
open when the fears OF all present fully realized
the deceased found TO be entirely inanimate He
lying his back, within a few feet OF the bed,
dressed IN nothing but his shirt and drawers which
completely saturated with blood A large pool Of
blood was found upon the lower end OF the bed and
the we're such as 10 Justify the theory OF de-
ceaseds having committed suicide while in sitting pos.
The strictly searched, but no letters
signing cause for the commission OF the rash act could
be discovered
nine o'clock when he repaired to the Of the TRACE
dy and at commenced to investigate the From
the position OF the corpse upon the oor the Coroner was
used in the premises but the inquest progressed and
the testimony Of the inmates OF the house together with
that OF the medical gentlemen who made the post mortem
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the being Of suicide were removed.
The following report Of the evidence as elected on
| David wetmore being duly sworn, dcposes and saysI
live at No st. Marks place; deceased s my brother he
s not married. he keeps grocery establishment at so
Dey street. have been in the habit OF attending almost
daily; he has boarded with Mrs. CarksoD between three
complained Of any domestic trouble annoyance; he
told me he had any difficulty with any in Mrs.
Carksons house; my brother had no monetary difficulties
that know Of; saw him last night, between 81 and
O'Clock he then in his bedroom, and left him about
O'clock came TO him because heard that he had
eryspeas; he bad brother partner In the business,
and uncle who special partner in the house. nei
ther Of them in the city deceased about eight
O'Clock this mornings the girl opened the door, and said
| "Oh, Mr.. Vetmore, your brother is the aoor;"
she did Nj say he was dead turned to
could not do so then burst open the
the door and saw the body of lying tho floor
saw the cash in the neck, and found that he dead
beard Mrs Clarkson say TO DR.. Dubois that she in
the with deceased after left last nght-that my
brother not well and that he requested her to stay
know the the floor TO be my brothers. razor the
gas was lighted in the room.
John J. Morris deposed as folows-I live at No 30
West Eleventh street; | am In way connected with
Mr.. Wetmore's family | knew him for three or four
years; have had business transactions with him owe
bis firm money spent last evening with deceased
from until 10 O'Clock; there was a young lady the
ROOM Mr.. David Wetmores wife there also; Mrs.
Carkson was not there deceased was apparently we'll
there were no harsh words uttered while | was in the
room; left Mt about 10 O'Clock; left nobody IN the
md INV tnu tn
deceased; at 81 O'Clock this morning was requested to
call upon Dr Dubois when heard of the sad occurrence
servant came In and made ire In the crate while was
| there.
Mrs Cornea clarkson being duly sworn, deposes and
saysI have lived in this house since about the LIST u
| May last; deceased has boarded with over four
years he was always In good health know Of one In
knew deceased to have mental alteration Of mind Inover
heard him say that he would put end 10 his existence
saw him last about 1--WE o'clock this morning. Mr. Wet
more had some company with him last night who stad
with him until about ten o'clock at about 10n O'Clock
TO his room he then IN bed; lac hal book in
| the head Of the bed burning; he said 4"
have been reading littlc and then closed the book
asked him f the doctor had left any order and Il could
do any thing for him before went up stairs he told
10 sb down that the doctor had left order except to
put some burned -four on hs face he said Dont leave
me,i then read the Tribune, aud said would go up
stairs but he said, Don't 60 he slept aud snored alter
naey he said oh cannot stand my bead IL awful
about i've O'Clock went up stairs and returned ahoat
ia O'Clock and found that his door locked; heard
the girl Maggie singing and asked her she had attended
then knocked az the door Sarah and this girl iooScd
through the Key hole and blood don't know which
o. the girls went for thc doctor there are four Of them
Maggie, Sarah, Mary Rerdon and Mary -, Maggie
got ladder, but can't say whether she asccndcd
not don't know who was the rst 10 enter the room
dcceascdB brother came and burst open the door
did not into the until the Coroner called
one OF The girls sad the gas was burning looked at Mr.
wetmores watch previous 10 leaving: was then ten
minutes five O'Clock don't where Mr. wetmore's
kept; IN the habit Of locking his
door at night eft this room with the idea of return.
Ng dine IN Mr. \ na.I
him the night before when lott and returned the door
was open, but this morning 4 was not; asked Mr. Wet
more 4 hs watch was wound ~ he said, "yes' don't
know " the key IN the door.
Sarah Smith deposed tha, she chsmbcrmaid in
the house that Mrs Carkson told her that she had
rappng Mr. wemore room, but could get answer;
went 10 the door In company with Maggie, when she
locked through The keyboe and saw red handkerchief
ceased lying on tbs floor know nothing about The
case.
Masge McAulne corroboraed the estlmouy Of the las,
witness as 10 seeing the body Of deceased lying upon the
floor.
Dr Abraham Dubois Of No 10 West Eleventh street,
deposed that he attended the deceased for eryspea and
paid him visit ON Friday evening; he much better
then and taking 20 his friends May last be had
similar attack Of erystpeas which suhsdcd In three or
four days; am &C opinion that deceased committed sui.
eide infer this because deceascds mind may have been
affected by the disease with which he suffering cry.
sipeias very frequently causes deIirium.
Mary Hcenan deposed that she a chambermad on
the third ioor, that she heard that Mr. wctmore
dead and tha, on going 10 bis room she found him lying
on the noor.
MEDICAL TESTIMONY
nrs Hnne1, Garrsh and Moses being duly sworn, de
pose and say-We have made post mortem examination
of the body ~ deceased Mr. wetmore found the body
lying on the floor supine position within three feet of
the bed on careful examination We found small
amount of blood about the body; found ncsed
wound the left about two inches above the elbow
oint extending ransversely the and dividing
the bracbia artery the next wound examined found
the nek above the thyroid cartilage, cutting OF piece
ot the left side This wound divided both external tugu
lar veins the superior thyroid artery the left side was
severed, and partial division OF the right found
completely exposing the pharynx other wounds
found the body the bed clothes found saturated
with blood; asma amount of blood traced 10 where
the bcuy lay open covered with blood found
lying the floor close beside the bed. This evil
IDENTIFY the instrument used In udctng the wounds above
mentioned. We q opinion that deceased 10 his
death by cutting his threat with
The then given 10 the jury who, after brief
deliberation, rendered the following
VERDICT
We md that deceased 10 his death by suicide by
cutting his throat with while labofng under
q temporary insanity caused by erysipeia,ous innam