The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-02-23
THE DAILY DISPATCH
m.na.y Morning. Vel rumry 81. 1857.

THE DAILY DISPAICH:
M.na"y Morning. p-t rumry %: Iso1.
sufcsdc Of n NJ~Ss~.' s'u' ent- Lo'o -
Spirttualism.
nwas mentioned ou,usasy that g. ~
NJ. medical student % years OF age. ma
ssi sui.ide 1t his hoa riding house In fhhAoe'p'- "
y.Aossd.v evening by takiog prussie aeia' gu
. a. =. ,sf, . Latter directed TO bis fasber. 1T
,hs ann fDr G. T, Wbi2po, II .
,.. - hank At New Castle, Pa By th
. 49,. from the Philadelphia Bulletin O..
...~..s.r svenine, II will be seen that soms
-.-..rn asvs,opmeu,s were made at the coroner't
iaqasst: s
,,,,,,hs, of witnesses were examined From tnen
aa,ae,cs IL seems that the deceased had paid
la, IN 1hie last month. and that after his return
80 Ar times much del scted. Yesterday, NJ
dinner. be seemed lively and in good spirits
Af,er dlnuer he attended . lecture by Dr. jack
son. at the University. and returned nome ~ nvf
O'Clock. He was Afterwards seen 10 Die room
,Sritiug aud that was the last known OF him unit
A~1r and half after wards bis dead BODY WIS
found. ., .xo
letters to him. nr Whlppo was at the corner Oh
9Th and Arch streets when the letters were 'ei., "
hnrried up to the steps. took the letters ana AGAIN
turned away from the house A servant iookeu
after, saw him stop, tear open one OF Tue eh We
jones read the contents, and then 80 on GOWN s'n
street. o,soa d;-sc,
"a tha drug store Of Mr. Leidy. at 9TH ana fhnert
s,reets. for Nc Leidy testified this morning ina.
ahout s o'clock Wtiopo came toto his store sno
apouIred concerning the price OF prusc aeap nir
Lsidy told him 1t was % cents an ounes 800
ceased said he would take an ounce ar asker
him what be was going TO do with II, ana neiepi
that be wanted it for the purpose OF experiment
log with IL The druggist said to deceased as Ie
was about going away, DOM 60 w. ~ sians 80 o
saf with that" Whippo rephea toat ne was no'
such fool.
mr, Leldy knsv the deceased to be medical
stndeut aud he had therefore, no hesitation aoout
selling him the poison. The drug was medicinal
acid Mr. Leidy was ri opinion that spoonful OF
IL would have been sufficient to destroy life instant.
~. He was acquainted wish deceased, and be saw
-o.hine unusual In his manner when he boughL
the drug.
morning by the coroner The following Is iitera!
WY "Je.h February, 1857.
.Dssr Father-Come and ~ nv do"s body.
t'CHARLEs WHIPPo."
The letter was written ANA eupesscriDed IN a
Srm hand Near il was q bundle Of white enye-
lopes. Upon The upper one was written, in the
same hand but In a manner which bespeaks great
agitation the following sentence
"Oh, am murderer!
An envelope when Is believed 10 have been on
one of the letters received oy the deceased y-stsr
day, was f und lying upon his table. 1t was SUI
perscrioed In delicate hand, like ladYs, and 1t
was postmarked Salem, Ohio, Feb. II" This
letter could not have been received carrier thai
Yesterday afternoon. The contents of this enve-
Ions could not be fund The second letter ia also
missiog There were indications 10 the stove in
the room that paper had been burned In i. by the
ec6ased
the diary of the deceased was found among his
effects. the entries in 1t were not reguac The
last was dated December, 1850. ard WIS an ac-
count Of q spiritual Communication he had receiv
ed from a deceased friend. This journal made
manifest the fact, that the deceased was adeciied
convert to spirituaiisn
This was also proved by reference to a Ium.
Der OF letters fJu Ia his trunk. These were
generally from q relative who was as thoroughly
i,nbued with spirituasm as himself. FROM these
ltters we giean the following facts. which cer-
taiuly disc 1se strange condition OF Thugs. The
deceased was at one time located at Salem, Ohio,
and biz visit West, IN January was to thai place.
At Salem he became enaulored If married lady,
whose name we do not feel at liberty to give
This feeling evidently reciprocsted, and il
would moreover seem that the lady as also spir-
itualist.
The deceased was DESTROYS of marrying this Ia
dy in spit Of every obstacls and he Gems to ave
been instigated 10 the act by supposed commuii
cations from the spirit world The relative, in his
letters, urged the difficulties In the way of the
marriage the young man insisted upon so strongly,
Y
spirit of Dr. that was commH ncating with him
IL uld sem az though one or both of the let
ters received, yesterday afternoon, contained in-
formation which destroyed the hopes of the de-
Sad, and g0aded hin on to Commit suicide
This hypothesi, is strengthened by an unseaied
n,te which ives found this morning in port
folio belonging to The deceased, The following
il q copy of the note, only emitting the name OF
the lady;
'PHII. ,DELPHIA, Feb 19, 1857
My dearest N; will SEQ you In the spirit.
form before you will have read this my last CONS
municarion on earth. My hopes are blasted for
ever, you tell me we eal never hope 70 meet on
earth l will die and live with you forever Fare.
well, Farewell till Their; TIL am by your side
Il am yours in Heaven,
las l have been Oh earth.
CHARLIE =
1t is altogether matter of surui,e what was
the exact character of the information contained
in the letters received by the deceass yesterday;
but the sentence, Il an murderer" found writ
ten upon an envelope suggests that death has
been or will be caused In some wsy through Ii,
agency, and that remor3e as well as disapp biz t.
ment had somettipg to do with his raising his
hand against his own life. 1t is mysterious affair
throughout.
Not the least curious feature of this strange al
fsif is tae fact that lie Their the glass bottle which
contained the drug nor the glass stopple in it eau
be found. The wrapper and the cover of til >
stopple were found yicg upon the table; but the
phia and the stopple are both gone II is believed
tuet Nc Threw tGem out OF the WIDOW as soon "a
he had swallowed the drug.
The JUICY. after hearing the facts Of the case re.
turned . verdict that the deceased came to his
death by swallo wing prussic acid.
Yoang Whippo was good looking young man,
and apparently considerably older than he really
was. He bore the reputation of being sober and
orderly ia his conduct. Although attending ana
tomical lectures ct the Pennsylvania University,
he was student of the Homo pa:hic College
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SERIOUS SHooTINGsAFFa IN KANsAs-Onth the
Srh uir an sffay occurred at Tecumseh Kansas, be-
WI Judoa and fehap