Daily national Democrat., 1859-04-27

FATAL LEAP.-The San Francisco Bulletin
gives the following account of the death Of
an insane man named Joel White, who killed
himself by jumping over the balustrade of
the City Hall, at noon on Monday last
1t appeers that he had been arrested that
morning, after having jumped from win
dow in the second story of the Union House
on Front street, at which place he had been
employed as cook:
He was brought to the station house. and
ut noon was taken out for the purpose of be-
ing examined by Judge Blake and the ply
sicians for lunaey. He was led from the
prison up stairs by officer Mckenzie, and
went along as quietly and calmly as possible
When passing along the balcony, which looks
out into the in erior court of the City Hall,
at the second story of the building, and 80
feet above the brick pavement he suddenly
placed both hands upon the iron railing, and
| in a,trice sprang over head foremost. 1t was
all done in an instant. Ii fell upon the left
side Of his forehead and the violence with
which he struck the pavement was So great
as to break the brick, upon which he fell
through the middle His skull was broken
and the blood gushed from his nose and
mouth in copious streams. There We're
number of persons present who rushed i'm.
mediately to his assistance and picking him
up carried him into an adjoining apartment
liz was supposed at first to have been in
stantly killed but in the course of five min
utes gasped aud exhibited signs of life which
were continued for about an hour, when he
finally expired. The deceased was 81 years
of age, and an American bv birth. He was
not addicted to liquor or any bad habits, so
far as we know, and his insanity was there
fore one of those unforeseen and inexplica
Lle attacks to which all mortals are exposed.
An inquest was held in Sacramento on Mon
day, on the body of Lizzie Lezell, young
courtezan, who died at house of i'll fame in
that city. The following is the verdict of the
jury
We the undersigned, the jury in the case Of
Elizabeth Lazell, find that the deceased came
to her death on the morning of Monday
April 25th, about o'clock, from the effects
of quantity of laudanum swallowed volun
tarily on the afternoon of Sunday, April oath,
The Union says:
The deceased, although so young, has been
leading the life of courtesan for two years
past, and is the same who, about that time,
became enamored cf the circus, and abandon.
ed her parents for a round of excitement with
a circus troupe. 1t will appear from the evil
dence that her parents, after repeat ed efforts
to reclaim her, abandoned the project in des-
pair and changed their domicil to Victoria
and, also. that she bore a child in the early
part of 1858. which subsequently died. The
rash act was committed, it would SEEM in
consequence of her abandonment by one Geo.
w. Drake, who had evidently been for some
time intimate with her 1t is to be remem-
6ered. in this connection, as a commendahle
trait in her character, that she had not for
gotten those who should have been always
most near and dear to her, and whose warn.
ing wol DIS she should have needed, that with
her latest breath she requested that her jew
elry and certain of her clothing be forwarded
to her sister and parents ut Victoria.
1t is also to be noticed, as a redeeming fea-
ture, that the courtesan, Mary Turnbull, in
whose house the deceased has latterly resi-.
ded has purchased lot in the New Helvetia
Cemetery, and directed that the remains of
deceased be inferred therein, and also that
those of her child be disinterred from the
City Cemetery and placed bJ her side.
MARIPosA CouNTY.-A late number of the