New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-10-29
Coz oNER,s INauEsTs.

MELANCHOLY SUICIDE. Deputy Coroner Sora-
paru yesterday morning held an inquest on the
body Of Frank M. Brown, native of Baltimore,
26 years of age. Verdict, that he committed sui
eide by taking laHdanum. The deceased was
very nice and gentemanly young man, who had
been employed as clerk in a lewelry store on Camp
street and in several other respectable houses.
Some six months ago he married an amiable young
lady, whom he loved devotedly, and with whom,
and his wife's mother, he lived contentedly. All
were poor; he was the only stay; he lost one
situation after another; grim poverty stalked in
at the door, aud he fell to despair On Saturday he
was as lively and gay ever, to all appearances.
In the evening he left home, telling his wife he
would be back. Ingood time he returned, caressed
his wife, talked merrily and gave her paper of
candy which he had bought. Then saying he was
sleepy he went to bed early, and his dreadful pur-
pose was not known till his involuntary groans
gave the alarm. Physicians were called and ar
rived and did all they could, but too late. In spite
of their efforts, he died. When he came home, as
it appears, he had paper of candy in one pocket
for his loving young wife, and in his other pocket q
vial of laudanum for his despairing self.
DEATH OF AN EocENrRIo OLD MAN.-The Coro-
ner yesterday held inquest on the body Of
by,) found dead in Louisiana warehouse No. l, on
the other side Of the river, below Algiers. He was
scotchman, a msanthropic old fellow, Is years
of age, without any particular friends, or rela-
tves or descendants of any kind that any one
knew of. He was, years ago, man of fine
literary attainments, and has written excellent
poems, which are said to be still extant in this city.
Some years ago he ignored all sympathy with
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be honest and Trustworthy he was not denied the
| the only place he wanted-a corner in the ware
house, with the privilege of keeping as many dogs
| as he pleased. His dogs were his only apparent
comfort; he ate with them slept with them. No
| thief or incendiary, not honest visitor in
daylight. could enter the warehouse without the
dogs giving the alarm, and putting him to fight.
| The old man took sick at last, and died. Whether
he had any friend beyond his dogs did not appear.
1t was well known that he slept with his dogs, they
| nesting and sleeping around him as if they were
! his own children.
| Coroners see not only bloody and shocking and
disgusting things in the discharge of their duty in
a large city and parish like this; once in a while
they meet with case unprecedented, as Deputy
| Coroher Soraparu did yesterday, when he went to
hold his inquest on the body of the old Scotchman
/
| him. They approached the warehouse. People
around told them to beware of the dogs, which
had not allowed any but the warehousemen to ap
proach The Coroner and his men armed them
selves with sticks and stones and entered the ware
house. In distant corner, huddled, together they
counted fifteen dogs, ours and mongrels of al
colors and sizes, crouching together, silent and
submissive. They seemed to know that their ole
protector was dead, and that strangers had righl
| 10 enter.
In another corner, where the old man had 50
long slept like dog with his dogs, they found his
corpse foul with the filth of his dirt and last sick
ness. Upon and around him were no less than flf-
teen young puppies; two of them dead, and the
others whining and crawling over and around him.
1t was plain that during his last illness the dogs
had slept with him, and that his death and the
rrupton of strangers had compelled not only the
dogs but the suts desert the body and the young
puppies and crouch in distant corner of the ware
house. The Coroner and his jury we're thoroughly
sickened; the story of the old man and the eyi
dence before them enabled him to render the yer
dict Of death by dysentery; and the Coroner, in
ordering the burial OF the loathsome remains of Q
man once bright, talented, and honored, told the