Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1863-03-19
TELEGKAPHIC.
DISTR ESsENG SUICIDE OF AN Eek.
ARMY OFFICER.
lie is X ebbed While Dying.

Last night distressing Occurrence took place
al the boarding house OF MID. J. Barrick, No
sis Pennsylvania avenue, between First aud
Second streets. Lieut. Lewis Graham, or com
pany X, 10th Vermont Volunteers, co unlimited
suicide in his room by cutting his throat with
an ordinary penknife, while in Ted.
This morning Coroner w cod " ard umm oned
the following jury ofinquest. Robert Miistead,
',os sal,o nnch3iIs' y4d Williams e. Pierer,
Thomas Rock, Ezra Logan, Frank Henry, T.
Ciarksop, and John MCPHERSON, and the fol-
rowing testimony was taken: = r..
ier. II. NJ. Pratt, sworn.-W illness last night
asked Mr. Barrick 10 be shown his room, and
about twelve O'Clock entered the room OF the
deceased and went TO sleep in an adjoining
bed. After being asleep some time, witness
heard a fall which aroused him, and he saw
the deceased ly ing Oh his face at the side OF the
bt d. appare NIL oead, the floor being literally
covered with blood. Witness went iur,pdf
atty 10 the parior and called up a gentleman
v no was sleeping on the sofa, and also waKed
up some other parties, who went with NJ.
i,aiflcS ana himself TO the room, and found
Gfceastd lying an the same position. Mr Bar
rick went out 10 cali the police, and about five
minutes after he mad gone, the deceased rolled
ON ihe floor, finging has arms and legs about
MT HarIlck soon Returned with two police
men, ana thy aid ali they could under the
circumstances. gong at once for physicians
A vest " "a found under the pillow of the de-
cease a. winch contained some money, aud il
Was taken by the poll, emen WAC counted A.
ana found tile sum 10 amount 10 six hundred
ard eigh,y-four dollars. Witness saw O.iicer
SilEonGs put IEe money IN a vslise aud fix NJ in
a position te lock IL, aud thinks that N w,s
locked. Ii Was about two O'Clock when the
Qerd was done, and the deceased died between
fi|e ana SIX o'clock. Once when witness left
the rUt N, lie left among Others a Young man
who proiessed 10 b. reporter, VINO had got
sOht PAPER from witness on which 10 write a
- Tor oI me AFFAIR W illness Was certain that
ht locked he door when he w.nt TO bed
Hfo'GS HmoR6S policeman sWoru-Witness
As teitalh tnat he put the money in the yaliSe
ana locked IL, and when he left tha room a
Hou!i man calling himself a surgeon or sur
g'on assistant remained. When witness went
1ol PhS slclans lie found this tserson nj th.
washington House. and he sisted that he had
no instruments, but II an artery had been cut
ne though that he could take il ND, and wit.
ness told him to come with him. Witness mad
bcen 10 several ply sicians, four or five OF whom
Had refused 10 come. Witness is certain about
10, king up the money. Officer Nichols took
II from the vest and witness counted If and
io,nd IL TO amount to S6Si. The young man
whose name is said 10 be McNauyhton Is the
same person no represented himself as a re-
porter. He left McNaughton in the room with
the deceased.
Joseph Nichols (polieeman) sworn-The per-
son did not say thai he WAS a reporter, but that
he was going TO make a report OF the case for
the pap rs. Mr.. Nichols corrohorated the ties.
rmony of Officer Smonds in reference TO the
Counting and locking mp OF the money.
Mr. Pratt recalled.--The deceased during lis
spasms would say, go, dear ~ and 30, sirs ~
The knife with which the deed was COM
mittsd was here exhibited by Sergeant Mi.
ST. ad. 1t is an ordinary two-bladed pocket
knife, and is covered with klood, the smaller
blade having evidently been the one used
Ir. 4. ds fontaine sworn-Witness was
present at the bedside of the deceased. Witness
does not know whether McSauyhton got the
money He represented himself 10 be connected
win An evening paper, and took tho name. of
The parties present. He took the names OF the
surgeons.
Officer Simonds, reeaIled.-witness Ieft de-
ceased about 5H o'clock leaving McNaughton
TIE effects Of the deceased were here exam
int d, and in his valIse was found supply of
hing, military books, &c, among them his
olschaige, which WAS signed by Gen. Heintzel-
man, and which showed that he had drawn
Si1etS from the Government yesterday.
Ar. George p. Knight sworn.-Witness knows
me deceased, who came from the same towa
as himself Springfield, VT Witness met the
deceased about O clock y sterday ear ~ venth
s'r, ct, and they walked down toward the Capt.
tol. The deceased stated that ne stopped at the
Avenue House. He did not seem depressed,
and witness has no idea of the cause Of tina act;
the d. ased was temperate man. He did not
SEEM t6 regret leaving the army, and stated II
his health had been good he would have beea
pleased TO remain in il. The deceased appear
ID to have suffered from the rheumatism. He
was about 81 years old, and was worth con-
slider able properly in Spring field, where he Is
III prr,n,rshi with has brother, carrying on
the carriage business
DR.. A. I;otse sworn-w Witness found deceased
alive when he came and sewed up the wound.
WINES does not think that any large artery
had Is.n cut, and that the life Ga deceased
" ouId have been saved " aid had been pro-
cur-d imm, diately. When the witness rea :had
there, young man McNaughtan-R.p) was
sitting AZ tie table, and pnt Witness name
down, saying that he WIS a reporter; but wit
ness WAS suspicious Of him because he did not
lc' X fenteel enough 10 be q reporter. IL WAS
s'< ut q or O'Clock when he dressed the wound
Nv. !. ID. Barrio&, sworn.-The deceased came
Ia his hou'r ON Tueeday And took board Wit.
ntss ,orrob' rsted Mt Prait's testimony IN r.
lsron 10 finding the deceased. Tn. pers,n
calico AcNauehton. came into the room about