, 1864-08-10
TERRIBLE SUICIDE.
4 Man Cuts Els Throat In a Prison
Cell u bile under the influence
of DeleFtum TreWeM9.

To write here on the evils Of intemperance
would be perfectly zupcr1aous. For many years
great eloQuence has been used to pafnt its horrors
but still drunkards exist almost az plenfifullr as
ever. P1ecept and example seem utterly lost up9n
Them and with a wild recHlessness they dash On
wards to certain destruction. It is sin OF almost
universal prevalence and should therefore be nut
vezsa1ly deprecated, unlike other crimes tte haue-
fnl Influence IL not confined to the cclef actor Gat
ever, thlre ti1at comes in :ts way No exc1se can
be given for such offenders, their blood Ia upon
their own heads, for whatever form the curse has
saksP 5 nc hHTSs II c
ing directly from the effects OF strong drink. a
ussn IN the prime Of his manhood slew himself
frsmen<, to a prison cell. An inauistiou was held
in the afternoon before Coroner Wagner, wocn
the following facts we're c2fctted.
sI. t sk ss, sast .sss snn
On Clark atreet. respectfully dressed man walk,
lug abort in ve1v excited etate, with his head
ehveopea In Il United States BLANKET Saspecttng
from hls motions, that the nlau was suffering from
Delfriun. 1re.eene. the officer arrested him, aud
conveyed him to The Armoy. Hs quietly accot1-
panied bis captor, but on entering the Lookup.
70 tie ordeal Of searching, and was only With
difficulty eafelv locked In q cell. Noshfug was
thought Of the unfortunate, until morning, as such
sboa 81 ' sSs pons!% ns %
menced making violent efforts to escape striking
biz head againrt the cell door. until the blood
rs and Knight tried 70 take him upstairs to the
court room, he strrggled with such fearful energy
that they had to give np the attempt, He was
therefore sssln paced II the cS aad remained 2s
ron who " ent to the door, saw him wildly brsrd-
fshtns knife. and blstcln: protusclg from the
After some time and By the e1ertion of muco
strategy tbe weapon was take ifom him and ed
ical aid summoned, but ere the arrival Of the doc
tor the wretched man was a corpse The wound
officer did not tnow CT Its existence, aud thought
the blood procetded from the wounds in bis head,
but when the weapon was taken from his grasp
suttaintd, had retired, the maniac nss nave taken
his pocket comb aud Inserted it In the already
deep Eash, have literally sawed his head on ~ at
In s{ R1de4 5ans e to
pumu1ation OF the fatal deed. officer Con. barfen
noticed The fearful intention % q, the man MAJ anu zp9Se '
xrctch's lt'c. and as he tried to 1ntwer tae blood
literally .poated tzum bi. wound. 1u hts frenzy
his tin 1Iiukins-c1p With gore, hurled it Ia the
facee OF the officers, aud then compossdly-K
being 80 tsaFtnlly muss1ed can BE- eatd to oe com
porting bis head in Its proper position with his
hands, died without q struggle.
Ills couptenupce was rendered perfectly .unre
eoenizab1e BY the streams Of eors which had col
ected upon it. and his clothes were perfectly sasu-
zated with his lies blood. which covered the
whole cell A rigid examination, however. sccm-
feet OF $ tnches in height, and with brown natr
and Whiekefs and noustacne. II was stated til Il
be had been stopping at the city Hotel, mud on CO.
in. to that nouse the officers discovered the nams
Of the unfortunate maa to be +. McHcne, from
Racine. In h,s POI kcts, were t9o p.cket.books,
Ole empty and The othcE c.ntaiui.,y *Gi-G0 In cur
reucy, and military pass III his own name srnm
Chstta1oog2, which proved that he was die
charged ssrtean1 in soma volunteer regiment.
The Jury, npon receiving the foregoing particulars,
returned the only verdict thsy could under the cir
crmftances-that he died by his owu hands while
suffering from dellnum trcmens. II this should
NEE. the ete OF any of the re;stlves or the de-
ctased, al Information will be rendered then by
addressing either the Coroner or Superintendent
ofp pn1{rn