The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1866-11-10
Horrible Tragedy in New York.

committed suicide by cutting his
throat. From the evidence taken be-
fore tho Coroner, it would appear that
for some years past deceased has been
in poor health, and about FIVE years
since his mental faculties became so
impaired as to neccsSitatc his removal
to an insane asylum. After remain
ing there a short time his mind was T.
considered sufficiently restored, and
he was removed from the asylum to- :
his residence. Since that time he has {.
at times been subject to fits of insani
ty, but neither his wife nr son consid-
cred there was any danger of his at
tempting his life. On Thursday
ninhy ne scc1acl cheerful, and retired
as usual.
Yesterday nornihg he arose about
6 o'clock, and,, accompanied by his
wife, proceeded to the rear basement
for the purpose of building fire in
the range preparatory to cooking the
lnorning meal. 1t is now supposed
that deceased must have placed case
of razors in his pocket before leaving
his sleeping apartment, as on reaching
the basement, he removed his coat
cravat and collar, and thch took one of
the razors from the case. At this
iahcturc he WIS discovered by Mrs.
Francis;-who attempted to take tho
wcaprn frons' him. Catching up
small hatchct from table near by
tho desperate ,pan dealt her'a blow on
lire cheek, inficting CHASTITY wound.
,nd ;rsccond blow on the back of the
lead, .rtnderihg her inscnsihlc. Ilo ,
then drew the razor across his throat
sevelihg The w;hdpipc, and causing
death>in d sh ,rt time.
!. There uas'rs' one in the house at
the time but the injured persons and
their son. Edward, Junior, also, who.
was lyihGasleeh in an uppcrr6om. The
noise of thcTsttrs4le did not awake him, Z.
and it was net until 81 o'clock, when
he came down'ttt' breakfast, that he
discovered the awful tragedy which
had been pcrpctritcd. On entering
the kitchen he Was amazed to find his
father lying dcad'ch the floor, and the
insensiblc form Of his mother living
across the dead body. On the floor
wasa large pool of blood.
The son at once acquainted some Of
tho ncighbors with the terrible news, J.
and DIR. a. Buchanan was called in.
The injured woman was removed to
the dining-room, where her wounds
were dressed and every attention paid
her, but up to II late hour she had not
recovered consciousness, and was con-
sidored By the attendant physician in:
IL critical condition.
The body of the deceased was quite
cold when tho physician was called in. i.
indicating that life must have been
extinct for at least two hours. On cx-
aiming tho body it was found that the
trachca and the right carotid artery
had been severed. Death must have
resulted in short time from the loss
Of blood. On Il table close by were
found the razor and Ratchet, both COW
cred with blood. Tho above evidence.
being submitted to the Jury, thcy
found a verdict "that the deceased
came to his death by suicide by cut
1l'S HiS tiiroat, Wnllc laborlnG under
temporary alteration of mind.
Deceased was native of Utica,
New York, aged fifty-fivc years, but
has lived in this city the greater part
OF his life For the past twenty-five
years he has been member of the
Twenty-third Street Baptist Church.
at the time of his death he was tho
Treasurer of the New York Montana
Mining and Discovery Company, and
was we'll known to the business com
munity as an upright and intelligent
man, Several yeTs since he made an
extended Europesn to,r, and being
man of culture and education, often
reverted to- this fact witR pleasure.
Hew York Times.