The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-07-20
sIKAnGE ABERRATIOS or MIND
suicide re. c. WOodman, formerly Of
wet HIrEinia, az the Honman


here one night last winter at the Court
House in the interest ofthe Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad and who discussed
the question Of taxation with Mr.. Stan
ton. He also spoke here last fall du-
ring the Gubernatorial campaign, and
made rather an Interesting address. II
seems from the following narrative in
the New York Times, OF Thursday, that
he committed suicide in that city on
Tuesday. The account given OF it il az
follows:
At noon on Tuesday gentleman ar
rived at the Hoffman House. register
ing his name as c. G. Woodman, Boa
ton, Mass. He appeared some" hsi
nervous end excited, and aDIionsIy az ..
quired Of the clerk, Mr. William q.
MiIIer, whether Mr. CIeaysland, the
Postmaster AT Hartford, Conn, was in
the house, and on being answered IN
| the negative, expressed great disa P
pointmeDt, saying that be had conn,
IDENTIFY expected TO meet Mr.. LisEeihb =!
! immediately ON his arrival, ana iDht =
/ WAS Of importance that he shoui1 bare
! done 90. About an hour amer No y
rival M WoOdman asked 70 De snow u
\ 10 hi room, saying that he hsd hsd
{ M EIepD for several nights, Hnd thht ne
| should now have a long rest he was
! assigned room No. Us, which IS on the
I ,Ixtb floor, on the north sioe OF tLe
Z house. the window looking on Broad
| way disgonalIy, and being tmmedi-
steIy over Twenty-tiIth street.
I Tine nd was in the corner next TO
! tht door. and the furniture was OF
I the oak-grained cottage pattern ano
consisted only Of bureau, bedsteSd, one
chair and a wAsh-stand. Mr.. Wood
mai ri IN mt
about I:3O o'clock, and WAS not aiteF.
wards noticed down stairs. About Z
O'Clock Mrs. wicber, the hOusekeePer,
whose room is on the same floor, and in
close proximity, heard the voice OF MI.
woodman in exPostuIation Win the
chambeFmaid, he saying that he hhd
ruug his bell three times without lts
being answered. Mrs. WicheT then
went out into the hall and sent boy 10
his room, and shortly after she heard
him give the boy an order for rye
whisky, " hich, SO far as il known WAS
his last communication with any one
About O'Clock Mrs. Wicner heard a
noise which she thought was that OF
lire-crackeT; but after listening mo-
ment and hearing nothing further, paid
no attention To the matter.
AIS O'Clock yesterday morning the
chambermaid, Anna Cannon, opened
the door TO take in the towels, bu, SEES
log the occupant, as she supposed,
asleep on the floor, with his head near
the wall and his feet toward the door,
the body lying on the left SIDE the
head resting partly on the arm. ara
4 partly on the door. she clO~ed The door.
1 At noon she again opened the doorI but
seeing the man in the same position,
she again, did not enter. Al 8 O'Clock
she again attempted TO enter but meet
ing the same sight, she reported the
matter to Mrs. Wicher. That lady
glanced into the room and reported TO
the Office that there WAS man sick or
dead in room No. lZS, wEereupon MI.
f. r. Mccarthy, the general superin-
Iendeut, went up TO the room. he
approached the Eecumbent figure
and ut once discovered that ii
was that OF man dead by violence,
and then Immediately leaving the room
and locking the door, reported the mat
ter without delay to Capt. SpeighL, Of
the Twenty-uinih Precinct Station
house, and notice was also sent to
Coroner Cover. Ohcer Sanford OF the
Twenty-niuth Precinct. WAS placed In
charge L: the room, keeping his post in
the hall outside, and matters thus re-
manned until the arrival OF Coroner
Cover at $3.50 O'Clock. When that Of
ficlal entered the room the body lay In
the position already described. 1t was
clothed in a shirt, pair of drawers and
removed. The pistol lay upon the
floor, partially under the body, and
WAS q small one OF the Smith q Weston
pattern, one chamber being discharged
and the other loaded. The body was
turned over and lead pencil OF For
bes' patent fell from over the ear.
When the body was placed upon its
back IL was found that the bullet had
entered directly over the heart, and the
pistol had been placed so close TO the
body,when fired that the flesh WAS burn
ed and blackened with the explosion.
The figure was that of n man Of large
stature, with Il mRlfOrInAt!on of the
right foot; The hair WAS black, the face
was long a nd narrow, and cleHn-shHven.
The general appearance of the deceased
indicated his age to be at least 40 years,
but the evidence on the inquest declared
him to bs but thirty-hve. After the
view Of The body, the Coroner proceed
ed to Investigate the matter, the first
step being to read the numerous scrawls
and letters that deceased left in prodi-
gal prnfusion behind him, one of them
being written on the blank page of
new novel, "Diavolo," the leaves OF
which were stall uncut. The most of
these letters treated OF family matters,
but all of them betrayed a morbid con-
dItion of the mind almost bordering on
insanity, and weariDess of life and a
dest part of very sad story. One Of
these letters, showing most wildly the
mental condition of the deceased, is as
follows:
DEAR BROTHER: only wish TO say
that 1 desire you to take such
best, and to bear to Hetty
and the children, to mother. who has
always been so very good, aud 10 my
other brothers aud sisters, my earnest
wishes for their happiness. am badly
made up, and am an entire failure, as
You know. My friends can do better
without me than with me. 1 Will go,
and sincerely hope you will all profit
by my going. My sentiments toward
you all are gull Of love and gratitude
for many favors undeserved. / love
you all. l leave you the charge of ad-
Vising and assisting my children. Tell
HettY that my last letter to Lottie was
my farewell. 1 die loving and respect
ing her. know that she is noble. pure
and good, and that she made the mis-
take in joining her life with the lite OF
50 poor wretch as |. From my hearts
core / say, God bless you all. You have
dealt Justly with the.
Be friendly to Hetty and the chill
dTen, and If see the blessed who have
gone before, will plead with them TOR
YOU and yours. To each and every one
/ leave my love-it is all that l have
excepting pain, physical and mental,
which I mean TO cure asssoon as posi-
bic. Have As little said in the papers
rs possible. Good bye.
The Het.y referred to in this letter
il the widow of the deceased. 1t was
further developed by the testimony that
Mr.. WoOdman was native of Boston,
where his mother, widow and children,
OF whom he leaves three, reside. One