Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-12-24
ANOTHER SINGULAR SUICIDE.
4 Outh shoots Himself in a FIJI of Des
nondPnrv

p0ndency.
Ire Fourteenth ward was startled Yesterday
Hf,-TnCOH by one of those seIf-hOr-i cides flor
= d. IA ns su1icIrnt mOuve can be fOund) that
lave 81 i;'te y, ~ 80 frequent IN this city. In
.L- present case boy Oh eighteen years, IIving
" ~ his parents, OF steady habits aud with no
90 tE'r- OF airy KIND except prolonged, but
.'. acute or dangerous, sickness, without Civ
|.- ire slightest UTPmOnifiOn Of his puruo>e
sat q, bullet through his breast ana tumbI-j
r. m D Is chair a bloody corpse
Marx hl-In has lived with his parents
sii-h t~ aud n Ia HE 10. on the first floor of
No p. LIN sheet. and for he past sixteen
--u-.As has been suffering from a pulmonary
---05'ialIt ana u,eu unable ID WORK and for a
I,.-l'l 80 'hr tine confined - the house. HIS
.i= --r- "a. ever. hat lg- assumed a yiruIaut
..lr- D9r had IL gwen any decided symptoms
u rl'l1ea.y. LaIIsIly he I'D been row
I-- ', -als-T caIiy and the Iipa had auuar-n tIy
.'t..~ ppm EtIA mat nr was destined not 10
.Nri- But his parents dl hot nave the
ID guest sLz fI-lJu tia b. haG ANY intention d!
..iH'-i-i. l1c ia CAD, a.. Onsegurr-ly H. was
-r- closely wate he'd. y 80 .rd1F Afternoon h.
N-- sr'-l1g Iu q chair. and vas apparently a.
i-N-L - ittlsr was sh-pnt o. AIS IN =
..-'Is=S and ih- To'h.r was passing IA and
~. OF tt- room ~ hort intervals lu me dis
large .l aeT CusenDit duties. The boy =lr
uIn-iy .aFJ an a rrysrie, bis ewes fixed on
o. .-.ai.l HF hardly uO.ic s.~ nls mote IS she
.r... .erlr.s- -s three O'Clock ,usIef the
..ia -. -L- o. Ler trrC ueEl eTrEauis, leaving
.-..- b.. l,- as Sic A1d often done before
,t'.i- ..e day. Sue had scarcely lei. sIe
-..Ta WL'u sh- vrsS stsT'i-d ~ the -pOI ia
..-.H. no fI- room me hGI iU-t Quilted. Hurry
.-- rack 90 once sIa used n tn dp1~.r.,-
t.-r I'D. as % Wrr. ~ the specs la p re
--r. NaE Iay stretched at full l-ng-E 4p1n
81. LJ.T. '1r blood -pUrJiEg from his I-tr breast
.l .'s.-' -ui I-fS ma surgeons dread to ser.
he'd ~ EiC ? rht hand W - an old FASH ion
cd. --.i-cprslIg pistol empty and the mouth
.-a-r-d by The IsCsDt d 'scnar-e. Tne mother
Fr-I.a 90 am. but ne hssded not. She
yoke lin. DUg ne lao not answer. n was
-lI-s.Cy UECJE-cIDuS. auC without ever having
.-srst 70 ORC IN explanation of III II=I ac-
-- C.'C before TOE medical aid arrived. 'HTj
81 -r!. Dave o. % p0wrTirss 70 save HIM.
The news Of tGr sad event rapidly spread
.- -,ur4 .La- tSn-el- populated section and
traced crowds Of eager and curious people
fu '-- scene. ON Minnie. OF the Fourteenth
l-.. EE..- n0 lever. gUtCaly arrived. aud after
ra-T.sr-.lg ne thToDgs that had gathered about
t-r house tu.S charge OF the remains 10 await
..t -C- IuU tT -Ie Coroner. The pistol was taken
.. o.. ~praE -lreet ststI0n house. but the corpse
-s.~1. L-i Tg the midst of the stricken family.
7 Dr. Iv--rigI-IOU by the Coroner w4Il take
.'.1cs toby. but t = not probable that any
-lCts CrurI than those nJw narrated will ue
siCI .o- All OF the family OF the deceased
have already been closely examined by the
IOlice aUthUTItieE- and none of hem can mag
re any cause for the act except a sudden lit of
''~-uE J-Ecy, caused BY his sickness, al I'M
les this ~ accepted a tl- T.a>On the affair
must TeElaIu HneXI IaIned.-E. j. Herald, ut
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