The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-11-09
Remarkable suicide of Il Young Man
IN NeW York City.

lfr3n the Few York Herald, November :.
A very singular suicide, at 81 Morton
street. was reported to Coroner Schirmer,
at his office, yesterday morning. The vie
tim of sell-deStruction was George Henry
Starr. Il remarkably precocious youth, not
sixteen years of age, who lived with his
parents ut the above number. Deceased
possessedwondcrful reasoning faculties for
one of his age, often spoke of the future,
and frequently expressed great desire to
would complain of his head, and was some
thing Of a somnambulist, as he had often
arose in his sleep, and on one or two occa-
sions came near falling from an upper win-
dow to the pavement. -
Mr.. Alfred Garroway, young gentleman
living in the same house with deceased,
testified before the coroner that Young Starr
nearly always conyersed with him on philo-
sophical subjects, the immortality Of the
soul, the existence Of q God, and the future
state. About o'clock Saturday evening the
witness and deceased took a walk stepped
into the Pavilion on Broadway for about
ten minutes. and then started home; when
near. the corner of Bleecker and Carmine
streets deceased requested his friend to wait
till he went into the drug store on the cor
ner, as be said, to take away the smell Of
the wine he had drank in Broadway.
George soon Joined his companion, and
they walked home together, soon after
which Garroway went to his room
George followed in two minutes, and act
ed very strangely, looking at Garroway
earnestly, walking about the room holding
his hands to his side as il he had pain. Gar
roway invited him to sleep with him, but he
declined, and told the witness he might come
to his room in half an hour, which he did,
and found George in bed and the light put
out. By request Garroway did not light the
gas, but crawled into bed IN the dark,
When George asked him to shake
hands with him, and asked him if he liked
him. Garroway soon fell asleep, and awak-
ing at 5 o'clock a. NJ, heard his bed-teliow
gasp, which so alarmed him that he jumped
out of bed and lit the gas. He was horri-
fed on looking on the bureau to see two
ounce vial containing a small quantity OF
ing is copy
az cannot help it; I ask Garroway to
forgive me; l am his friend, but l must
see what is beyond. All forgive me. .
GEORGE Fl. STARR"
On making this discovery, Garroway has
tened down stairs and aroused Mr.. and Mrs.
Starr, who, on going up, found their son
dead. Two or three doctors were at once
summoned, and, on examining the body,
pronounced life extinct. Such in substance
was the testimony elected before the coro-
ner. On the vial referred to was q label of
white paper, on which the word "Lauda-
mum" was written in large letters. 1t was
at first believed that the poison came from
the drug store of Henry Imhof. No. 6 Car
mine street, but that gentleman, on view
ing the body Of young Starr, said he never
saw him before, and denied selling him any
laudanum. Where. the poison was pro-
cured is therefore mystery which may
never be cleared up. Dr. Joseph Cush-
man, who examined the body, gave as his
Eopinion that death was due to an overdose
of laudanum. .ea.. ... 81 r-.sH