The New York herald., 1870-05-05
DAVID NOSrRAND,
DIED APRIL 30, 1870,
AGED 20 YEARS, 10 MONTHS, 10 DAYS


The body was dressed in plain suit OF black. The
features were said TO look almost as natural
a. Ia life, ,o and certainly IN their calm re.
close. The gre Of the wife End children .aais the
Oldest being daughter Of seventeen, pO .sessing
continuance Of rarely sweet beauty aud intel
ana the last little girl Of hive years -as they took
hnal look Of the remlins. was painfully agonizng
heartrendng spectacle did not move to tears.
THE BURIAL.
Tho place OF interment was an old family burial
ground on the farm, Here TO minge with Inc dust
Of his ancestors. burel for generations before him,
tne BODY Y a sor Ss1s ls,vd ds only
the sobs and eroans Of the family. and re.
Iations and friends was consigned to its last
from the road. Large trees, with roots twnng
deeply about the heaistones, and whose spreading
sure, while budding and blossoming into bright
beauty are abundant lowers past aud present lri-
HOW TIE DEED WAS DONE.
1t was really relief when the funeral ceremonies
after. some condoling win the a0cted family, and
some, with a curiosity 1t was impossible 10 sup.
resI climbing a up to the top NOW Of The barn
still visible on the rater on which the rope was tied;
the BEAM nearly underneath, upon whicn he stood
listening to the varied reclials OF the norrd
details. Although the members OF the family
was sae everysg yey clearly ss %
dicates that he came to his death by his own hands,
IL was not oniy suicide, but most deter
mined one. He took three means Of COM
rope. portion of bottle Of laudanum was
found on beam near where the remains were
discovered. This was too weak To be effective lie
had two raZOTs, one OF which is missing and has not
been found since, but is believed TO he hid among
the hay. 1t is easy TO see how the deed was done
He took the laudanum and ,hls not oper-
aiing with the fatality he expected lie got
up on beam, fastened the rope round a rafer
made moose at tile end for his neck, placed his
tgttened It, gave quick cut across his upper arm
with the razor, severipg muscles, tendons
and veins TO tho bone, and another
across. the throat win such deermina.
the body and his head leaning forward a. he die
this, fell at once from his standing place dangling
from the rafter. But we need not dwell on these
details They have already been mnutely given in
the HERALD. 1t has not been made sufficiently
clear, however.
WHY TIE DEED WAS DONE.
~ was not peennia1y embarrassment. His farm
was Ifee from mortgage Or O.her encunlbrances. He
stood IN no special need Of money. The story that
he came TO this city the day before the suicide 60
thls ne made away with himself il untrue. In the
FIRST place, an aunt committed sucide by hang
ing Few years ego, ana there may be a
suicidal tendency In the family There Is not
is strong basis OF argument in the fact that several
summers since lie was sunstruck and that up TO
the time OF his death he had never fully recovered
from the effects OF IL. lie subject to attacks OF
giddiness, or clashes" as he called them, and
about q month ago was with great diiiculty
restored TO consciousness from one OF those attacks.
This, no doubt preyed on his mind. He has recently
been subject to fits OF despondency. and the day
before killing himself kissed his two younger chill
dren mQst alseuoaately before they went away,