, 1873-12-08

after 9 o'oloel ti,l9 m9,rfn1ng Tug oi!loe No.,
floor at tho time. He wont to tho ofllco.. nhl
tic night clerk ihfortnc'l htti' thai y pistol,
ho lad bettor 40 and noe what wis Ito tnattot.
Wont to tho wing n,,tl found tho door Of roofri
No. 60 open. Thoro was strong aeent Of burnt
powder: IN the haIl. Tho doceasctl was lying
baroau Tic w wounded % mati @ ~as alIve' Int H. H.
acsisblc. His eyes wore cloRed.. Caltod Dr.
Holman. md lle Immediately cano down froti lid
room. 1foard two piatoI-bl.otn III 1nick aucccn-
failing on iloor. Via On tho Third door, in al-
otllor wing OF tho building, whom tho Bhota wcro
DR.. Edwin Dsntly, who made nm examination
tfo found tllat pistoi-hail lad eltorod tho roof
Of tho mouth OH. the loft sido, passing upward
and backward bchlnd th6 loft eyo, lodging In thu
braiu, and fraotlring tho base Of thd 1kun II lta
pa4aage. producing noarly Instant doatll.
acquainted with tho lcceasod, aud SAW him about
lalf-past 8 o'clock last evening. Yesterday ho
visited Jones atore, and they wont to luncheon
together. 1Io complained Of feeling II. Was in
half-past 6 o'clock IN tho evening thoyy wont to
until o'clock. ue aio lttle soup 1 and aaid ho
fclt much bottor. They thon Walked to the
corner, Of euttor and Koarny strects ind
Ho was usually iii good spirlta when welt. uo
complained that llo could not sleep soundly at
night. Whom they aopnrated tho deceased said
he would 90 to bod as ho had slopt but little
the night before. 1lo has = mother l, mud sister
trouble on Ills mind. He was d man who drank
vino occasionally, but he drank nothing yostor-
day. Ho was 28 years Of ago. and natlvo OF
Tennessee,
r-1 ~ - IL. {tu1G G{njad
army, tostiaod that the docoased WIS Major
and Paymastor in tho army, aud Colonel By
broyot In tho army. Was with him from 10
o'clock until hulf-past 10 last evening. Ho then
started upstairs, saying that ho was goiug to
bed to got good sleep. 1lo appearea unusually
net. He purchased book boforo going to bed.
Tho BOOK" AIiddlemarch found OIL tho bed
of tho docoasod waa shown to the witness, and fio
recognized it as similar iu Appearance to tho ono
purchased lust avoning.
The jury found tho following verdict:
"That tho deceased came to his death on tho
27th lay Of Novcmbur, 1873, At tho Occidental
Hotel, from pissol-ahot In tho head, inflicted
by hmeelf with suicidal intent. Wo find TINT
the deceased was natlyo Ut Tennessee, an
officer IN tho United StateB atnly. aud ~ years
Col. Morrow received iis commission az Major
in tho army in May, 1867. For two years from
this lato he served ~ tho private secretary OF Of
Of President Johnao,'s tor1n OF oflico Col. Nor
row waB appointed paymaster in the army, and
two years ago was assigned to tho Arizona Dlyi-
ato1l. About month since lle came to this city
from Arixonn md settled up his accounts with
tho Government. 1t il stated by hin friends
TINT no WAS racontly assigned to duty in this city.
Tlorc IL a curious coincidence III connection
with tho suicide OF Col. Morrow. HiR predecca-
Bor as pay1nastor III Arizona, COL Dana, also
committed suicide about two yoarB ago, by
throwing hin,sof out Of q window Of q building
oil Cont Island. Col. Morrow was man OF
brilsluft nttainmonts and agreeable mannors, and
possessed spirits Of unusual bnoyancy.