, 1874-12-02
SUICIDE IN A HOTEL.

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EXAMINATION OF THE uASx ny THE conoSEN.
deliberate suicide waa ronmstto yuserttay After
nouh about o'cock by q yollnG 1,nn natnoa :. Q.
IsubfnEon. In his room ut tho Grand Pacific Hotel,
ncccasod Was discovered dead in bed by ehnnlhsr
mail. Ills ln,bn wcro distorted and contracted,
allowing plainly That 6omo doatly poison hail
caused h!s death. Dppusy-Coroner Pilgrim WAS
notified, and hold au inquest shortly aftorward Tho
Objects Of eceassd wors examined, but s!era wan ,o-
Ing III thcn to indicate Tho Of the rssh net. II
loarned TINT l,o Ind arison In tho morning and
gouo into tho drugstore Of Or. stoard, In tho otol
building, and purchased twenty grains Of nsryc,n!uo
cTystos Of which found IN glass ua Tho tnble
md On tho lips al lccoascd.
John Hall, tho slrng-clork, waa nummonrd before
tho Jury, mud testified that Robinson Ind caod at tho
store and asked for strycl1uine.
Tbs Witness inquired what he wantod 1t for, nns1
Robinson said ho wan going 10 dissolve 1t In some
water anA use It TO kill dog. Witness then piaced 70
gsn!na Of lilo deadly drug tu n analt piece of paper,
mud wrapped 1t up. Ho about TO label It, when DO
ceased told him ho noe not do 80, ho waa going to
usc 1t right away. On being questioned by Jurors,
Hall ctated TINT ho tnow Hrychn'nu would nok dissolve
III wntcr aud that dccenscd accmod perfectly rational
when he calna into tho store.
Or. 1Ienrotin, tho County rhybcsan, tcati1od that
tAero was duubt but tint deceased committed su-
cltlo by taking tho Blryelnine and incidentally ru-
Marked tint tho ndlscrminne salo Of notnoas III thu
unt he shuia uko every in Ills lpwcr 10 prose-
cuto thu party who guilty Of such soss ncgoc III
| tho undur Inquest.
Coroi,nr-elect Dietzscl, who ia old chemias, md
WAS J,lyur In tu cast stated That atrycllntno would
not 9isspYo iii watcr, un.l asked HnlL II ho lid not
know tint fact. The ut.er replied tllat he did, but
still ho did mt question Robinson when ho n,nin tho
remark nlnut .tisAolvin The 1oaon III water. He also
asked lInlI ii ho knew how snally tloga twcAty
grnuu OF atryclinino would kill, hnl he nnswcrud
fivo s1s." nir. Dtetzach stated Tint onc-elghh
Of grain wauk1 kill man, mud that twenty yrn!ua
/ were enough to hill hundred dogs.
ueoreo H. Fassct chief clerk Of the hotel, anted
| TINT hs Baw deceased In lilo oltco about 8 O'Clock
yesterday morning, md lie appeared w1 and rational
le n,ne refnrk nbot selling lard to A1r. Fair
bailt. l[o hnd boan In the Otae Hinrc Nov. "a, apt
witness had mt noticed anything strange unusual
! III Ills manner. WitueEA llal been notified by .
! cNnNl1crnnii Of tlocoascdn DEATH and took charge o
| his nITccts.
Tie jury rendered verdict to tho ofoet that do,
cfase calnc tn hts eah from overdose OF strych
ntne administered by hts Owl, hand.
Robinson 1ue1Der Ut tho firm Of O. q. Deue-
| dict + Co., commisFion merchants anil WHOLESALE
dealers III nnur a, provisions, at No. a. uroaa etrcet
Nrw York City, ati gave esldoncc, IN Ills mn,li,cr
| hhariig, Of nlHu Whn waH In comfortable clrcllm
Gts1ceu al1 of tho most respectable connections. Iii
age waH about II ,carH. Ills partner jn Euw York
| tefeErarhed Tito mil intelligence, and replied nMe
dtntey Tint oetascl should he placed In e;Hket mt
gent 70 Lis friends Mt once. Thu ro.ans will 10 for
| WarfGh tu-llay.