The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-07-31
TIRED Or LIFE.


terworth, living on st. Claire street. be-
tween Canal and Rock River streets, COM
mitted suicide BY cutting his throat With
common pocket knife. The circum-
stances Of the case, as near as can be
learned, are as follows: { il 1s{tt3l0 /
Butterworth and his wife have not lived
happily together for long time aud on
the 18th Of June she had hin: ARRESTED and
fined for being drunk and abusing her.
He was sent to Jail, and when he was re-
leased he made threats that he would kill
his wife, and he was arrested again on
June 25th on complaint Of his daughter
Mrs Elizabeth Eaton, and was held in
500 bonds to keep the peace. He pro-
cured bail. but his wife would not live
with him. He then turned over his house
and lot to the overseer of poor for this
township on conditionthat he could have
a home at the poor house as long as he
lived. He went out to the poor house
three times but always returned Aaftei q
few days absence. The last time he went
out was last Monday, Yesterday morning
Mr.. Bailey, having charge Of the poor
house, asked him to grind an axe but he
replied that he did not go out there to work,
became offended, and started to Rock ISL
and on foot He arrived here in the after.
noon, and went to his house, then empty
where he remained until in the evening,
when he went to g saloon and got two
drinks. He returned home, and going to
his daughters house, next door, and in the
same yard, asked for some smoking to-
bacco, and on receiving it, sat down on
the door step aud began sharpening his
pocket knife, and made the remark that
he would be a dead man by midnight
He had often threatened to kill himself,
to which threats no attention was paid.
After sharpening his knife he went
into his house, and that was the last seen
of him until this morning when he came to
his daughters and asked for more tobac-
co, After receiving it he walked back
into the house. This was about 100 O.
clock. About s o'clock his daughter heard
a noise in the house where he was, aud on
going to the door saw her father leaning
against the back door OF his house covered
with blood, and she started toward him,
| but before she reached him he fell, face
downward to the ground. She immediate
ly gave the alarm. A crowd soon gather
ed, and DIR. Craig was sent for, The body
was carried into the house and laid Oh the
floor, when his throat was found to be Gu
> from ear to ear, severing the windpipe ant
several large veins, although DR.. Craig
does not think the jugular vein was cut
There was one small cut about an inch an,
e half long near the large cash on the left
+ side of the throat. The doctor sewed VI
the cash, Butterworth struggling with al
his might to prevent his doingiit.s Tn
j., doctor then left, having done all in hi
= power to save him. and saying he had los
too much blood for any hope in tha
direction. ~Butterworth lay on tn
floor, terrible picture to loo
u at, covered with blood and dirt
in from head to foot, clutching at his throa
lie to tear out the stitches and making sewers
attempts to get hold of the knife agai
which was on the floor in the front room
where he had dropped it, He made Sc
~ eral attempts to talk. and asked to see b
If two little grand-children-this was all tn
:, could be distinguished of his mutterins
In his last sttempt to crawl into the fro
L. room for the knife, be sank down init
%. doorway and expired in few minute
al at half past 10 o'clock, his head rel
ing in the hands of City Ma
shall Halves and an ARGUS reporte
at He seemed to have his senses up to t
time of his death, refusing all offers of q
sistance by shaking bis head and resist
Ih all who attempted to aid him. In t
ifl front room where the deed were commit
it'll were two large pools of blood, and the sid
me of the room were smeared oveF with blot
~ ny probably made in his endeavors to get @
lp' of the room. The knife was very d
ap one, and the blade not oyer three inch
MY long,
ted D.., =,
sci Dut'elwortn WEES ~ Years oios anu
Of born in Manchester, Eng He came
her this country in ls4a, and to this city
1857, where he worked at his business
the that Of an engineer, He has not, howev
yor worked any for the last two years, Ethe Il
the place being at the stove works. He b
MS always been slave to Intoxicating driI
me He leaves a wife az years old, and
daughter, wife of Youell p. Eaton, wo
10, ing at the stove foundry.
inr Coroner Knox was notified, and he
mediately notified his boys, Frank a
Sam, and proceeded to Butterwort
H. house where the rest of the jury was p
cured. Marshal Halves was appoint
,aa foreman. After hearing the evidence
several witnesses they brought in "
- dict in accordance with the above facts
the His funeral was from theSresidence
ate Mr.. Eaton, next door to his property tt
ich afternoon at o'clock.
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