The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-11-16

ALMOST d EUIClDE-aN
ATTEMPTS TO TAKE his OWN LlFE.-Coaside
rable excitement was occasioned YESTERDAY
afternoon about halfpast 2 O'Clock in the
neigh borhood of the Third police.statior
when it was learned that an old man near
by, on MARSHALL street, had attempted to tak'
his life by cutting bis throat with razor
| The police were notified, and conveyed The
unfortunate man, who was bleeding pro
| fusely, to the station-house. He proved to
| be Michael Lyon, an old Irishman, OF good
standing, who lives just back of Hollywood,
| near Clark's spring.
The city ambulance was summoned anC
| the poor man promptly taken to the aims
house, where DR.. Charles Britain and DR.. D
T.. Hanna rendered the necessary m. dica
aid, and everything was done to alleviate his
suffering. The cash on the right side OF bis
neck was found to be about an inch and 9
half in length. 1t was an inciSed wound in
f1icted by a razor directly over the jugulal
vein and carotid artery. Although in dan
gerous situation, it is believed to be super.
fetal, not haying injured the large vessels
below. There was considerable veinal hem
orrhage caused by the severing of smaller
veins, but at 6 O'Clock in the evening the
bleeding had almost ceased.
At bis request a priest was senator, and
during the evening Bishop Gibbons and
Father Jarsseps called to see him.
Michael Lyon is an old man about fifty.
one wears of age, and is we'll known in the
community as q section-tender in Holly
wood. He is highly spoken of by all who
know him, and no particular cause is assign.
ed for this act other than temporary de-
rangement and depression Of spirits, from
which he has been suffering for some weeks
past. -
On Thursday last Father Handley was no.
titled by some Of his friends that they were
very much troubled about him, and feared
he might take bis life, as be did not appear to
be himself, and carried razor in his pocket
DIR. Cullen was sent for late in the evening,
and at last accounts the wounded man was
doing as well as could be expected.
TIE MYSTERY CLEARED UP -MRs. WILL
HANSON CARRIED HOME Mr.. B. d. William
son, husband of the lady who was found in
an iDsensible condition on the porch of the
Monte Maria Convent on Saturday morning,
arrived in the city on Sunday. MIR. William.
son keeps bar.room at Big Lick, Salem
county, and lives not altogether happy With
bis wife, who is subject to violent attacks OF
hysteria, amounting almost to Insanity. BY
SEINE she is not regarded as entirely Of sound
mind. On Friday she got in fret about
something and took the DOWNSTREAM when it
stopped at Big Lick, Her husband, upon
ascertainipg that she had left home, at frst
that she had gone to see her mother,
who resides near Fincastie, the nearest sta-
ton to which Is Bonsack's. Becoming un-
easy. Mr.. Williamson walked down from Big
Lick to Bonsack's, only TO 6nd out that his
wife had not been seen there. Upon return
ing to Big Lick the telegram from Captain
Bigger was given him, and he at once came
on to Richmond. q. a,5
It 10 Believed that Mrs. w Willianson's pur-
pose in going to the convent was to ask ad.
nittance, and for q time to seclude herself
iron the world. tS.Fi2 ~
A brother of hers. whe Was killed or died
"a the Confederate service, is buried near
Ashland; and once In q period OF hysterIa
,r insanity she left her home and went to
a sblarfd, and was found wandering about
he woods. Mrs. Williamson during her stay
& the alnshouSe freq lently spoke OF her d1-
eased brother, and requested to be carrlEd
o Ashland; but, though very weak ssnd
mite sick, she was yesterday morning t4kea
sck to her home by her husband.
BUsSEp 10 DEAra WITH KEBosESE Nn,-
he cOlored sWomsn Perkias who&wss so
readfully burned on Saturday by t#e explo,
ON of kerosene lamp died ct ting esidenee
{ her husband that night. ThMpoor gwo-
ian suffered terribly for hourS snd when
,e attendant physicians ende cred 70 re-;
.oye the clothing fr0sn. her 1esh peeled
ON the back. Her suffer- A$g was intense
:. ho,,ss ht,t doof n m i, red her AT