River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1875-04-16
sad Death OF "a former Resident of
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S"u Death Oh q former Resident OF
Minnesota.
The San Francisco Chronical contains
the following account Of the death of Jas.
Wyhe, formerly merchant in st. Paul.
The death Of the prisoner in tho dark
| cell of the City Prison on Thursday night
excited considerable comment about
the City Hall yesterday. The clothing of
the deceased was examined by the Depu.
ty Coroner yesterday, and in his pockets
a package of papers was found which dis.
| closed the name, occupation, age and cir.
cumstances in life Of the deceased The
discovery casts an increased sadness over
the unfortunate event, when it is consid-
cred that the arresting officer, whose duty
II IS to search the prisoner, might have
ayerted the melancholy occurrence had
he performed his duty faithfully and
made thorough search Of the prisoners
| clothing. The package contained a large
number of letters addressed to j. G.Wylie.
Some of the letters were from his father.
DR.. Alexander Wylie, resident Of Ma.
tilda, county of Dundas, Ontario. A let
ter from lawyer announced the death of
his father, and conveys the
intelligence that certain prop
erty has been bequeathed
to him by his fathers will. There were
letters from various persons pertaining to
business matters. There were also found,
though very much thumbed and worn,
copies Of complaint and summons in an
action for divorce brought against him by
his wife, Francis NJ. Wylie,in the Fifteenth
District Court in this city, on the 4th Of
January, 1873. The complaint alleges
that the parties were married in Chicago
in 1862, and that they lived together un
til May, 1859, when the deceased deserted
his wife. They had three children, aged,
respectively, six, eight and ten years.
The grounds for the divorce, as
mentioned in the complaint, were
desertion, failure to support and con-
slant dissipation. A reference to the
Great Register shows that James G.
Wylie was naturalized in 1871, in the
United States Circuit Court, and was by
trade an upholstsrer, engaged in business
on the corner of Sansome and Sacrament
to streets. His age was about AZ years at
the time Of his heath.
Among the other papers of the de-
ceased was found a crumpled piece of
white paper containing the following
verses:
Dimes and dollars, dollars and dimes,
An empty pocket is the worst of crimes
| know poor, but honest man,
! Who tries to live on an honest plan.
| know poor but honest youth
| Whose faith is on maiden's truth.
| But lover comes whose charms are these,
A nose well tinted with brandy's red,
A soul well schooled in villainy's school,
But he knoweth the rule.
Dimes and dollars, dollars and dimes,
An empty pocket is the worst OF crimes.
| Poor, poor is he, and poor he will be
| A scorned and hated thing is he;
Abroad he leadeth beggars lite,
| At home he meeteth a starving wife
Dimes and dollars, dollars and dimes,
An empty pocket is the worst of crimes
So get you wealth, no matter how,
| No questions asked by the rich, trow;
! Steal by night and ste by day,
| Doing 1t all in legal way
Dimes and dollars, dollars and dimes,
An empty pocket is the worst of crimes.
At the left hand corner Of the paper
were written the following words; SEX
perience of James Wylie."
The Coroner yesterday invited num-
Der of well known physicians to witness
the autopsy, as made by DR.. Crook. A
critical examination was made and it was
decided that death resulted from serious
effusion of the brain, which means
than the watery portion of
the brain mad diifused itself
throughout the brain and caused apo
plexy. 1t will he for the jury to deter
mine whether tie effusion was directly
caused by the long confinement of the de-
ceased in the dark cell. The coroner will
subpoena an intelligent jury and all the
facts in the matter are to be brought out.