Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-01-02
Fort, Hours Awaiting Death.

a PARLIAMENTARY COOL PREPARATIONS FOR
TAk'rG Has LiFE-A BRAIN UNPUIsED BY a
MORBID DREAD OF a SECOND ATTACK -
FAEALEsEs.
> sr,lisAiy dressed, fine looking young man
entered be Office 81 the SOUileTn hOte! o. Sur
day and registered a. Charles ). Roberts 81
Columbus, pTiO- he { ok front IOym IN the
thiTd story, and retired for the Bis ht. On Mon
Gay molI 'Bg be lett the house ana d.d not re-
turn till Afternoon wBen, after telling The clerk
that IA wished 10 be lett Undisturbtd, he went
10 hIs room. Ou Tuesday morning ne did u, {
90 down to breakfast, and when the chamber
L aid raped 1t his door, he said IAN right
aud She went away lie kept hiS room all day.
Yesterday morn NJ he failed 10 appear at break
fast, and the proprietor Of the house sent the
clerk TO see what Was the matter. The clerk
XII Cked at the door OF the room and the Occu-
pant repeated bis answer that he was "ali
right. " and added 'Don't bother me-" Late In
the afternoon porter, August CIapp, pounded
loudly on the panels OF the door and Mr..
Roberts, teebly and huskily, made his sccus-
TONED reply Of "All right" The waiter told
him that he must open the door or he should
have to burst IL in. The lodger asked him TO
bring glass of ~h iskey TO the room and said
that he would then let him in. When Mr. Clapp
returned with the li0uor the door was unloc ked
and he found Roberts lying in bed. AS the lat
ter raised the glass to his lips he lifted his chin
and the walter saw deep cash across his
throat.
Mr. Roberts. pale and weak from loss OF blood,
was taken down to the Office and his wound was
examined. 1t was about three inches in length,
and penetrated TO the windpipe, barely missing
the life arteries. He had also opened several
veins in his arms and hsd bled prOfusely, the
bed clothing being soaked with blood. DIR.
Allen pronounced the wounds not fatal, and the
young man was taken 70 Bellevue hospital.
Mr.. Roberts said last evening that he was
clerk in smercanUile house in Philadelphia snd
that he came to New York or the express puT-
pose of taking his life; that his true name was
Charles Clark, and that he registered a fictitious
name in the hotel TO save his friends unneces.
saTy pain. Last March he hsd a shock OF pa
r8lyss. end has since been harassed by a con-
slant dread Of another. A few days ago he ex-
perienced ali the premOnitory symptoms OF a
second attack, and he determined to put sn end
to bic life. He was perfectly sane, he said, when
he went TO his room on Monday night, and be
took the precautiOn 20 tell the clerk not TO dis
turb him, go that he would have time 10 bleed TO
death before he was discovered. He was not
decided whether he would commit the act on
Monday night OF the next day. About midnight
be formed his decision and arose from his bed,
and found his razor in the darkness. He cut as
deeply as the knife would 90, and went back 20
his couch TO await death. He lay without food
or drink until WEDNESDAY, when he was obliged
to admit the waiter. He says that IL be RECEIVERS
this time he shall never make another attempt
st suicide.
Mr. Clark is only "A years old, lie decidedly
handsome, and shows for more than ordinary
talents. lie smiled pleasantly as be described
and said grimly that 1.-THE damned razor was so
dull that he couldn't make IL work, !" adding that
he hoped the newspapers would make sensa-
uoTal reports, as he wished 10 read them.
Mr.. Clark lived with his parents st 30 South
street, Philadelphia He has a brother In New
York, in the nrm Of Fisk, Clark s. Flag, at s9s
Broadway.-N. y. Sun, Slst.