, 1876-07-10
JEFrERY, THE SUICIDE.
Rfe Conduct at 81. f.n,tIb Before Coming to
Chicago.


at the Palmer 1fonsc, Chicago, on Tuesday night
last, cums 10 g. Louis during tie frat week IN
Juno, ostcnslIy 10 Visit lta sister aad brother.
'n-aw, WHO ara living on Pine street, near ronr.
tecnth, and who stand high In tho estimation Ut
all by whom thoy are known. Being more than
ordinarily bright, anl having large fund ot IN.
formation Hleancd from caseful rpntl'ng, llo
would have found Il difficult 10 e1.a,ist hls vel.
COME. but for seemingly slight though incradt
cable drawback.
There was woman At tho bottom Of It ali.
Bome bewitchlug, hazel-cycd Sucker girl, sur.
named "DollIe," hnt possession not only Of hls
hcArt, but Of his mtul, and N she apparently
did not case 0s for the former, the latter went
awry. Wien he arst ea,nu here lie WAS but little
changed from lls usunl self, l,cing h1ioyel up
by tho hopo that The tide 0f fortune
turn p his ,layer,. and that eventually
all would BE- we'll, Something transpIrcd, hors.
eyer, by w,lch he lost this !lUpe, aud thouEll ho
!ud not wear upon lis urn q ea1gc OF dcspalr,
which ended With hia lift md there " NO ques-
tionlng tho ;faat that sutcldc Gucamo a.fxcd
putpose in his mind whilc he WIS here and SOW
rral Tceks pteyloua II l.is departure for ChhGa-
0ughiy mapped out in his n,fui long before l,o
attempted u garry them Into execution. IIs
visit 70 st. f.ou!s was evidently not I. Joyous
ot,e, and II con1fort he did ehjoy II WAS y lEa
ts ren fSe L. sos ssys saS sSS.s xtt
There was scarcely anyt.ling sufficiently attract.
ive to draw him outside Ut titors, and, Nhtio
neither eross nor tnoruse,. no appeared to prefer
wonid not talk of, and It, speaking of anything
that rotated to himself, he appeared tu baye
dropped tho future put Of Ills rcrkonlngs and
tU 6u considering only the prceant
In mnny respects jei1cry WAS All exceptional
ytnn 1Ya hflr n aaH ft,ho
expression; was always polite; ever ready with
~ answer 10 whatever giestion might b. put 10
him. aud wa IN pycry way calculated to il!prcss
to hts buslreas future he had ITO right to doubt
fortune, and " docs not appear TINT he did, for,
young ~ he waa, he llal shown superior IuallA-
CATIONS, aad bud been successful iii Whatever ho
Ills "lcbut In tragedy" as he termed Ills BuL
ntad9 without so'Ie ussslanec from study u
s6s ss sas ba .a f IT'D & s h. fsi ,tt
Many things were sald and dono by Joile,y
Willie aeFe, ths full stgn'acahcs Of which did not
tsAnspr1 until after the newd Of Ills terrible
death had been received. -.
Ahout wssk ssas s'ass particular friend q the
the housa, and as the llteit.stsing always hung
out for him, he went III without the formally
Of ringing.
IN tno 9Nuhg-foom ne came upon Jef1Cry
going 10 hung yourseifi' Jciisry's Response M
that. Just wdt.n OF course, no suspicion
crossed tho mind Of the visitor that thc young
wscd Tss "sea b. ns
traxedyn at tic Palmer House. Thu bsliof is
general xlta taS,e knowing II liz ri; lhat 10
stanacs beon favorable therefor, though, Of
course, this belief is grounded npon facts
On Friday evening last all the occupants oi nc
sT SSss s sss!f 70 ;ss'y yss yae W. r%g % .1ee1 ss s
self and 4 iady there living. J. askcd her sev-
esal times II she wcro NOT golug, and advised
hur to 60 by all means, as tl,e display would Io
well Worth the trouble. IL appeared rather
70 he !6id src for t.u o,se @ and 1s SEC et that
refussi Is 60 he turned toward lis M rooin en n Tc.
marking = though to 1lttnself "oh, well, I'M
o. Thursday evening OF last week. he asked
bis sistcr for two largo steel hooks that were
about the house md nut In use. When asked
What he wanted thom Tor ho said: "They may
And these two hooks wers 4 portion Of thc
parnphernalia made use Of by him III C,1icaro.
For two weeks beloN Jcflcry left here, be
was frequently heard TO inquire into the effect
OF this poison and OF that upun tile human
boiY, a.id Of tbe length of ttms each would re-.
quiro to destroy life. While hero hu Invested In
pistol and aaggar, both Of which played a
Tors no started for Chicago ll!s brothcr.in-low
said to bin: I" Fred, YOU haycn't told us what
you intend doing In Chicago. How do YOU pr,l.
posu to lvol" ~"Ohl intend to 1.-Two At tic
top.notch while last," was tho reply; al nm
go!ug 10 The Palmer House, anil I ttfuk viii
occupy Parlor En-
"Dlt you Invent the means for 40 tn
necessary an outlay, have youi Whore are tho
brotherigi-law III shalI cet aio,jg ali rirht.
ueyor iear. i1ave y glorious schcll,o In yiyw,'
attl you viii hcpr Of Nc through tic papers b..
fore many days,H said the yoiius man. Tho
character Of the schcnle rad In view wns
onlv L,o thorourlv dnyrIouctl' Jrfrcrv want hv
hence To Chicago by rall IIe was ncc),npQnIcd
to the l1n1inE by hts sister, who eQIt 10 him
bcfOrc pnrtinR, 4. Now, Fruf. sinre ynn arr
going to I've ID Chicago, The iiistarcc Ii not ~,
great but that you casi get down hero every few
tnouths.n The renly Has, III Ionit thimt iii
eyer cnrne bore arain. I ars ag1aIi INV r@m,tfnt,