The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-06-21

a white man named Danic! Parsons, .
q ,iirut of Fulton. and employed by Thomas
81 Harris. Main street between Fourteenth
Fifteenth. rs Il pcddler of pictures.
4 "a At The Church Institute Yesterday eve
4 ~ ~ arsenic poisoning, It Is believed.
r.frr,lay morning about 5 O'Clock Parsons
,, brought TO Coroner Tayior's door i'm u
4 ,rrri wagon. and the friends who accom-
3 talrd him Informed the Coroner thar Par
y, had taken poison, and wanted an anti
~, Or. Taylor lrin@ undrcSspd, advised
A r>ons'S friends to take him at once to the
4 H." OF physician he named, very near at
lard. They went OF. and subsequently
Slr,ons was carried to the Police
art on the charge Of attempting
commit suicid". He acknowledged
he had taken arsenic. but he had eyi-
''y been on big spree. and hardly knew
d he was saving. aud unluGkily was not
.Nrd as TO what II" stated about his at
nrt Ia commit suicide. Everybody knows
u, '"n0cr-hcar,cd Polcc-.Justicc White is.
4 n that II he had been aware of the facts
would have had Parsons properly
,,9f"d.
II, was committed to jail in default of So
4 MY tN he Of good behavior. About |
4 ,iark hat i>. after he was imprisoned
m,'tlnc quit" i'll. and again repeated that
Ind taken poison, both laudanllm and
-..gic. He drank a great deal of water at
ir j,ii. ,laluT CumminS sent of for ply
,rju, bat there was some delay. and Par
.n. rev rapidly worse. About or
.uck, bavIug been seen ny DR.. Ross. and
3, ronditon being recognized rs very crit
81. nv WAS sent to the Church Institute. and
shortly after arriving there died.
coroner Taylor viewed the body. and at
aa'clrck this morning will hold an inquest.
aa.n il i hoped all the facts will he brought
par-nn'> friends complain that he was a
i'm II Il misunderStandin" throughout.
ra,, ~ay that in this case. us in the instance
IN" unfortunate Syclcs. life might have
,.,u saved had there been Il physician at the
II! " Ir.n needed. However. il is not fair
, rondrmn any one in advance OF the i'll
>'i-aIion.
.Eallur CumminS. Whcn the man was
gou-ht down to him, had no idea that he
~, charged with attempting to commit Sui-
ir.
l. WAS learned at the First statiou-housc
.1 night that Mr.. Harris between . and 10
'rlurk notified the officers there that Far
.au- WAS at his store. very sick. Sergeant
NnnI"rk went up to Mr.. iarri>'s store and
ank Parsons in custody and carried him to
tar First >talion-house. There, again, Par
."it- Il it he known that he had taken poi
>tn. and he affirmed that he wished to die,
that it woHld he better for HIM
III. and better for his family, too. From
n" >taion-house he was sent to the Police
+, uur.
II appears that the poison was purchased
q runningham'S drugstore, corner OF
Iwrnrv-iirst and Main streets. Parsons
on-ht ten cents worth Monday night to
Ill rats, a. he said. This. il seems. his wife
nok away from him. He went back and
ought another quantity, alleging that the
list paper had been lost. 1t Is asserted that
y, bought some laudanum also.
Deceased leaves a wife aud two children.
H. was very much embarrassed pccunia-
rily. and was indebted to Mr. Harris Ill y
considerable amount, but was not pressed
by The latter.
II does not appear that Parsons ever re-
-rtt'd taking the poison.