The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-01-06
THE REVOLVER.
A Man Buys Revolver and Attempts
to Blow the Top Of His Head off, and
Perhaps Succeeds in Killing Himself.

! rum St' L o~I DHtty tOHeeT, Lee. %.
About three o'clock yesterday afternoon
a young man entered the store of w. r.
Buckard and & Co, on third street, and
asked about revolvers After looking at
several, he selected one that he concluded
to purchase, and wanted 10 have it loaded.
The clerk did not desire to load the revol-
yer in the store, as it was against the rules,
made to avoid just such tragedies as fol-
! lowed The man insisted, and finally the
clerk, considering it safe enough, loaded
the revolver and handed the same to the
man. The latter took it in his hands and
commenced handling it so carelessly and in
differently that the clerk demonstrated with
him, and told him to hold the muzzle
DOWN toward the floor, and not to point
the revolver around the store in that way.
! Hardly had the words been uttered when
the man suddenly placed the muzze of the
revolver behind his right ear, and dis
charged one barrel As soon as he dis
charged the revolver he fell to the floor,
with his head under the opposite counter,
and there remained unconscious for about
| half or three quarters of an hour. When
/ he fell be still held the revolver tightly
clasped in his right hand The wound
/ bled but very little. While the man lay
on the floor he groaned little, but did not
speak \ large crowd gathered outside the
store and for long time blocked up the
side walk SO that people could not pass.
/ Finally the proprietor put down the cur
taiHs TO his store, which had the effect of
/ thinning out the crowd a good deal, still
enough remained to make the navigation of
/ the street incohveuient Soon after the
shooting Capt Webber sent policeman
! for doctor. He came back in a short
/ time with DR.. Stewart, who examined the
sufferer and probed the wound After
some excrtion the doctor got him TO speak
! WHO he Is.
He said his name was Eugine Feather
man that lie was q years old, and that
he came from Monroe county, Pennsylvania.
| His father, he said, lives on little farm at
Stroudsburg, about FIVE miles from the rail-
road. He has been here since August, had
no money, no work, no friend, and no food,
and wanted to put an end to his sufferings.
/ He was soon after removed to the city
! hospital where he was again examined about
| 6 o'clock. Here his story was varied lit
| tie The doctor told him that he was sure
to die soon, and if he had anything to say
he could then have an opportunity to say
/ it. He told substantially the same story
about the cause of his shooting himself.
/ Upon being questioned, however, he stated
/ that his troubles were his own and then
| declined to say anything further upon the
subject, clearly leaving it to be inferred
that there was something in his history not
vet vet known He was dressed in dark
woollen suit, with a course striped shirt
without collar His hands appeared to
belong to i person accustomed to manual
/ labor
The unfortunate young man, above
mentened, is the son Of our esteemed friend
Mr.. Jacob H. Fetherman, an excellent
citizen and thrifty farmer of Hamilton
township, this County. The family in this
sore affliction command the sympathies of
all. The son left home on the 5th of last
month, not mentioning the fact that he
intended to go away, and nothing was heard
of him until the 9th ult We have heard
that he once before left home suddenly but
after a time returned, but refused to say
any thing about as to where he had been.
He was esteemed worthy young man,
and it seems utterly impossible to account
for his strange and tragic end, except on
the ass umption that his mind was diseased.