, 1877-10-20
TERRIBLE SUICIDE;
Tic Horrors OF Deash frutn Taking Strych-
f1ihe.

Tic Horrors OF uea&h frutn Taking StFyct.
nine.
I2rerkrtHe fEtln.) Nont!br.
On last Saturday night the writer remained
up rather Intcr than usual, aud about ha!f-past1l
o'clock. an.l Just as he WAS Eoing to retire for
the night, heard ugeutie knocking q. his hall
DOOR. The knocking wa4 shortly after repeat
cd, aud then the bell WIS r,lng. lie opcncd tho
door, and ". A. Davidson, pale and haggar.l-
looking, and talking somewhat !ncoi.crentIy,
stood before him. lie inquired for the mistress
OF tho house, then complained Of being very
unwcll, and wss sskc.l to walk In aud take a
scat In an easy chair until she could be corn-
muncatcsI with. 1t WIS but the work Of few
moments, thcu to light tte parlor gas, TO
Get glass Of water for tho sick man,
which he would not touch. an1l
text to commence to chafc his hands,
which were very cold. While thus engaged,
the strychnne (Which lad, no doubt, been taxi
en- In dry state) actively commenced TO 10 Its
terrible work, the limbs in a H,ulnent bct:alnc
hard aud rgh, aud tue unfortunate man, tle.
spite every effort 10 hold lui In the chair, slid
out OF It upon tile flopr. alsf begun to stfuEg't
there In the most desperate consuisions Ihe
writer supposed he WAS attacked with al cpl.
he could only control tic sufferer himself, nnd
at the same time uot alarni Ills nWn fasnly, who
wcrc mostly Ia bed, and until tho help of the
ncElbors could lle got. For few minutes the
struggle continued silently, but, tho spasrHs
getting more And mure severe. tic mingled
ale''i. ti's noltai a,I afoay @ et hs asseriba!a
anguish, tccamc absolutely terrible. This
| minutes, mud then there was longcr rfaycr
| to God Tor pardon and mercy for Chrlst's sake
/ Tor RI itlnE Ills hand aEaliat Ills life: and. fu
| at1swer tu questions hurric1ly put betwccu the
spas!us he told the terrible story OF how 1nuclt
he lsn suffered, mentally and physically. until
| hg l,ni got wcafied Of cxittcnre; how no he'd
| bought four grains of strYrhnisie from Mcsars.
| a. Turner d Co.'s clerk Mt i O'Clock: how he
hal taken It shnrtly aftclwarl; how he l,ad
Walked around the strccts fur the Intervening
tWn hours tn purtDosc1c*s klt.A Ut way. not
knowing what to do more, AMI probably lot
yet realizing tho full eiferts Of Ills fatal deed,
po[eon hal become fully lttEusel through hts
blood, ahl In ILLS mortal agony he now
naturally sought tho hulisu of friend, hoping
| thnt something might hN tlutlv 10 alleviate the
bitter pa1tcs Ut dssaolutnI III ono Ut its tlust
| awful fortnB. Tll!s tcgrlblo revelation nIa1t,
/ and bcfng now almost exhausted, the writer
fully rcalized thu desperate condition of matters
and called for help. Just then the frantic ap-
| meals uf the dying mali IL tu held tnorc firmly
brca1ne n,oro and Hioru distressing, nn! hclI
needed. 1t fortunately came !n ftw minutes
| more In tho person VI Patrick t}ltnaon, nclGt!-
| bor, whose iathcs-ltklaW, Muses. ljolgcr, hut a.
ready sent after the Doctor. and also to Ect rar
raxc tn 70 out for Aies Davidson: l)r. broust
caiiie ~ quickly "a poasihlc, a1,u when lie found
'low matters htotAi went ur 10 drugstore iol
necessary medicine. lie returned III q fcw min
utes, mt ls skill was 0f no avail " the utlortu
| mir {s1an n0w.-he WIS llcatl