The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-03-25
a MY,TEnIOus DEATH.
Tho suaden Demise Of the Spanish Consul
nc this Port
rrussis Acid the Fatai DrauEi,t.

| Al twenty minutes TO l o'clock yesterday
| lenor Don Boyerino do 10 Barrera, the spanish
Consul, died d most unnatural death Of his resi-.
demos on Dauphns street, between ". Louis and
Toulouse, from the effects OF cyanide OF posas'
whether Mr.. dc In Barrera committed suicide,
or whether the poisonous drag was placed In hla
drink BY unknown hands 70 carry cut some pri'
vate ends, is question WHOA only time can gen ,
hat ~ present. from what can BIO leaned, the
rArwra rnHoHY raEpomrATEs.
Mr. De Ii Barrera lsst his ofoe yesterday morn.
ing and repaired 10 restaurant in COMPANY witt
Mr. D. Boinsauet TO tnks breakfast. After they had
anishsd the meal they returned TO The Consuls
residence, and on entering the house Mr.. Dc IL
Barrera remarked 10 big friend shat 10 had for
Rotten 20 take dose OF the medicine that no was
Ii the habit Of taking every morning before he
break ga sted, He then went into his bedroom
and took tablespoonful oil simmons Liver
Regulator. ts
He had no sooner swallowed the medicine
than he begun DO feel very peculiar, and rushing
from his bedroom into tho Office (which IL on
the same noorl exclaimed to his clerk that the
HAD Porsor I'm IT.
He ihen rushed back Into his bedroom and
grabbed glass q wstsr ma was o. me an.a,
out OF his mouth. After drinking the water he
foamed nj the mouth and fol- senselsaB 10 tho
door, striking his head against rocking.ehair,
inactng two ugly bruises. The clerk called for
assistance, aud when they came tho unfortunate
WAS picked up md placed on his bed.
Or. Lemonisr was Immediately summoned, Who
repaired TO the dying mans bedside only 10 Ind
that he was past oil human aid, but the doctor
stayed with him until twenty minutes TO o'clock.
when he yielded up his life
The Doctor then commenced TO investigate tho
matter by examining tho members OF tho house.
hold and, on being informed that The deceased
had just taken u thblesroonfnl OF simmon .
Hf,.N .t.Af r.l
that IL had been dectored with prusio acid, and
HENCE THE CAUSE or DEATH.
The finding Of the poison in tho bottle forced
many OF or. D., la Barrera's friends TO believe
thai ho had been fouily dealt with; and whom
tho doctor discovered that the water that res
main ID in The glass from which tho deceased
had drank from, immedlstely after swallowing
the meGscine, o 50 contained The poisonous acid,
they were convinced that tho poison had been
prepared for him by other than his own hands.
His friends argned that had tho decreased
wished TO commit suicide, he would not have
placed portion Of the poison 10 the medicine Cd.
and tho balance In the glass OF water. Why 1t
was thought that Mr.. do 10 Barrera had commit
ted suiciie WAS that ho was q mononnaniac on
the subject OF taking drugs, and this popularity
is tho only evidence brought forward to substau-
tate tho charge of selfdestruction and when
weighed against the circurnstantial evidence that
the deceased has beon foully dealt with, has but
liz 10 Significance. ..
On catering the bedroom OF Mr.. do 10 Barrora,
one would think that IL was
4 SMALL APoTHEcARY.
The msntel-piece 10 lined with Walls Of medi-
cines, ~ was the table; but among all the medt-
cine there WINS nothing could b. found thai had
coatsinsd the prussia aeid.
At s o'clock Coroner Rance and his deputy, to-
gether with tho City Physician, DIR. Schumacher,
held most thorough post norton and took
from the head tho brain and from the body tho
stomach and liver for the purpose OF analvss.
The City Physician also took the glass OF water
and the bottle Of simmons Liver Regnlasor, bath
analysis. .5
The inquest was continued until future day.
The deceased leaves an only daughter. d child IL
years OF age. who 10 at present IN tho Convent
Of the Holy Gross,