The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-05-18
TIRED OF LIFE.

David bly,, the COnnoehco Operasor,
Makes an Unsuccessful Attempt AT
suicide lhe County Jail-He II
possessed of an UDeontrollable De-
sire to Take His own Life.
Yesterday morning, between the hours
Of one and two o'clock, David Bly,, an
inmate in the county Jail, where be is
awaiting trial tor alleged commence
operstions, unnecessarily attempted sui
eide by cutting an artery in bis left arm
with q razor, and but Tor the timely as
coyery of the act, would undoubtedly
have bled 10 death. Bly, has been i'll for
some time past, and 1t was deemed
advisable by Sheriff Tingle to remove
him from the criminal portion OF the
;sil to the debtors room, where his health
would not be impaired ~ the impurities
incident TO prison. Here he recover,
ed to great extent from his illness ana
vas con valescing rapidly, when he made
the attempt on MS life, but which was SO
fortunately discovered. The wound
made in the mans arm is about SIX
inches in length, and is very deep, and
DR.. Allen. the physician who rendered
medica. assistance and sewed up the
wound. thinks that the artery in tn EARN
must certainly have been severed IN TWO
or more places. A reporter Tor TINS pa
per visited BLY, at the jail yesterday al,
| tarnoon, and found him lying in bed
and very weak from loss of blood,
about pint having flowed from the
gs.h made in his arm. He is very re.i-
cent regarding the affair, but after some
considerable conversation he stated that
he had no desire to take his own lie, al
though he had thought OF it frequen tly
for the past few months. lie says That
before he was removed from the criminal
depsrtment of the Jail, the thought first
came to him, and at times it seemed al
most impossible for him to resist the
temptation to
CUT HIS OWN THROAT.
These thoughts, he stated, occurred to
him frequently, especially daring the
night time, when he found 1t impossible to
sleep in consequence of horrible dreams
On one occasion. Bly, Informed US, be
awoke from q dream IN which his
imagination pictured coffin and q mot
of men, who had forced open the jail
and were at his cell door, clamoring for
admission, that they might seize him and
lynch him. The mob gained admission
to MS cell, and had carried him MS lar as
the entrance to the corridor before DC
awoke, which he did with fear and trem'
bling, and completely unnamed, to lind
that it was all a dream, and that his
companion was 10 his cell with him. On
this occasion he said an uncomfortable
desire seized him to cut his throat, but
the presence OF his companion prevented
him. But after he WAS removed up stair:
his nightly visions became more frequent
and he had settled into q morbid state
OF mind, until ut last he made the At,
tempt to take his own life a:
noted above, which might have
been successful had the blood have flown
freely, and not clogged up. During the
conversation mention was made OF his
family connections, but nothing could
be learned further than that most oil
them lived in the west, and that he wa:
y widower and the father OF promising
little girl about eight years OF age, the
mention of whom brought tears to his
eyes, and he seemed completely over
come with emotion. Sheriff Jingle kind
ly offered to write and inform mis- friends
of his condition, but he firmly refused
to give his true name or the adj
dress of any relative. Before leaving,
Bly informed us that he regretted
deeply the attemp. he had made on HI:
life, as he desired to live, and would
make no further attempt If he could
possibly control himself, but he believed
that he was doomed TO die by his own
hand, al d the convection had so impress.
ed itself on his mind that he doubted
even his own power to stay his hand
when seized with one of the morbid spells
to which he was subjected. Sheriff
Jingle, however, has taken every pre-
caution to proven: REPETITION of the oc'
currence and there is but little show fol
BY to make a second attempt