The New York herald., 1877-01-12
A DELIBERATE SUICIDE.

HOW POISON IS SOLD IN THE LOWER WARDS
About twelve O'Clock Wednesday night last
neatly dressed young man entered the New England
House, No. so Bowery, and asked tor II warm and COM
Portable room. lie was shown TO the room, No. 147
aud that was the last that OF him till one
o'clock yesterday when tho chambermaid, after
having tried vainly to arouse him, finally unlocked
the door, and opening It, found him seated in chair
the window in unconscious condition. with his
head bent upon hts breast. His coat and waist
coat had been taken of and were lying upon the bed
and shoe haG also been removed DR.. J. O. Swan
was Immediately Called who did all. in his power with
the appliances at hand to the from his
comatosc state, but with only partial effect.
The smell OF laudanum was SO noticeable IN
the chamber that the Ehysican's suspicious were III
once awakened. An antidotc administered and al
attempt was made to use stomach pump, but the
mans cienchcd togther tightly tnat II was
ouod impossible TO separate Them sufficiently to intro
duco the instrument An artificial respiration was ut
times induced and the man was kept alive
by these means til an ambulance
could DO had TO carry him to the Chambers Street
Hospital whore hc Is now lying There resort was had
to the gnvanc battery and other OF tho most approved
remedial agents. nut very ssn nope - ~, )"
table in the chamber, but though d2cnt search was
made for the bottle supposed to nave contained the
poison II nowhere TO be found. A paper was
deserted however, lying the floor near the chair on
which the man was resting, which read us iollows:-
KATE LAISE:-.'
self ana others but your Husbands have told you
great dea! ana what yon would not bclieye me-. me. y.
MY Body shall tho house because wdfe has
the to bury. Give it in charge Of tho Coroner my
make of in my pocket-but do Bury for tho
Coronoroner will do that. GUS LAME
KATE LAME, 2i2 Forsyth st.
Tho letter was written in u nearly illcgibe hand.
the letters running together or sprnwling over tho
paper, as IL traced by blind and pilsed writer ON
whom n fatal sleep OF death was fast creeping
Mrs Laine the woman allu led TO In tho letter was
C..,p NJ, knrsU Uth slnrn shA ~
with two little children. She is employed at paper
box making during the day, while her husband, tho
writer OF the letter, was journeyman barber
She appeared much affected ut the news OF her hus-
bands late which had first reached her last evening
her return from work, and attributed The suicide
ness and recent discharge from employ ment. She
discaimed all nowledgo Of anything that could have
excited The jealousy limited in the letter, and tho
statements Of other lodgers In the house tended
TO confirm tho truth OF her explanation
POISON THE MILLION.
IL appears that the husband had been In the habit of
taking chora Tor The past three years, and was dis.
charged Wednesday by his employer on account of
the Its OF stupefactOn and other Ill timed ailments
which Its imnoderate use occasoned
THIS chloral his wiie stated, ho had been In the
OF Canal and Mott streets, and she
supposed that he must have obtained
tho audanum from the same place. Tho reporter
cordin.y called at this shop No 1S2 Canal street. and
askcd tho apothecary Mr. Appcman, for an ounce OF
audanun The quantity was Instantly poured out
without any question, and u was only asked Of
the bottle not. On the inquiry being made IN IN
direct Aanner whether the npothecary knew one
Lainc barber Il was answered IN the negative In
quarter Of the city that this Illicit sale OF audan um
Is OF most frequent occurrence, and has long been
crying OWL
DEATH or LAIN.
lain nj 1ne