The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-09-03
HENRY HEtTfi'S END.


4 man told the Mlrrisanla police. vcstcr-
day that lodcrr ofhis had committed sui idle.
aud that Dee could not nnd the body. Officers
wcre 40 once 60 NJ uut with tie informant Mr..
Abner Lane. lie took them o. his home. in
Trnsdal" luce. telling them. as he went. ina, mis-
i01-cr wiz Henry Heath. an Englshman ana
n halter about - years of age Sine last
Thursday thc lodscr had been sick with ty-
phod fever When the family retired at
O'Clock. Yesterday morning, the sick man
was In % comfortable condition On Wis
Ming To- ROOM at : in the morning
tlov found the he'd thoroughly dsordortl
and be-mcaroi with blood. Among the clothes
a, the back side 81 the bed was a razor. but the
patient was gone. Faint traces Of blood were
discovered upon the window sil and there wa-
r large blood stain upon the brick payemcut
under tho window.
M. Lane had searched the adjoining prem
,es. The officers repeated The search. 1t was
noted that. though he bcdllnG was saturated
with blood, not drop was upon the carp.I RLf
the distance from the bed t. the window through
which tine sick man wA- supposed Ia have
crawied was ton or twelve feet. Again. though
there WINS large stain uron the walk directly
cciini5 Hon f@ waik Or tkS srt ,s "''' '''
one ~ The officers thought he discovered
small blood STUN On the ground near the gut'
leadiug 10 The back yard; Othor status w,r'
then found there, and they led to large woolrn
tank such q, is used IN btcwcrles; and which
hii brrn placed AGAINST the sid" Of the house
for a c.-f"ru Tn" tank rs about / D., feet d'rU
and about ! feet ia diameter. The hcad had
boon pierced Joy q hole about feet square. the
cover had heon partially removed. A. the tank
WIS iull ui water nothing could b" discovered
urngg4 tho h"ir. hut on rem4yng thc water
the body WIS found therein. He had on his
shirt only, put on with the bosom upon lis
back. The throat was slightly gut IN the centre
amt Just below the lnryiX Tho wound Nd-
enough 10 Kill MIN By his slowly bleeding
Henth had been Vut Ol work ior seven m"ntl
Tut he hn- reeeiv i remiltaner,s from h.s lamliy
family We're In fair circumstance II" war
gcntlemauly and we'll educated Recently "A
family neighhors Of the Lanes. were stricken
real nafNre ol mo disoasc was S5rT'Hfer frrr'r'
the noiehbors. At ono time three Of the family
werc sick at ouc". lieath volunteered his scr
vices as nurse, and was with the family almost
constantly for week or ten days. He returned
10 the Ian on Thursday. feeling very poorly,
AMI At once took to his bed. IL had typhoid
fever. ON sunday he sccmed in good spirt-
Tor sirk man. Al times he was dcllrious, but
nol - much ~ AZ 10 he Troublesome or 70 alarm
A SON a Mr. lano4 looked in On him at ia{,
hrcak The vnticut srmcd TO be- sort o. hqlf
owsk" Bctw'cn that time and 7 o'clock me
-lfN man must hAvo gone hy the door ot Ms.
Lane rHom adjoining h's own. md which Wa
9p'I, uhd taken me laz = from a desk in Tie
hallway. ON Sutily aitrrnoon. realizing the
SERIOUS nature n Ing dsoH,'. he said he would
mas" Al- 'rli H. .srrw u himself - follows
n,s.. lnlt. .ii' n, l.r' vm 'ni t,rm.r Isiyr ana
Wri" N..r lofs 10, ll,' r tinir.l "' .'' ,,i
XVI d. .uuiu'i Dr. i't r.uy Io,,i ,r.r.. l..'ls,
,.", 'N Al rs "oe
-.,nn. ,rlt il-,- ,i,>n JAW, u,,u,
TIE wM"s,'s wero Mr. an Mrs L~ue au'
thgir son ii'wlrl
effects.
,ent t lie r,, l,.i ~. y,lc n.,rl ,l il,.t' ihn,c
tern ,cr, ans , ais No iyiue .uer Jtl, ln.iu. non