The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-04-02
TIRED OF LIFE.
A Young Man Commits Suicide al
Lawrence, Kas.

II il sad at all times TO record an instance
Of suicide at any period Of life it intimster
the presence Of distressing circumstances
and surroundings which must have been IN
surmountable and overpowering. Fortu-
nately our city has been of late stranger
tn such occurrences, but it Is our duty to-
day to relate the details so far as they are
known OF an act of self murder which has
happened in our midst. On Saturday
about 80 young man, fairly dressed and
Of general appearance registered ~ b. Hoff-
stetter, Sabula, Iowa, At the Lndington
House and asked for bed room.
He remained in his room till seven
o'clock in the evening, when he vent out
and purchased an ounce of laudanum Of
Chester, and two ounces Of Pickett Bros,
stating that he wanted ii to Use As lotion
on his ANGLE. In short time he returned
to his bed room which he has not since left.
Yesterday noon as he did not put in an APP
pearance, his room was entered and he was
found lifeless.
He had undressed himself, swallowed all
the laudanum and quietly laid down and
died without a struggle. The expression
on his face was calm and natural. every.
thing indicating that the act was premedi.
tated and deliberately undertaken.
Coroner Miller Vas notified at once, and
an inquest was held IN the afternoon. The
testimony Of the only man in the city per
sonally acquainted with him vas a. follows
| Nv name il Fred. II. RAYMOND. l an
q years old, residence. Rochester, New
| York. l am n boOk-seeper; | Wa las,
employed for Ketcham Brothers, Mendoza
Putnam county, Mo. left there last Mon
day. / am acquainted with the deceased
| met him last Monday. l am acquainted
with the deceased. met him last Thurs
day morning at the Leland house, kansa
City; he had Just come out from breakfast
lie introduced himself 10 me and asked an
il had not worked for To0i. Hogan, at l..
Crosse, Wisconsin? I told him had.
asked him what wss his name and he iol,
me Hc,stetier, and that his bro: her-in-lAs
Mcmillan, vas superintendent oi the ga
work. there. l asked him what he Was d.
ing; he said looking for work. saw hiu
about two hours; then he and left Kan
sss City about 10 o'clock Thursday morn
ing and arrived here Yesterday abSAi lO.:a
We came here from Kansas City. lie toll,
me during Saturday that lac had irquirr.
Of all the druggists here for w"rI
and could not get any, and tina
he WAS going further West. Ithin
1 A. l.. Ali ~. 1~nc 10
paid our wxy. He said on Saturday ths
, there was no, pawn brokers' shop here q
he would pawn his coat AMI vest, ~ h
should have no further use for them ill
next fall. He ssid he he was going 10 g
aboard box Car and gu until he stoppes
o SAW him take a couple Of glasses Z
whisky. He never told me hov he came q
low; his character said he could put up m
G prescription. lived in Lacrosse frol
: August, ls76. to October, 1877. He neve
!. complained while travelling of being sic
only tired.
Hoffstetter's brother-in-law has been tel
: graphed 10, but no reply has been receive
to the message. There il little or no dou
that the narcotic vas taken by the unio
!. tunate man with the idea Of destroying b
life, a. being druggist he must have be-
aware Of the fact that any such dose
three ounces Of laudanum would be surs
a have fatal result. Although he had TAX
:, two glasses Of whisky, it did not have Al
visible effect upon him, and the probsbili
is that he has been looking for work for
10 length Of time unsucces-fully. and it h
ne preyed upon his mind until in ct Of te
y porary insanity he resolved to try anotl
world.-Lareace Tribune
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