The Morning herald., 1878-11-27
PIsToLED INTO ETERNITY.

VI E4cIOLEO lNIO ETERNITY.
A SAD CASE OF suIo1DE-A DIsAPporrTsD
LIFE AHD ITS SAD ENDINa-yoAB CLOUD
y COMMITS SUICIDE.
When Wm.- h. Bidwell, the night watch
man ct the middle. depot Of the City Pas
senger Railway, went over to the Logsn
House about fifteen minutes past two
O'Clock yesterday morning to see why his
dogs were barking, he was horrided to nnd
q man lying on the side porch with his
head in pool Of blood. he lay upon bis
back and just above the right ear was an
ugly wound where bullet had entered.
Close by was a single s-barrslsd pistol, the
barrel Of which was still little wsrm,
showing that it had been recently dis
charged. .-..v.~
Mr.. Bedwell recognized the man IS ore
Joab Cloud, who was q boarder at the
Logan House. He was not quite dead, but
the last evidences of life, passed away, about
half as hour after he was first foul I'd.
Mr.. Charles Stout, one Of the car drivers,
wss sent into Wilmington for medical aid,
and returned with DR. Howard Ogle, Ser
geaut Whelan and of1cers McUsll and
Springer. When this party arrived the
man bad been dead some time. His pockets
contained several trivial articles and
letter addressed to the Coroner. This letter
| 10 quite interesting, and reveals the utter
iespondeDcy and h0peessness Of disap-
pointed life. The Letter commences by
stating that as the Coroner is the official
presiding over such cases, the writer "dfsnas
It necessary to write this little obituary, in
forming you that have, contemplated send-
ing bullet through my BRAIN" A little
1 further on the man says: gr III
| "I am now going hard on 81 years of
Sge, might almost say three score and ten,
and no other means for a living than hard
work, and csnaot get that more than half
the time, and that at the reduced prices
cannot keep soul and body together. Now
in this age OF inArmities, am not going to
cast myself on the cold charities of tn
world Iihave had rather wearisome life,
| going about from pillar to post through all
the various yicisstudes Of misfortune, such
as sick ness, and broken legs. losses and dis
appointments One hundred dollars would
not begin to pay me to-day for what
have lost working, for such scaly contract.
1 ors, the little lost would bs considerable to
me now" |ao '3 a.
After speaking to some length of his
crosses in life the letter closes as follows
l. "My trunk and contents, and boz OF
stone cutting and mason tools, are worth
something; stone cutters know best the
worth of tools. Perhaps BruDer will have
the first claim on them, ss owe htm since
the sixteenth OF November. Now farewell
to the trials and turmoils Of earth fare
well to the hills ard valleys, and lastly,
farewell to all the people round about ana
throughout the city, s.a 2.
Bury me IN the clothes wear,
! Though blood stained they be,
They are mine, by purchase fair, pc
None can say they don't belong to me.
1pITAPH.
Down in the silent river of death,
Where sleeping zephyrs fan the shore,
This wesry wanderer, once of earth,
VI Has gone to sleep forevermore.
II J0AB CLOUD.
Coroner Butz was notified, and early In
the forenoon held an inquest, when the
letter was read. A verdict WAS rendered
that sJosb Cloud came to his desth by .
shot from pistol in his own hands."
Deceased was ston, cutter by trade.
has worked for Mr.. P. P. Tyre mp to short
time ako, and was born In Brandy wine
Hundred, near Fols cross roads, where he
. has relatives living.
The dead man also has relatives IN Phila-
delphis, Chester, Coushohocken and Thur
llow. all of whom have been notified
Il At present It is not known whether the
: friends will claim the remains or not. How
ever, be it as 1t may, the interment Will NOT
, take place before Thursday afternoon OF
the earliest. s.s