Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-09-19
BRIDGEPORT.

re by Hon. l.. DanfOrd Was one of Il
U, best ever held in our town. Owing
e, the inclemency of the weather the in
preston Was given out that the NEE
- ing was postponed-bul still, HOllG
:, ways Hall WAS we'll filled with one
e the most attentive audiences ever al
h sembled here. To say that Mr.. Dial
IS ford more than sustained his reputi
,e tion as debater, but tells the truth, i
: speech fePlete with convincing argu
ments, f-cts and-s''figures that won
lie." Thr -peCch made most favors
e BILE impression on all who heard it, in
cluding many Democrats.
A Singular Case Of Suicide.
A Case of unusual interest ended yes
| terday (Monday) in suicide. The fact
:. are about these: Early last week MI
Ed. WOrley WAS solicited 10 the " heel
> ing market to employ young man VIII
asked for bread and work. His prop
osition was accepted, and the man
whose name as John Lunn, just il
. ON Il steamer from below, Was directed
how to reach Worley's residence
!, While en- route he stopped long enough
in Bridgeport to solicit aims, " Which ht
J procured, and with which he bough
some provisions, and while eating
them he volunteered little Of his his
tory 10 the effect thai he was from the
i West or South ,and tnat recently there
IN an alteration with mans son the
father interfeIed, and in the melee he
struck the father with heavy stone
from the effects of which he died. The
young fellow seemed to possess II OF,
than ordinary intelligence, and bore
himself AS having been we'll raised
Flushing his repast he proceeded tC
Worley's, where he complained OF
feeling unwell, and he continued to
complain more and more, till Saturday,
when we were called to see him, and
found him at Mr.. Walden Worley's,
The father Of Z. WOrley, whittier with
his household and Lunn he had been
driven by the flood. We found young
Man OF 20 years, quite intelligent, bul
| very reticent-the Misses WOrley in
forming us they had entirely failed 10
elicit anything from him regarding his
past history. In reply to our rather
imperative demand, he gave us his
name, and that his home was in Mich
] igan, giving two places as his resi-
uence, bat persistently refused to tell
us with whom he lived, only saying
his parents were dead, and he lived
with d stranger, and had friend
named +. H. Bradley, of whom he
spoke kindly, but located him in a
number Of places. We found him suf
lering violently from hillary distem'
per, which, with the marked symp'
toms iD his case, and the section from
whichhe had just came, naturally excl
TED our suspicion that behind the form
idable outlook in his Case, there might
be something formidable-perhaps
some contagious or Infectious disease,
which we desired to guard against, es'
pecially in view of his absolute refusal
to tell US anything about his recent
adventures-hence l suggesSed isola'
ting him by removal beyond the reach
of danger to others. In the kindness
and goodness of their benevolent ma.
lures, the Misses Worley refused to en-
tertain such a proposition, declaring he
was somebody's son and brother, and
they would care for him, which they
did most tenderly to the last. Wei
gave him appropriate treatment, which
he thought helped him, and on Sab
bath (next day., he walked, though |
very sick, to e. Worley's house, and
got his coat, left there the night of the
flood. Monday morning found him no
better, though he had been able to
walk down stairs. The girls were
righting up his room, and all the while
but earnestly asking him for
the place OF his residence, ,and his form
er employer-and at last, but few
moments before he fired the fatal shot,
ne gave the name of Erastus Husted,
as the man, and Davisburgh, Oakland
county, Mich, as the place of his re-
cent home. He asked Mary Worley If
she wouldn't write to his friend, FIJI
Bradley, and ask him to forward mon:
ey enough to take him home again;
and further asked if they would wash
some linen for him, to all of which she
if he would tell her some'i
hing b bout his recent home, as she
Was anxious, In the event OF any mis-
Oltune to him to write his people.
Then it was he reluctantly divulged
iis employers name aud former home.
md manifested much concern that the
wO girls, who were arranging his
oom, should speedily leave The room,
skiing them repeatedly il they weret
lot done, and nervously urging them,
hOugh kindly, to hurry away. The
,irl5 complied promptly, and mad
walked down the stairs, partly only, :
eadiDg from his room, " hen the report
II d pistol ARE sted their attention, and
urning they found Luun had tire,i
hot into his right temple, from a bar
ell of Colts seven-shOOter, the other
tx being still loaded. He never spoke, I
nd died in few minutes. A little =
money and full supply of cartridges
we're found upon his clothing. TRwn- !
hip Trustee, McConnaughey, was at
nee notified. Under the new law no
inquest being required, he Was buried
be same afternoon in the Bridgeport
emetery, no one to mourn his loss;
o friend to drop tear at his untimely
rave; no one whose heart would throb
nth painful emotion as the clods oi
he valley fell with mournful thumpI
pom the coffin of "somebOdy's darl-
lg," alone aud forsaken in pauper's
rave.
The parties mentioned have been
,ritten to, and his case will be inves.
gated. Behind this sad case there is
mysterious history interesting tol
now. What impelled the deed? He
'as not insane or delirious. He did it
knowing exactly what he -
'as at. On Sabbath he walked to E.
1orley's house after is coat in which
as his revolver, and then Vas his
lind made upon self-destruction.
AS tempest in teapot" has been =.
lcited about the nature of his first
Ialady, we would say it was simply
violent bilious disorder, and we :
fought to act prudently in endeavor-
- nk- gol
lends the necessity of the greatest ]
recaution against something into
hich it might develop, all things and =
leir surroundings considered.
Timothy Seed.
New and home raised, at JEPsoN's.