The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-10-19
LEROY BEAUM0NT'S FRENZY.
BEI7ING THE GIRL HE LOTED IND
THEN HANGING HIMSELF.
saved for the Third or Fourth Time just Mt
tho Critical fn-tnnt-The second Trngicai
Chapter In n Much Mixed Love Story.

| Saved for the Third or Fourth Time Just Mt
tho Critical fnstnnt-The second Trngical
Chapter In n Much Mixed Love Story.
few weeks ago the story Of Col Leroy
Beaumont a submarine divor. formerly con
nected with the United States Marine Corps.
and his love. his troubles. his attempted sui
eide by morphine In Rutherford Park. N. j..
and his final disappearance were rccountcd in
The Sun. In the mean timo the Paterson girl.
Agnes lIaidcn. whom he claimed as his wife.
and whose parents said he had run away with
| her. returned to work In q mill. few days
| ago Beaumont suddenly rcappcared in lIuthcr-
| ford Park in q now suit OF clothes. and with
| clean shavcn face and pockctful Of bank
notes which he showed around In tho stores
| and barrooms. He pnid all the debts that
| no had contracted. with interest. paid tho
| Justice who had fed and sheltered him. aud
| the ph hysician who had restored him to life.
| lie said no was n reformed man-that he had
| givcn up tho idea Of suicide. which no had so
many times tried in vain. had rcinquishcd tho
| opium habit. and intended henccforth to live AZ
a Christian and gentleman lie thcn went to
| Paterson and visited the homo OF Agnes Her
| mother had threatened TO drive him away IL he
ever camo around again. and her father had
| sworn vengeance. while Agnes declared she
| would die before she would havo anything to do
with him again. But these throats were all for
gotten when beaumont pulled from his pocket
| a roll Of notes amounting 10 800 or $500 The
| trouble was healed and everything promised
wcll. Beaumont was so pleused TINT he wont TO
tho local newspaper Offices on Wednesday and
had a notice inserted that he had returned to
his wifo again and that all their troubles had
| been settled
| Agnes in tho absence OF Beaumont after his
attempted suicide at rutherford Park. told her
| mother that sho had been married TO Beaumont
| In Boston. but that sho believed II was a bogus
MARRIAGE, Shg, told others that sho was mar;
red by u New York aglstratc. To others still
she denied that she had been married TO Beau
mont; Then again she said that abe had lived
with beaumont III New York city She told this
story 10 Recorder Warren yesterday. adding
| that she did not believe that she wus married TO
him. and that sho did not love him, but she had
TO seem to love him for fear that he would kill
her IL She did not. rs he was inOrdinatcly jea-
GUS particularly when recovering from tho Of
fects Of opium, which he used in great quant.
ties. But Agnes seemed to forget all this aiter
B.anment r'iG:S " Patterson ~ last time, and
SySyni9g wont "l2ns sSohy Nn dayrI IN
New York. and 1t was suspected from his ap
pearancc that he had been aEain induging in
opium. II seems that. although Agnes had
made up with him. she refused ~ live with him
~ his wife.
ON Thursday cvcninG they had a quarrel
house an, 20 homo with her sister n law who
happened to be present. Finally Agnes donned
her street clothes. and started with her Sis
ler-lh-law. beaumont rhg"d, md -wore he
would have his wife. The other mcUhors OF
| M lunilly iflNl 10 pNtlty MN. huf IN vain.
Without announcing his purpose. be- packed
his vhli=e. went out and rot In u hack and
started TOWARD the Eric depot. Whle riding
through Market street. as ho passed u street
lamp. he r"cogn1'dsAgne- ami her siatcr-in-
law walking together. He jumped out, ran 10
the sidewalk threw his left arm around Agnos's
neck and then pummrlled her with his right
fist until her face was terribly beaten. The
shrieks Of tho Eirl collected a great thron. and
there WIS Intense cN element In the midst of
which beaumont ran away. Two police officers
started in pursuit. They met beaumont. with his
yuliap in nla hand They unprpaOl he'd him and
he. 10 throw them of the ecent. said he WIS
Tor a good hotel. The officers said they were
lust gong down town. nnd would takc him to
gonornlly carried pistol ms the officers knew.
and So they rosorted TO strategy. Bcaumont
WouESnnt ne Nh7 ,hoihE tme oIii,Tts mo mo
Quoted him WINS the police station. and almost
before Braumout could realize whore he was he
About 80 in money; pistol and misrcl;;
qu"utly arrested and locked UP ~ u witnrss.
For a while Beaumont ragged AMI fum"d in
down. Hnd the officers thought he had gone to
sleep. At about II O'Clock however, Oficcr
Henry Il 50, on duty AT night IN the police sta
ton heard queer noise issuing from the cells
below. lie pad No particular attention To II at
first but as it continual he wont down 10 a-crr-
tam the cause. As ne glanced into Be2umont's
coll he was asioundcd, Beaumont had hanged
| which WIS tightly tied around his neck while
| tho other was fastened 10 the bars In the win.
dow OF his sen. H. was black in the face. and
| kicking. Tho officer. with all haste. got "a key
and entered the cell. lie cut tho suspender
and then tried 81 catch Beaumont as he fell. but
he slipped through tho officers arms AMI tum-
hed upon tho pavement with heavy thud.
Onicer Ro-e cut tho su-rend"r from
licaumOnts neck. hut he WAS apparently dead.
DR.. Myers the city Physician was -"nt for. by
the time the Dortorarrlyrd. however beaumont
had partially recovered, and lay moaning upon
thu noor. Ills lefi arm be held in very singu-
lar and constrained position. The officer tried
to strnighten ii out. but could not. Or. Myers
/ examined the and found fhut IL had been
dislocatcd az the elbow 10y the fall. aud one Of
the bones had bccu broken. He had tn ect the
assistancc 81 Dr. Hurd before he could reset tho
disocated elbow and It then took some time 10
reset the broken bone as the injured man wns
minute or 70 mora and 4 would have been too
late To save beaumont who snon expressed his
Used never 10 auempt suicide ngaiu. lie has
made the same promise before This Is the
himself md hern saved Just IN the nick of time.
Yesterday morning BrGumout WIS aIllgnod
before Judge warren. TIE Ctiy k"nrlor. on
two charges on for making thu oassault on the
girl. and tn" other Tor attempting t. take tho
lhNt ll"'"nb"r rms iall'r GhhlEo hnd b"en
kept very quiet hy the police although tho war
nm, fer Documents ARE 9rrc2' wa. is91ri ON the
81 OF December i.st. On tho l7t 3i Dr'emhnr
beaumont and Agnes were walking through
Market street. and th'y were passed los young
Hlnos mere boy. Hines was nm old a'lunlnt-
pissed tho tmc Of day. Bfaumonl wns IN.
To know what right That young man mad Ia ac-
cost Agnes. Then. without waiting torHr.. ~.
hr drew II revolver amt hrol at young llinr-,
who was, walking on Town the -iro"t Tins was
I'm broad DAY light Hines. Hr"lng ms dluf"r.
ran ~ fast n- ho could. and IN 'aprd lllnrs
made "A complaint. AMI - WulraAt Vas ISSUED.
but il secms that although Beaumont huS FREE
Qurnily been in Paterson since. hc NU- not ar
stcd untl Thur-,iV night Beaumont
pleaded not gully a. huh charges. The Re-
c'rlcr told him howouI hrve to give 81 90
bnil or clsu 20 10 Jail. Boing uuaOlu tJ fur
= nlAh the re'urtv h" Was committed.
, Agnes iiuid"n WINS in the court room whom
Beuumont was led Of 10 the county lnl Thcy
had previously hosn sitting together and chH
ting ulectionntely beaumont took the matter
seriously. but Agnes laughed and Uttered ~ il
i We're good lokr whoa they came t4 part
down nilectionay to whisper "a few parting
| words in hor car He evidently wanted 10 kiss
hor good-hy, but was ashamed tu do SO before
the throng In the court room. OnlcHr Guilioil,
who wns waiting with BeaumOnt's commitment
In one hand and his sntchel In the other. to tHho
, | him to juil. isA practical sort OF mun.
: Why don't YOU kiss hor. and bo done with
| 1t p said he.
Therrupon Beaumont envo Agnes q hearty
r | kiss. amid the mrrriment Of the Spectators.
. Agncss fnrc WIS q lSligurNl from the boating