Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1879-09-10
Z Sad SUICIDE.


g Sad Suicide.
Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette, 9th inst
Yesterday afternoon the city was
startled by a rumor that DR.. Quincy
A Scott, the well-known dentist, had
committed a suicide. AS the report
rapidly circulated in short time a
large crowd of people collected in
front OF his residence at No. 2IS Penn
avenue TO learn the facts. A reporter
Immediately visited the house, and
learned that in the morning DR.. Scott
had told his wife that he did not feel
very well, and would not get up till
noon He asked Mrs. Scott to 90 to
his Offices on Fifth avenue and see that
everything was attended to. This she
did, and a few moments later Scott
requested the servant to keep the chill
drcn quiet, as lie wanted to sleep, and
then locked the door of the room.
Some time later in the morning, one
ot the ladies Who boarded at the house,
passed the door and heard Dr. Scott
breathing very heavily, but did not
| think that there was anything wrong.
Shortly after noon Mrs. Scott returned
home to dinner, when she went up
stairs to the room where the doctor
was sleeping and knocked repeatedly
but received no answer She then
burst open the door, and, to her infinite
horror, found her husband lying on
the bed with distorted features and
blackencd nails, moaning heavily. Dr.
T. w. Shaw was instantly sent for
and he did everything possible to neu.
tralize the effects Of the poison which
he had taken. 4 few moments later
Drs. Dickson, McCann and Foster ar
rived, and an electric battery was Sc
cured. For two hours the current was
applied without avail HypodermiC
injections of atropia and ammonia were
administered and cold douches applied
but to no purpose. Every known rem
edy was brought into requisition. 4
stomach pump was resorted to, but in.
asmuch as nr, Scott had not partaken
OF any food it soon became evident
that the poison had been absorbed
Pinned to pincushion on the table q
note was found, evidently written on
the paper which contained the poison
in the doctors handwriting 1t read
as below:
! Good bye, my darling Jennie; will not b,
| a burden T. you any longer; | am going wher'
my wrctched brain will be at rest. QUINCY.
Despite the unremitting efforts O
the attending physicians, the doctor
continued to sink slowly, his system
having become thoroughly narcotized
and last evening at 5 o'clock he passed
away. Mrs. Scott was almost dis
tracted yesterday afternoon by the sad
affair She says that for two months
past the doctor has been in i'll health
from q arrangement Of the stomach
and has been rather dyspcptic and
melanchoic. He has been under the
treatment Of DR.. Pepper, Of Philadel-
phia, she states. On Thursday even.
ing he visited his mother-in-law and
laughed and chattcd in the best oI
spirits, and intended to 20 to the Ex
position with his wife last night
FIR, Shaw was visited, and stated thai
his death had undoubtedly resulted
from narcotic poisoning, and that the
physicians had it that it was morphia
that he had taken. He added that il
was hardly possible that an inquest
would be held, as the physicians had
deemed it unnecessary. DR. Scott was
in his thirty-eighth year, and has been
unusually successful in his practice
1t is said, however, that lattcrly he
has not done so well. There is also @
report that he was much depressed in
consequence Of two deaths resulting
from the inhalation, it is alleged, o
bis laughing gas. An inquiry among
his friends shows that there is not one
who can assign a satisfactory reason
for the commission OF the rash act
His mother-in-la Mrs. John Watt
also could not give any reason other
than that it may have resulted from
depression Of spirits on account of i'll
health. He recently fitted up an ell
egant suite Of Offices on Fifth avenue
and until quite recently had appeared
very sanguine as regards his business
prospects. He was universally known
and liked in this community, and
leaves a wife, three children and many
friends to mourn his untimcly end.
Dr. Scott, it is understood, was dis
charged from bankruptcy on Thursday
last