, 1879-04-05

4 Trio OF tho Weak. Minded Who Arc TirtA
OF Life.


OF Life. a.
Some sorts Of crime run In strcaka. 9utctds
did 90 yesterday. At about d. o'clock IN Il
mornng,-the hour which that delcctablo llttlt
Scotch song tells ahout,-a pfstol-ahot wa;4s
heard in tho boarding.housc No. It's Twelfth (;
street, and those OF tho boardera who re::ijSl
covered their presence OF mind fhe1s
the echo Of the shot died awsJ ...
ran to room occupied by stock-dcaler nametss
Edward j, Ives, aud found him aaready lesaE
md lying upon the bed. Beside him laid lar
nary revolver, such ns is generally uaed b,
frontfers1nen. Tho large bullet has passed
completely through his heal; teaslng IT,
frlghtful llole and Ind then passed through
tho lash and plaster partition into Il
adjoining room, where itvas found 1ylug upos.
the floor. But little concerning the past lifs O.
tho deceased Is known In this city. ue was init.
noticed about two months ngo, md for sIi
We eks past he had lived at the beu.e at whkb
he killed himself. Being of moro~t
md sua1en disposition, and nppa'
misfortune, tle boardera at the house had mal..
DO effort to ASCERTAIN anything Of his history. i
is remembered, however, tint ho spoke OIL
wtfo and family living in tho East, but 1t is not
wlure he had boon unsuccessful in but!
ness, bringing with him $3.50 cash. Iln
money ho spent, or rather was robbti
arl no inconsiderable portion OF 1t waa spentl
a State streut baRn!o kept oy Capt. Rounds.
Nothing was found in his pockets save ailrG
watch a1'd chain. q few papers Of NJ use, aoa
he lad been III business as 2 stoct'brnkcr
San Antouia, Tex, md had faied. 1t Is supposed
that his nlonctary troubles, together With III:
domestic difficulties which hu had already Eon:
t11nH flut Jtf7f In
After ihe Coroncs's inquest, the body was takea
In chnrga by Elton, at whose place II will renal
until such time as luis frIuntls are heard from.
aRAoR HARMON.
Tho arIstocratlc nag'liu Of French Emmah
Ritchio on Fourth avenue, added another tulci!t
not until II o'clock that, the absence OF Gras
llar1nou, ono OF tho. fvmulo inmatst
%ss Ssor nit'u nes 9''n room, 'as* orsses cen q
fund lYlng In stnpor upon tho bed. !
opon bureau drawer contained seyoral paekaga
Of norphlnc, and beside her IN lhs bed y.
found another packacs ot tho drug Drs. Mse
Dunald nsla Jones, who wara called In IT. onet
did all they could to Raya tho creatures llfe
but ut 2:l3 IN tho afternoon s4o died
Gracc Harmon was about * years Of ags
lsr parents l!ye somewhere near Mllrankss
and sister Is living In bagnio on 6tat0 street
She took bcr nalle from a wcll.known Gan.hltt
Thrso yeas.'ago slla was brought hero from Net
Orlcans, but sue had liyod Ia lousns OF it-fA1s
ip thls eity syou before tho fro. Tie troubt
which ledto her taking morph!nc IL belIcycaI
have beaa quarrel with ner leycE, sou O.
Miss Garlic Wataon, who has quite Reputation
~ = heart.hreaker. Miss Richie, Us she ~!
herself vii, see tlAt all TINT IL left Of ths fool
tsh Etrl ts dcccntlY inferred. aud not throx99
haphuxaf1 luso 10 graveyard Ut negroes aud
paupeEs.H
An ATrEMpT.
At 4:S0 yesterday afternoon r. Flaming, d
No. aA Blue Island hVenuc, met at the c0TDH
ot o!ntoa aHd Adams d;, st1eesa man eovetsi
tlo eoruer Of Van Buren, and Cau1t'
/ streets BY. cutting i,ls taroat and tnt
teudons ana arteries ot tle lets arm wit, witn,:, b,
HIudlsou Street Rtat!on whera Dr, Bradley gu
ceeaed ln temporarily stopping the hemorfias$
ana uienca be was sent 70 The County Hosp!tn
t 1t is not thought that te can recover. "
pipe, but thp. rouuds on tte arm CO.
plotely seycred the b'eeps muscle IN IVY
places.. He Eaye ths namo ot John Norton, al
claimed TO have come to this city only shses
via sa Two e eai.d9s Sea BE- s9as sfyea q ha ii
Of puddlers II ths Union Rolling -hIl!t
to which .trals he himself belonGs, y
.psnt oil but sls Of ns money IN e.
keeper robbed him Of Ill the money laft, ana
| Yesterday 10 Was alone, pennilass, hunsT
without friends, and In lack Of = atnatl9a.
lie concluded It was TINS to 2vo up . ufe whis
was 50 unsatisfactory to even himself, nnd sf!S
sulccting thu tlut und place ant meapor ba
t courage failea him, and ho buugled tue 1o'
badly.
| OCEAN STEAMSHIP NEWS.
Nxw Yonk, April 4-Arrtved, Parshia fsH
Liyespoolt Bilesia from Hamburg.
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