The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1879-05-10
CONGRESSIONAL SUICIDES

Riddles suicide is simply the last Of 4
list which begins with the foundation Of
the government His is similar. in some
respects. to that oI james Blair. Repre-
sentative from South Carolina III the
Twenty -trSt, Twenty second and Twenty
third Congresses. During the first SEES
sion OF the Twenty third Congress Blair
attended the Washington Theater, one
night. and, being displcased with the ac-
tors, fired a loaded pistol at them. for
which he was arrested and fined So
Physicians testified that he was under
the influence OF brandy and opium, taken
to alleviate pain from chronic rhcuma-
tism. Three weeks aftcrward. April 1.
1884. he blew out his brains with a pistol
at his boarding house on Capitol Hill.
Similar, i'll many points Of the case.
was that of Felix G. Mcconnell, a Repre-
sentative from Alabama. in the Twenty
eighth and Twenty ninth Congresses. who
committed suicide in fit of delirium, in
the st. Charles Hotel. Washington. by
stabbing himself in the abdomen, and
then cutting his throat. September TO-
1916.
Another Representative from South
Carolina. besides Blair, who committed
suicide, was James ID. Ashemore. who
after serving several terms III the State
Senate. and subsequently as Controller
General. was elected to the Thirty-sixth
'oiiSltSs rom inc Efeen.llle olslilct'
Stl, my uii'ii DeGeiilper Il, looo. Inc
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VI 'iie "ai' Nc e!,eleu tne Soi'iGoerate
army: an" coillliltteu SUICIDE oE plo"ih@
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SftSS .o from hecei'pef D. looo' 10 March
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ne va porn III lau2. iGctlse" 'il "c1-
"t .n S"'ioii' H'''lco law ""S ~
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liioi'o. N.Y. va" e!ecteh nePreseiltatNe
from hcli'"chI ia inc "eit!-iotrth
congress- rs Il hlg, without opposition,
ana al; was succGssi'ciy re-eieGte" to the
l"eh'S-1 1T "e!i'S-SiHth' l"ehty-seF-
ehth ana WehtF-elSil'h congresses With-
OUT opp"sltloii; serving from lJecehbcf I.
1902 !" Ni'lIi D. lot'' M"s 9pN'kcr OF
tne house curing the lWenty-SeVehth
congress; was Judge OF the Nlheteenth
JudicEtl lrcuit Oh Nentucky' committed
SUICIDE NJ hlchmohd. NY, september *,
lo5'. r. W.,
J"'iies 70: ilSoii' Iilleo Gt"tes Heh't-
tni iioih NJ" Jersey IRON! i'ece,nper T.
lolD' 10 lo.a, was severely injured III DE-
c2moer, lS'a. ny imagining IN a ut OF
throwing himself from a second-storv
window. He had been of the True 4meri-
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