Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-01-23
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.

F. ID. Fish, Of ChiDre,ra Falls. Wisconsin.
Cuts a Hole IN His drm and Nearly
Bleeds to Death.
Yesterday morning the police were in
formed that man at Quady's hotel had at
tempted suicide. Repairing to the hotel
man was found in one of the rooms nearly
exhausted from loss of blood, which had
escaped from a terrible cash hacked in his
arm. A pail was standing by the bed con-
tanning quite a quantity of clotted blood,
and the bed on which the man lay was
saturated with human gore.
The injured man was taken to the Cottage
hospital and q doctor was summoned.
About one week ago the man came 10 the
hotel aud registered as f. d. Fish, CHIP
pewa Falls. He appears to be about forty
years of age, and Is rather quiet, having kept
by himself most of the time, and did not
drink.
The injured man made bad job of his
attempted suicide, as in not being able to
accomplish the job satisfactorily, he had cut
and sashed away until the flesh was cut
nearly to the bone. letter found in his
pocket may point towards the cause of the
act:
The letter reads as follows:
JACKSON. Mich, Nov. 6, 1S79.-Uy Dear
Darling Frank Please pardon me for these
few lines. | wrote you when | was at Law
renee. Instead of nay going West | returned to
jackson. / dare not venture West for a num-
Der of reasons; one was care not trust myself;
was afraid if l got within a few miles of YOU
my feeling would get the upperhaud of me
and would break my word. l said l would
never trouble you with my presence without
your consent. l wrote you az soon as arrived
here but got no answer; then wrote to Water
man Brothers. and not getting an answer |
dropped letter to A. X. Fletthier; he tells me
YOU are still at the Waterman House. Oh, it
made me so happy to even hear of you if l
can't here from you. You may think by your
GOODNESS would soon forget you, but Fgank,
you know my love for you never can be
changed. do believe love you still better, if
it could be possible. | SO often dream OF you
and see you in my sleep. Sill l must or ought
to know by this time your feelings fer ME.
am at present boarding at the Hurd House,
have been boarding there for the last two
months ! often when at the table look for
some face that resembles yours. Ont of oye'
a hundred every meal | see none No, never
will see another that will look SO dear to me.
have some dear friends here, among them Mrs
Smith, the proprietors wife, and Mrs. Hurd.
If you would care to know how my standing is
here. drop them line: they will tell you just
as it is. The company | am at work for pays
two dollars q DAY Ior my ooaIu anu looiu' All o.
Hurd and Mrs. Smith are my constant visitors.
worked twenty-one days-or / might say
nights, for only got two or three hours sleer
out of the twenty-four, and got 81 day. l an
now at work for % day, aud don't work three
hours in the twenty-four. l shall be through
here in a week or two more.
Oh, Frank l am thankful l can manage
to get good, respectable living. Ny troubles
have brought out SOME good in me. if there
was none before. One thing sure. live TO
you, and as long as l am sane l shall do so.
do not know what is before me. fr l neve
thought / should come to this. (rnis say.