Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1880-08-05
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
EULLDOZING in DELAWARE
A Colored Orator Assaulted at
New Castle.
CRUSHED BY A PULP PULLEY
Suicide Of a DeIawarean in Kansas
AN UnfeeIiog Father---KilIed
on the Road--.Arm
Amputated.
THE new CASTLE DEMOCRACY
EULLD0ZING in DELAWARE
CRUSHED BY A PULP PULLEY
THE new CASTLE DEMOCRACY
a K5NSaS SUTCTDF.
Stntetnents That IHe is the Nephew
of Chief Justice COsnegys

Statements That He is the Nephew
of Chief Justice Go,negys.
The Topeka (Kansas) Noraiag Commoa-
wealth OF July 25. says Last evening the
people of Topeka were again shocked by
the news of another suicide, and the more,
perhaps. because the dead man has been
one OF Che most brilliant and popular
mem 1ers of society. Tho victim was Mr.
Harry z. Oomegys, a young man, proba.
bly, 81 or % years old, who came To Topeka
sometime last winter aud took the posi-
tion of steuoprapher with Mr. Goddard,
General Freight Agent of the A. L. Il S.
II Il. II
The young man had complained Of be
ing unweli for several days and had beea
despsndept, but on the day of his suicide
he had spoken more cheerfully to Messrs
O. Il Williams and Jo B,c III, the latter
of Elkton, Md
At 4 20 o'clock Mr. Williams wont up to
his room. and from there NJ stairs. to in
quira how Oomegys felt o the stairs
he met Mr. b icon who had been on tie
same errapd. and said that the door was
locked and he couldn't get any answer to
his calls. The gentlemen went out on the
roof OF the wing, aud from there obtained
entrance through window. and saw him
lying On the bed, apparently sound asleep
Mr.. Williams shook him, but falling to
awaken him, made an examination and
found that he was dead. A bottle partially
filed with chloroform was found Oh the
pillow next to his facs, aud part of the
conteats had been poured on the pillow.
Another pillow lay on his head.
Physicians were at once summoned, but
he WAS beyond their power to aid. Life
had ended and the ninth snicide within a
| year had been done. At late
hour last night dispatch was receiv, d
from the father of MIR. Comegys. request
| ing that the remains of his son be sent
| home at once with messenger. Arrange
ments have ther fore been made for
| funeral services at the residence of L l.
| King, corner of Eighth avenue nnd Madi-
son street at 1 o'clock p. III The re-
| mains will then be taken to the Santa Fe
depot and be shipped to St Alhans. II
has not yet been decided who will go with
| them.
Everyone in Wilmington who it was
thought could know anything as to the
identity of Mr. Comegys was seen this
morning Dy representative of EVERY
EVENING, but no positive information
could be obtained. Those who were the
best acquainted with the Comegys family
in Delaware, doubt that he is, as has been
stated, nephew of Chief Justice
Comegys or that he is a native Delawarean.
II he is such a nephew, it is thought he
must ne son of John Comegys, who left
his position NJ discount clerk at the Farm
ers Bank at Third and Market streets 10
1916 or Al; who wa, afterwards mai
agent between Philadelphia and Washing
ton; who eight or ten years ago WAS q
dentist in Philadelphia and now may be
in St. Albans. Vermont. At the time this
gentleman left Wilmington ho was about
% years old.