The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-04-29
ArrEnrTED SUICIDE.
A. W, sweet makes iva Attempts 90
shsnls at This Mortal ssii ~ TAX
ins Opium, The DoeisFs %
the PFsni ana his Life Per-
haps saved


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lpa"Iuht NJ wv "ah hA''' - W. '"'"'
attempted 10 end bis existence ny mhlhE
Opium, lilo mAde two efforts tho tifsl being
.,ou, 7,ao an ,ba ,ao,ni,g uhen his eondi,
N''" wv " w ''1''"h' t..,a.
Won WhN h'sp"Fp'pn Wy sp"p w t'' '"'N"s
Of tho NmtOn hsnse, on East Elm street, ana
Dr.I l.. Adams WINS summoned 10 attend
Ma and ala, wo,Llng win him IN, some
h'"'' wv" "''p' "',""h Wv" w" W . .p,''s
Time 10 aueeeenen 10 gtlphH p'n' ''pn' u"up'
tho influence Of lhe deadly drug, On his
being questioned, he stated that ho took II N
''io, " sahia. ,oo,h ,,hioh ana. hollov 90,
qu'p' ~ aon'nR "o'p WYNN WINS ""' , y"
on Inhhhgamlnule eAAnllhhlph lhe phyholhh
failed u nnd any hollow tooth In his head
In the af,ernoon. about q o'clock, he made
A. .aa.1 80, 4, - ,l,o ,annor an1 was
WV 'op""' "'"'"P' w" Wv "'"""''' ""' ""'
sitting on n chair Ia DyslorpAoh's grocery
store In ltaat Dallas, when ho fell 10 the
floor, Onleer vi Cornwall, assisted by Jack
Duncan, got him into wagon aud conveyed
Kim ~ lhecily hospital, where he WIS attended
by Dr. Carter, oly physician. This time he
had taken amueh larger dose, and he was far
gone. Al ono lime lao Ooaaed 10 breathe and
was 10 all appearances dead, but tho
physician succeeded In bringing him
baok BY producing artificial respiration, and
soon nilerward he was breathing naturally,
yet nj lhto hour he wna not considered out
out Of danger, tho chances being rather
nRalnat him Tho slOmache pllmp WIS freely
ua0d, but too late 10 do any prectpliblo good
~ the poison had been taken up by the sys-
TEN, md tho most that could DO done was TO
administer antldotea.
A number Of papop were found on his
person aud n blank book, In which was
lound tho following, purportlng 10 BIO his
will
mako LOWS w. Sweet my executor with
Henry q, Sweet without bonds or security,
10 take possession of all my property, real
aud porsonnl, md 10 dispose Of Il a. they 500
bost, hut In such manner that neither tho
wllc If cvM w. sweet mar bls oldest or
youngost dmnpbtcr. Puss or Laura. shall
ever la bonc0ltcd Inv Il Alice M"rshall ia
GOOD womnn. md # sho can he helncd with.
out benz fitting her mother or sisters, Il will
bo all right hnye every confidence In II, O.
sweet and wlsh him Ia net with Lewis
md 500 tint nv Wishes arc fully carried ont
/ wish LAWS ~ Ina honell,ed ali thn bo c"n
ho Indivldnnllv IA him md nat IA his G,milv
Nv paner will show how INV proporty ia sit'
mi,lT.Joscrb p Jonos, oc Mrriincy Contr,
Cas,ra conniv Calicnrni, Tbov viii soo hv
nv nsners ,Int SImmons 1. nv o,on, In Il an y
sns fnr J"Iyo price' oc SHripraold Ma.
souri Gas n Sl 00o Moyican hnnd IN hishnrdo
for collocilon, the interest ON il IA now .hout
5000. do not want Norton TO get ANYTHING.
nor Ella either, 80 long rs sho lives
with that brute Norton, or associates with
Tine or Laura. think that IL NY property
IL rightly managed some $4,000 or $3.50 o
can be- saved out of II, though | have been
unable TO attend TO IL Of Into years; IL should
bo worth double that. have enough on my
person to pay NIL my burial expenses, and
hope to be accorded Masonic burial.
A. w. SWEET.
April s,th, 1880
There were other entries, us follows II
owe Kim hotel III o0i Clerk Harwood,
~ o. Fay. would do II myself, but
feel unable to 60. | have with me, in my
poekotbook $40 GO; on, my person,
500. My coat and kerchief and
shirt arc nt Elm hotel Tell ID.
w. stone goodbye,
Further ON IN the book is tho tollowiag
Lewis W. and Henry q, Sweetca use or dis
pose of my property ms they see fit. in
tended it for Lewis, but his family are so ut
tcrly unworthy that | cannot give them any
benefit oft, hence want HeHry to govern
in That matter and share with Lewis the
trouble and profit, and see that Lewis in per
son never wants. A. w. SWEET"
ApniL, 90, lssO.
have a presentnenl that I will do sud-
denly. have stlange feelings tbsl | cannot
account for, what il To hnnnen cannot tall
/ should prennro for Il. feel TINT NAV
Gll dend NJ INV time. hence, what I have
written. | feel strange now. cannot describe
NV ceeIng, This by wav of exclamation.
of what have before written. want a
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