New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-09
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
rrprn or rJrE HERE BELOW.

TIRED OF LIFE HERE BELOW.
MELANCHOLY SUICIDE OF WRIST INDIA rLANIEB
IN DRooKLYN-oTHER ATTEMPTS AT sELh'
MURDER.
An unaccountable and shocking suicide was dis,
Hicks-sts Brooklyn, yesterday forenoon. The VIC
tim. weli-to-do West India planter. named Corn
wall Henwcod had been guest at the hotel SINCE SINCE
apparently il good health tn He He die did d nSt
Being opened by chambermaid later in the fore.
noon, his dead body discovered stretched on the
bed. lying partly on the face. The bed clothing was
saturated with blood from deep cash 10 the throat
and was much disarranged showing that the sui
cides death struggle was severe and long. razor
stained with blood lay in the PED H9n en-; naa
neatly folded, lay on sofa at one SIDE OF the roo
There was fire in the CRATE, still burning brightly
and nothing was an b the oCcd the daos
until the room was inspected hy Captain Campbell
of the Washington Street Police, who was SATISFIED
that the case one of murder. 49,.
Mr. Henwood was an Englishman thirty
years of age and had lived for several years with
bis wife and Children in one Of Of tne aba was
sulphur mine in which be was interested. Six
weeks ago leaving his family behind, he sailed from
of capitalists in developing the mine. He
first went to Frenchs Hotel in NewsYork'
He was connected with the firm Of Challenor q 20,
ARRIVAL and subsequently went with II. 6. Challen0r
70 board at the Plerepont House. He made practice
Of visiting NewYoTk daily ~ e returning e tba
hotel For some time he had been troubled with
intermittent fever but this did not seem to inter
fere with his business depress his spirits Friday
night he was discussing business with Mr. Challenor
and another business man, and showing maps on
the mine, and detailing the arrangeTe9t TOR work
ing it. When Mr.. Challenor called, Mr.. ftenwOou
was writing in his diary, and the last entry aludes
to his CALL In its pages there is no intmatlon OF
any intention of suicide, nor anything when throws
the least light on the causes of the act The theory
is that having return of his illness in the night,
in moment of delirIum Mr. HenwOod reached for
across his throat. When found the body was cold,
and he had apparently been dead sew
eral hours. His paqeFs and and effects w s1
and telegram was sent TO his wife. Mr.. ChallenOr
agreed to take charge of the funeral arTangenents
Coroner Parker empaneIled jury and liked the IN
quest for Tuesday at 1880 p. III.
Ida Foster, age twenty-nine, of No. 23O West
Thirty-siXthst was arrested for drunkenness. late
Friday night. In the West Twentieth street Police
kill herself, but DR.. Wade, who. was called
found no trace of the poison and the woman was
locked uE In the morning she was v found very III
The fact that traces of the poison were fonnd at
the first examination at the police station was re-
evening that the woman was intoxicated when
brought in, and she herself acknowledged that the
liquor which she had drank had produced nausea
and vomiting. The physician at the hospital, DE-
Hawley said that no traces of Oxalc acid had been
discovered but that the woman undoubtedly mad
taken some strong irritant. The dose, however,
must have been small one as she was not IN dan
gerous condition. She was removed to Bellevue
Hospital early IN the day.
John Sanders, colOred. sixty years of age while at
q friends house at Amltyville, l.. l., Friday at
tempted to commit suicide by cutting his throat
with razor. He inflicted an ugly cash, which was
sewed up by DR.. Preston. lie will probably recover
Charles McKenna, twenty-elght years of age, of
No. 1926 East Twenty-fourtb-st., was arrested Fri
day night for amortization and dsorderly conduct
In the Yorkville Police Court yesterday Justice
MURRAY committed him for ten days AS the officer
was about to take him downstairs to the prison, be
broke away, and attempted to throw himself from
the window He was prevented by Roundsman
Muldoon and Officer Hartigan, of the Court Squad
lie was sent to the wOrkhOuse