Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-23
CHICAGO LETTER.
CORRESPONDENCE Public Ledger

CHICAGO, April q, 1881.
Suicides are the order Of the day
in the Garden city. Yesterday after
noon a young Englishman named J.
w. Humble wound up his brilliant
career by cutting his throat at the
Leland hotel with a razor. Tempo
rary insanity. His body has been en-
balmed and sent to his friends in Eng
land. He was on a pleasure and
prospecting tour in the United States.
Milton H. Myers a confidence oper-
tor, tried to hang himself in the coun-
ty Jail. He was cut down a few Sec
onds too soon.
The third taking off was accom-
plished by a pistol, and it was l.. r.
Ramsey, junior member of the COM
mission firm of Ramsey 4 Sen, of the
stock yards. Only thirty-seven sum
mers had smiled uponshis head. He
left a ~sorrowing wife and loving son of
fifteen years to mourn his sad end.
Dependency the cause.
And death has also made requisition
on another splendid fellow, Colonel
Henry w. Farrar, business manager of
the Chicago Evening Journal for the
past eleven years. During the late
little difficulty between the states
rights aud big N" nation elements OF
the United States, he serVedthe latters
cause, on the stats of Generals
Wright and Sedgwick. Only
forty years had marked his
advent into life. He was a native of
Bangor, Maine. A host of friends
will follow the remains of the noble
gentleman to their last resting place.
Wilbur f. Story, proprietor of the
mammoth Chicago Times, the greatest
newspaper in the world, will have to
pay Miss Alice Farley $500 for pub
fishing a libelous article on her. She
sued for $50, 900. The suit has passed
through several phases during the past
eight years. The article referred to
was a most villainous attempt by a cor
respondent of the paper to injure the
young lady's character. But the law
has vindicated her character. More
than this, while the dark cloud hung
so imminently over the girl, her lover
married her,and for years she has been
a happy wife and mother.
Chicago has just been worsted in a
suit for damages brought by Miss Mar
garet Reilly, whose husband was kill
ed by a fall through a defective side
walk. The verdict was $3.50.
In jail is John Weidert. a Chicago
saloon keeper. He was caught trying
to fire his establishment that he might
get the insurance thereon. To the
penitentiary will be Johns next
change.
An exciting scene occurred in Judge
williamson courtthe other day. Two
attorneys got into a little unpleasant
ness. They were George Willard
and II. o. Mcdaniel. Willard en-
phasized his position by hurting a
heavy inkstand at the brainS pan of
Mcdaniel. For this contempt of
court he was promptly fined $25.
j. L. Van Woest, of Denver, Col,
recently attempted to swindle Chicago
banks. By circular he represented
himself as about starting a bank in
Denver, with a large capital, and in
viting Chicago banks to do business
through his, and vice versa. His lit
tie game would not work.
Chicago is a hard place a for friend
less girl to come to in search of EN-.
ployment. Let all such give the great
metropolis Of the west a wide berth.
There are here some Of the worst
human devils of men that ever cursed
any community. And a goodly num-
Der Of these are of the "hOary headed
stripe.
A murderer from Japan passed
through Chicago the other day, on his
way ia prison for life in New York'sI
penitentiary. His namei is j.. N. Ross.
he was a sailor. He killed a ness
mate at Yokohoma. At his trial be-
fore the United States consul be was
sentenced to be hanged, but this was
COMMITTED to Imprisonment for life.
Chicago has a women's physiology
cal society of some Importance. Mrs.
Helen Shedd is its president.
Letter robbers have been lately get
ting in their work pretty lively ia
Chicago. A young man named H. l..
Andrews, a trusted employe of the
postofice, is the latest discovery"
made by the fly cops.
The mystery attending the poison
ing of Miss Alice Montgomery in
Chicago, is still u~nravelled. 1t is not
known whether it was suicide or ''ac-
cidentar' poisoning, caused by the
druggist putting up the wrong pre-
scription. 1t may be possible, and
even probable, that the girl, discover
ing she was soon TO become a mother,
took her own life. Poor thing
|. An eminent artist of Chicago is
Prof. James Fairman. For eight years
he travelled through Europe making
sketches to be used in a mammoth
painting. HIS portfolio was full of
the fruits Of these years Of toll. Now
his precious treasure is non est inven-
tus. Some villainous thief recently
purloined this valued collection
About twenty $1,000 Chicago bonds
are afoat in duplicate numbers. 1t is
generally believed this was caused by
accident, and not by fraud.
Some Chicago expressmen act very
inhospitable toward emigrants.
But the police make it live
ly for the expressmeD in
turn. However, strangers visiting
this city should keep both eyes open
and their hand on their shooting iron.
The Shiloh Church or Pittsburg
Landing battle still agitates war
circles in Chicago. The universal
sentiments against General Sherman's
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