The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-04-13
THE CITY
FOUND DEAD.

q. K smith Commits suicldo IN His Room
ntthe European House by Talking Nor
pi,ine.
A man by the name Off. X. Smith was
found dead in his room yesterday morning
at the European ho,cl 1923
north Main street, by Mr.
Armstrong, the proprietor, who went
up In person 10 call him for breakfast. He
knocked on the door, and receiving no
response, lac entered the room and found
himselfin the presence Of death. The de-
ceased lay stretched out on the bed with
his hands claspcd across his breast, and
looked Just as though ne had died anatural
DEATH A HErALD reporter Went 10 he
scene and CLEANED the following particulars:
The deceased came 10 the lou 2
Sunday between shutdown and dark aud
asked TO be showed TO his room at once, ant
also called for pitcher of wafer and a
glass. Mr.. Armstrong asked him If nc did
not wish supper and he answered that he
did not, and they went TO the room assign
ed him, which is on the second floor. Mr..
Armstrong stood at the door. chatting, when
the deceased asked him 10 withdraw, as he
was very tired and DESTROYS of getting a
good rest. The next morning he was found
dead rs above stated.
Inc utCcdSeu WAS
and about iifty-eight years old and leaves
a wife and two young children TO NOR n
him. For the past year and Il half he has
been in the employ of Mr. Simon who
keeps secoAd hand furniture store on
Z m.street but was discharged last Satur-
day. Nj. Simon had loaned him some
furniture for bis own use some time ago
and last Saturday discovered that the de-
ceased had pawned it whereupon he dis
charged him. This together with unpleas-
ant domestic relations no doubt caused him
TO commit the rash act
Mr.. Armstrong notified Justice Edwards,
acting coroner, who empannelled jury OF
inquest, which visited the remains and be-
fore whom two witnesses were examined,
adjourned until o'clock p. m, when the
following witnesses were heard:
J. c. ARMSTRONG,
the first witness sworn, testified live in
the city and sleep at the European house
Sometime between shutdown and dark on
yesterday Mr. Smith came to my house
and asked me for a room upstairs, which
told him he could have. he, said that, he
wished to lie down very early. He asked
tor pitcher of water and a
glass, which were sent to his room. He
went up to his room about dark without
getting his supper, and | went with him;
stopped at the door; he told me to please
leave him alone, as he wanted TO rest; thlS
was the last | saw of him alive about 6:30
O'Clock this morning | went up stairs to
wake my boarders and knocked at the door
of deceased, but could get no response; l
tried the room and found it was not locked,
and entering the room found
deceased lying on his back
with his hands tackled across his
breast, dead. l called Mr.. Duff, a friend
of the deceased, and told him. The de-
ceased was cold and stiff, and | think died
early in the night
The second witness,
FRED SIMON.
| am in the secondhand furniture
business on Elm street, and Keller
Smith was formerly in my. employ,
and the last | saw of him alone
was on last Saturday at 6 p. m,
when / discharged him from my employ;
was in my employ one and half years,
and l promised him that | would not tell
why discharged him; Smith was in trou-
Bile about his family; l never heard him
say that he would take his life, but he has
been sick for the last three weeks, and was
scarcely able to do any kind of work,
After hearing the testimony the jury re-
turned a verdict that the deceased
came TO his death by taking morphine
administered by his own hand.
The deceased was Mason, and it is
understood that Order will take charge of
the remains