The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-07-30
A SUICIDE.

YOUNG GERMAN TAXES FIFTEEN GRAINS OF
sTRIcKNISEANDDI DIES IL LESS THAN TWEEN
TY MINUTES.
People in the vicinity Of Mcssrs Barclay
Bros, Ohio leyee drug store last night about
| eight o'clock were startled by the announce
ment that young Henry A. d. la Mot, for
sometime porter 10 the Wholesale house Of
this firm, had taken poison and was lying
at the point Of death Enquiry proved
that the announcement was true. Young
La Mot had taken, If his own state
ment, sn.ilinely made to Mr.. James
Barclay, be true, fifteen grains Of strychniue
in glass with water, and few moments
later be lay on his bed, his frame racked
with violent spasms and his mind in
stupor from which it never awakened.
The circumstances Of the affair are briefly
told. During the day LsNIot had told
Messrs Barclay aud the clerks in the store
that be would commit suicide He did 50
in manner which did not excite any ap.
prehension on the part Of any one, and his
threat was replied to with some light
remark. But be made his preparations
during the afternoon. He took bath and
got his clean wash and dressed himself up
in his best clothes About eight o'clock he
was seen to 20 up stairs to has room over
the store, carrying basket containing his
clothes in one hand and glass Of wafer in
the other Mr. James Barclay was the only
one who gave the young mans threats to
kill himself any serious thought He
noticed LaMOts absence from the store,
made inquiry, aud learned that he was up
stairs in his room He went up stairs and
called, but got no answer he went to
LaMot's room and opened the door Just in
time 10 see him swallow glass Of water.
Being asked what he had done, LaMot
smiled, threw up both hands and said 81
have taken fifteen grains of poison aud
I'm going to die Mr., Barclay saw at a
glance that the young man meant what he
said he hurried down stairs, sent clerks in
different directions for physicians and sent
one up stairs, who found LaMot lying at
full length on his bed, eyes closed, hands
over his chest and singing in low voice
a German funeral hymn. The song was
suddenly snohered in groans, the face
became distorted, every muscle in his
body began to culver and in few moments
more a series Of horrible spasms tore every
limb and threw the dieing man violently
about .hc bed in spite of the efforts of the
clerk and several other assistants to hold
him down. Strong emetics were admins.
tered with much difficulty, but they had no
effect and few minutes later the death
struggle was over. Coroner Fitzgerald was
notified who took charge of the remains
and will have them dccently inferred early
this morning
De La Mot was very intelligent young
man; he was able to speak seven different
languages and WAS Latin scholar He
was an Alsacean His Iathor was minis
ter under Louis Napoleon during the
Franco Prussian war, and after the war
which ended so disastrously for that mon
arch, his father lost his position, his pro-
perry IN Alsace was condscated and he
had to remove to Wurtemberg where
his wife had fine estate.
iourg De LaMote got into some trouble,
The nature Of which he never told to any
one here, but which compelled him to flee
the country and come, here
he said. He came to New
York about three years ago, went
from there to Cincinnati, then to st. Louis,
then to New Orleans, then to Galveston
where he was employed in the surgical de-
partment Of hospital, then to Mexico
where he was likewise employed, and after
visiting several other places, came here.
Shortly after his arrival here, be applied to
Dr. Dunning for situation, saying that