Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-24
BUJ LETS IN HIS BRAIN.
Desperate Attempt Of w. r. Noble
to Commit Suicide.
TAKING A BATH AT MERCHANTS,
He Lies Down Upon Cot and Pumps
Two Bullets Into His Head.
HIS AFFAIRS AT THE BANK ALL
RIGHT.
Ill Health and Dependency the Al
legged Cause Of the Attempt.

The present month bids fair to go down
| to history as the red letter period of crime,
casualty and almost every variety of acct
dent, misdeed and deviltry. Horror sue
| ceeds horror, and calamity treads swiftly
on the heel of misfortune, misery and dis
tress. 1t seems as if the very air is i'm
pregnated with misfortune, and that GER
tain evils had become epidemic. The be-
levers in ast-ology may well cite the long
array of facts in proof of their doctrine
that the unsettled condition Of life on this
planet Is owing to the perturbations of the
stellar zones predicted for this era of the
worlds history. To the long list of hor-
rors that have taken place during the
month, st. Paul mas contributed her full
share.
The two inquests of yesterday morning,
elsewhere recorded in this issue of the
GLOBE, had scarcely been completed, when
the startling report was circulated on
Third street, that Mr.. William R. Noble,
cashier of Culbertson's banking house,
and for many years a highly esteemed and
well known citizen, had attempted suicide
by shooting himself in the head, in
the barber shop at the Merchants hotel.
Inquiry revealed that the rumor was but
too well founded, and when the GLOBE re-
porter visited the place a few minutes
after the shooting, he found the locality
surrounded by small crowd of excited
people, curious, as all men are concerning
unexpected happenings, to. learn the par
ticula1s of the attempted suicide. Upon
going into the barber shop the reporter
was directed to room, over the entrance
to which was sign labeled 'Turkish
Baths" and upon entering, DR.. Murphy
and couple of gentlemen were found
bending over the PROSTATE man, who re-
cllned on couch such as are used in bar
Der shops where Turkish baths are given.
SHOT IN THE RIGHT TEMPLE.
MIR. Noble was unconscious and the
physician had just extracted ball from
the right temple. The ball had come in
contact with the parietal bone and had
been fattened by the impact. On small
shelf was found the revolver employed to
do the deed.
The weapon is of the Marlin, New
haven make, seven chambers, and only
81 callber. Two of the chambers
we're empty and it was covered with blood.
In making the desperate attempt at self
destruction Mr.. Noble had DISCHARGED
two of the charges of the revolver.
Roth huI1atc a,faraI A.
above the ear, and at places one inch and
half apart. The bullet extracted struck
the bone of the temple, and its deadly
course was stayed; the other bullet lodged
IN the head, and has not been found.
To make a consecutive narrative the
readers attention is called to the move
ments of Mr.. Noble previous to commit
ting the act which may yet terminate his
existence. For several days past he has
been under the weather, suffering from a
severe attack of neuralgia and dyspepsia.
So alarming have the symptoms become
recently that DR.. Routh, the family physi-
clan, had grave fears that unless relief and
needed rest was had, they might result in
unbalancing his mind.
Last week he remained away from the
bank couple of days, and on Friday and
Sunday last he was at times deIirious and
deranged.
Yesterday morning ne sent word down
to the bank, through his son, that he would
be down during the forenoon.
He left the family residence, No. 681 st.
Peter street, about 8 o'clock yesterday
morning, and proceeded down town, stop
ping first at Lysle's barber shop, under the
Opera House. He came into the shop and
asked for bath, taking off his coat and hat
He was Informed at first that bath was
doubtful, as the pipes had been frozen up.
Afterwards the. attendant said he would
try and fix him out, when being in a hur-
ry or impatient, he left the shop. He re-
turned almost Immediately and remarked
that he would take the bath, but on being
informed that the water was not right, he
left the shop.
SHAMPOO BATH.
Proceeding down to the Merchants, he
entered the barber shop in the basement of
he hotel and called for shampoon bath.
This was between 10 and II o'clock. He
was shown to bathing room and Day
Brown, an attendant, administered the
bath. During the bath he sent the attend
ant out for two hot drinks, nothing strange
being observed in his conduct.
About 1:25 o'clock. after he had taken
the bath, he wrapped a blanket about his
head and lay down on one of the cots.
The attendant left the room about this
time, and in so doing left the door ajar,
when Mr.. Noble called him back to close
it, saying that he wanted no one to look at
him.
PREPARING FOB DEATH.
Before lying down on the cot, however,
the attendant noticed him take something
from his trousers pocket, which it was af- |
forwards proven was the revolver. Having
thus arranged for the deed, he placed the |
weapon to his head and fred two shots. |
The report of the revolver was heard by |
the attendant, who went to the room and |
found Mr.. Noble lying on the cot strug- |
Cling an still clutching at the weapon,
which had fallen from his hand and lay at |
his head.
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