Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-10-10
SUICIDE IN JAIL.

to the Door of His Cell in Fit of InsaR-
ity-Evidence Given Before the Coroner's
Jury and Their Verdict.
On Monday Chief Clark, of the police
force, lodged one Pat Maloney, whom he
found wandering about the streets in
dsmented state, in the county Jail for safe
keeping, and there being suspicious that
he was dangerously insane, made COM
plant to Judge McGroty and it was ap-
pointed to examine the prisoner in the
probate court rooms on Tuesday forenoon
to determine his sanity, and if the com
plant was well founded to send him to st.
Peter.
But without the knowledge of the watch
man or the inmates off the Jail Maloney
succeeded in suspending himself by the
neck during Monday night to the door of
his cell with wooden blanket twisted up
and made into moose, and thus hanged
and checked himself to death, his body be
ing found at o'clock yesterday morning,
with his back to the door, while his toes
rested On the floor, but being stark and
stiff, giving evidence that be committed
the deed in the region IF midnight
The body was taken down and con-
veyed to MCCARTHY & Donnelly's under
taking rooms, where Coroner Davenport
empaneled jury ct p. m, at which
Chief Clark was the first witness called.
He said that he was summoned 10 take the
deceased into custody at the corner OF
Third and WabashaI street on Monday
forenoon by parties complaining that no
was crazy. He found him displaying symp-
toms OF mind disordered by delirium
tremsns, although his breath gave no
signs of liquor, and saying that he be-
longed to some secret society, whose
secrets he had divulqed, and seemed under
the hailucinatlon that some one was pur
suing him in the endeaver TO kill him.
He concluded that he was
u dangerous person, and placed
him in the care of Deputy Sheriff Strong
for safe keeping, and filed complaint at
the probate court for his examination.
The prisoner further told him that he had
been at work for nine days ter the water
company, that he wanted his pay, and that
his valise was at the French hotel in little
Canada.
Another witness said he had known the
deceased for four or five days. He thought
he had been on Bridge Square inquiring
for teams from Rosemont where he claim
ed he had been at work. Had seen him
call for drink at saloon and refused
because he had no money. He thought he
had been drinking too heavily as the last
time he saw him on Monday ne was very
shaizy. He told him also that he, the de-
ceased, had been at work in the Milwaukee
yards. He thought he was about 26 years
old.
The Jail night-watchmen went on duty,
he said, withou5 knowing that the deceased
was in there. If he bad heard any noises
in the night ne should have attributed them
to other prisoners. He showed that he
was On duty, but not particularly on that
side of the prison at 11:30 O'Clock. Was
told by an inmate Of a cell in the same
tierand near by the deceased, and whose
door was not looked, about 5 a. H., that
man had hung himself and found it to be
a fact. He testified that the blanket with
which thu deed was committed was not
cut
Mrs. Eva Watson testified to being the
occupanS OF cell four doors of. She was
i'll on Monday night. at about 1880 as
she thought, she heard q sound which
alarmed her and she got up from her bed
and went to her cell door. The sound was
as though some one was choking or
strapgling, and quite loud. She did not
see the Waterman anywhere, but she went
into the corridor and said, 'boys what
is the natter?" she received no reply.
could not definitely locate the sound, and
knowing that deaf and dumb boy direct
ly underneath the cell of the deceased was
in the habit of making queer noises, re-
tired, not feeling we'll enough to seek the
Waterman and inform him. The strange
noise reused her up second time in the
night, and she went to her door. In the
early morning she discovered the man
hanging, and informed the watohman.
The day Waterman testified as to the
position of the body, and to taking it
down. He thought that possibly the man
kicked something out from under his feet
and died by hanging, and that the body
sagged so, that the toes came to the floor
after life was extinct.
Deputy Sheriff Strong certified to the
commitment and Judge McGrorty to tbs
complaint made by Chief Clark.
The jury returned verdict that the de-
ceased came to his death by hanging him
self while in fit of temporary insanity,
and recommended that the county com
missioners add an additional Waterman to
the Jail night force for the better protec-
ton of prisoners incarscerated therein.
AS it is not known whether the deceased
has any family relations in the state, the
ramains will he inferred at the eypense Of