Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-22
THE SUICIDAL SEASON.
Opens with Three ViCtimsj
One by Poison, Two by
Hanging,
Still Another Citizen, Tired Of
Life, Tries to Buy
Strychnine.
Even the American Eagle Takes
His Own Life.

There have Of late been fewsuicides
In thi. city or vicinity, and the fact
of two occurring about together has
caused no little stir Of sensstionalism.
De case Is q peculiarly sad one, 1t
being that of q young girl, Carrie
Mccormick, aged only 10, q daughter
of P. Mccormick, a worthy carpenter
living on North Eighth street. 1t
seems that the girl has had q love
affair, and the young man upon whom
she had bestowed her tender and
trusting affections had tired Of the
love he had won. On Saturday night
last she received q letter from him,
stating In substance that he did not
care for her, "a he had. The blow
proved too great for her to bear, and
Ia her dependency she took the first
means at her hands to end her life.
There CHANGED to be in the house
some "Rough on Rats" poison not
intended for suicidal purposes, but of
such composition So TO be capable of
being used for this purpose. The
young girl took a large dose Of this.
| Physicians In attendance thought that
the antidotes given would soon restore
her, but she grew rapidly worse, and
despite the attempt If physicians and
friends to nave her, death ensued. The
remains we're yesterday taken TO Den
ison, the former home Of the family,
and from which lace they came here
only a few months ago.
A STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND.
Another case of self. destruction was
that Of q man who was, as far as can
be learned, q complete stranger In the
city. He was evidently q foreigner,
aged about thirty years, and was mo-
ticed standing In front Of what 1,
known as the old Powers binding,
Sunday evening. Mr.. Geores Gate,
nc ticed the man enter the building,
and o little later he was disc >vsreo
there dead by Parker Masters anc
William L. Craig. They at fra
thought he Was drunk, leaning
up against the wall, but . neare looi
revealed the fact that he was hanging
by q small cord, dead.
The ron was notified and ~
Inquest held. There was found OF
the body about $l3 In money anc
some papers, from which 1t ap
peared that his name was Jurger
Freidrich Jehe, and that he was borr
at Rheide, SchleswIg, Germany, snt
was q dragon In regiment 13
Schleswig division to Prussia. III,
left the old country on a furlough, tt
60 to Davenport, Ia. Among the
other papers was a note for 500
dated at Omaha, May II, drawn Ii
favor of Hans Rssmus, and signet
| by the same name, though In q differ
emit handwriting from the body of tn,
note. Other papers indicated thu
: he had been lately In Omaha, bu
there was nothing to indicat
o any reason for taking life.
Q has been suggested by som
who have seen the note and who hsv
eyed 1t with suspicion, that posuibl
he had been viotim'zed by some fe
. low out of 500, and that this was tn
straw which broke down his ment,
e balance, leading him to suicidel
TuE AMERICAN EAGLE SUICIDE.
A lsrse American eagle killed hin
selt n short distance from the city, b
. s,rlkihp q barbed wire fence.
n farmer saw him As he pounced dow
from an airy height, struck the fenc'
aud died. The farmer took the des
bird, and sold hun to M. Spelling
this olty, who placed the esg'e In I
M Connell's hands to have MIN fxe
up In the best style of the tsxtdsrmis
p The eagle who thus killed himsel
WAS a large one, measuring six fe,
y three inohes from tip to tip of h
g wings, aud was probably ten or twel,
<, years old,
ANOTHER WOULD BE SUICIDE,
p About noon on Sunday when all IL
clerks Of the drug store of Grandy
At Go. except Mr.. Pinney were at di
ner, q man came la and after TALK
i" with some parties In the store {
of awhile he asked Mr. Pinnsy il no hi
"a some lsudanum. Mr.. P.nney said
had, when the man said he want,
NJ. two ounces. Mr.. Pinney asked hi
what he wanted with it, and he ga
90 he wanted 20 kill a pain from VIII
ca hs was suff ring In the head. M
of Pinney inquired Of him where
In lived and what bis business was o,
CO on learning these facts told him that
re could not let him have the laudanu
to except upon = prescription from
90 doctor. He then asked Mr. P. If
I'd had any Atryohnine, and no was |
ne formed that they had plenty of
of He then said he wanted atry chniu
tn a. 1t would answer the same purpoI
4 Mr.. P, refused to let him nave tn.
Nv aud then said to him, MAN, wha
Is the matter with yeui You must
.te orszy." The man said, eyes, 1t
he crazy" and admitted that he went
". the poison for the purpose of endi
to his own life, alleging as a cause, II
Ia. his wife had sued for a divorce, a
Of that she and her folks had abused h
to and that his troubles In this VOL
a. were more than he could bear. N
Pinney gave him q lecture aud pictur
to him the crime of suicide, and p,
suaded him to brace up and stay
while longer on the terrestral orb. a