St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-08-08
ANOTHER VIEW.
Practically n Suicide from Oeer,cOr& but
rot an Intentional Suicide.

Practically Suicide from OceravO,ls but
not an Intentional Suicide.
The death of Mr.. McManus is one of the saddest
surprises to all who knew him, especially as it
causes suspicion of suicide. which none of his
friends will for q moment admit. That he took
an overdose Of powerful drug to ease the rack
ing pain in his head is undoubtedly true, but
that he took it to destroy life is not at all cred
BILE. He suffered agonies of pain, because Ma
ture would be revenged for the unvarying routine
of fourteen years Of the closest, intensest. and
most absorbing application which any man
ever gave to business He did the work of three
men with a persstency and fidelity which never
let up, never took holiday, and never relaxed
from the remorseess routine he had mapped
out for himself.
His business grew like magic. From a small
beginning it ramiied until it was conspicuous and
prosperous.
No wonder. All the while he was unconsci-
ousy putting into it the most costly capital any
human being can bring to his work-his very life.
Herein is the pathos of it all, and his self immo-
lation was suicide, only he wasn't fully cognizant
of it.
His'daly routine was so infexible that it pre-
cluded the appreciation of the man at his finest
and best. He had very high natural capabili-
ties, and he was carefully and literally educated.
His reading had been extensive, and his CONVEX
sation was always original and interesting, with
flavor of hEmor that was fresh and genial.
his bearing was courteous, and his Kindness
spontaneous No one could have finer sense
of honor, nor more genuine instinct of hos
| pitality.
In his home he appear, d 1t his best, in beau
tiful thoughtfulness towards his family, and in
generous manifestation to his friends. lie loved
his home with the peculiar devotion which his
| English birth and training had fostered and his
| pride was to make it the final resting place
where domestic comfort and enjoyment might
| abound. No man in the community gave more
| solid conviction of living to enjoy such home.
His very walk evinccd healthy vitality. He
was cheerful apparently contented to keep in
| the routine, until his measure of AMBITION or ac-
| QUESTION, reached.
But that subtle minister-the brain gave out
in suffering ana anguish With weary hands
holding i. helpless head, which had become so
exGuStely painful that the wearing of his hat
was insupportuDle, this tired, overworked gen
! temau sought relief in the drug which caused
| his death. Considerate, loving, anxious for his
family, unembarrassed in his business, he GER
| tainly was and no motive for suicide Is evident.
| On recovering from the first overdose,
! he said, "What L took wasn't
eiicacious and suffering
aculely. l repeated it and my hand was
| clumsy that 1 must have taken more than
| I thought"
Bat II is all immatcrial now. Death found
him his desk, seated in the chair where he had
| imprisoned his life's forces for many year.
\ successor will probably step into the bust
ness which mas in it the costliest capital under
the sun-but we who knew Thomas Saville Nc
| Manus at his best, will not soon forget him nor
4 recall his untimely death, without the saddest
thrill OF regret.