The Red Cloud chief., 1884-04-11

A local paper in its daily record,
has the following list of suicides all un-
der a single heading. This city is 50
healthy that the only way to get out of II
is to move away or commit suicide, AMI
of course all true Chicagoans prefer the
latter route:
oil ACO,ITE.
James ID. LedswOrth, n man forty-eight
years old, and Il printer by ~Occupdtion,>
committed suicide by taking tincture of
a~cOnite, at his house at No. 434 Seminary
avenue, in Lake View, dying yesterday
morning at about three o'clock. Lcd>-
worth was ut one time the poSS-SSOr of a
good deal of property, and the loss of
that and the deathof Il favOrite son, about
four years ago, caused him to become dS
changed man. Sunday evening he objected
to Il young man remaining in the house
with his children ana caused considers.
BILE disturbance. .Aconite had been in thf1
house for some time, having been used
for i sick child, and L~cdSwOrth annOuuc-
ed his intention of taking il, and did so in
the presence of his SOnanI daughter, who
endeavOred to prevent him, but could :,
not. He swallowed the contents of u I
small vial, and in 4 few hours was dead. :
LedSworth had been married nineteen
years, and leaves four children. IN i'll
quest was held by Deputy Coroner Shan
ahan. when the facts above given were
testified to by Mrs. Ledsworth and Dr,f
Newell, and Il verdict of suicide was re-
turned by the jury.
wASII-LINE AND WHISKY.
This is the way a corOner'S jury put il
in the case of Gustav BahlS, who hanged
himself: "That he came to his death at
No. l59 West Erie street from strangula-
ton caused by tying a wash-line abOuthis
neck and hanging himself, he having been
at the time suffering from delirium ire
mems, caused by excessive drink. Peter
GOudolf, driver of a beer wagon, testified }
that he discovered deceased hanging I
from q knob on the ice-box in a saloon
kept by BahlS at the place above men
toned, and cut him down. The wife of |
BahlS testified that he had been drinking
constantly since the 18th ul:, and be
coming deliriOuS, had killed himself while
in that condition. He had been married
over nine years, and leaves two children
WHISKY AND WATER.
A verdict of suicide by drowning was
returned by Il Coroner's jury in the case J
of Otto Philo, a German bartender.
whose strange freaks were related BY
Louis Sewing, steward of the County
Democratic Club. The latter sail he had
known Philo for two years. and he had
been latterly employed by Charles Rooster
at No. 40 South Clark sire ct. He was
twenty-siN years old. SEWN. knew OF
his receiving some money from Germany
about three or four months ago, and ae
began TO drink to excess. He talked 81
having 4 high old time generally, auc hen
destroying himself. After spending all
his money he pawned his clOthin: and
jewelry. ON January Is he went 20 Mr.,
Hertz to borrow L pistol for the purpose
of shooting himself, but Hertz would not
let him have il. He said il made no Cif-
as he was determined to ElrS
anyway. He took off his under
coat, suSpenderS and necktie and walked
to the lake at the foot of Harrison street
and deliberately jumped in and drowned
His body was found at the foot of Twenty
seventh street on Saturday last.
ONLY WATER
fhe inquest held on the body of the IN
known man found on Sunday morning at
the foo of Delaware place, i'll the lake.
in a verdict of death by drown
ing, but whether with suicidal intent "
aot the jury were unable TO determine.
HEMP AND WHISKY.
Another suicide occurred at $50 a. m
yesterday. DIETRICH Netmau, a German,
ilsO about siyty-three years of age, wh1
boards at 397 South Canal street, hanged
himself in his oom with a rope. Thomas
.~raiZer, a roommate, discovered the SuS-
body. The cause of the act waS
supposed to be, as in the other suicide,
drinking.