The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-11-20
ALAWYER SUICIDES.
SD, BENNETT SHOOTS HIMSELF.


T.. j. Bennett man Of some u SUM
mors, who registered NJ the Windsor
hotel ~ from Fort Worth, committed
suicide In his room No. 10 10y shooting
himself In the hend. The deceased
registered at tho Widsor on the nth, for
dinner and was guest oi the house up
Ia his death. lie was In destitute cir
cumstauuos and being on the shady side
of life with no prospect 80 lar a. he
could SOC of lettering, the cOn-
ditiun of himself ana the 0nos he
! loved ne decided TO take his
own life and end a. miserable gNistouce.
| MIR. Burke, the day clerk, had notified
| him thnt the house could not board him
| longer on the strength Ut his trunk, aud
this deceased remarked that he would
SEQ about settling Tor his board, IL was
subsequently, learned that the Plckwick
hotel, at Fort Worth, had bill of some
$40 against him for board. Constable
George Miller was notified
of the death aud appTlzod
Justice Schulz, acting coroner, who Inn
pauelled the following jury OF inquest 10
ascertain tho manner ana cause OF
death, viz: NJ. Stamm, q. A. Moore, G.
4. Garrett, ir., 7. o. Ward, ID, II. Crosby,
Il. II. Mckenzie. Mr.. w. Q. Howard,
proprietor OF the Windsor hotel, tosti-
lied that at about Il o'clock the house,
keeper told him she heard hard breath
ing in room No. 10. lIo went 10 tho room
and found chair standing against the
door, which no pushed open. On enter
ing the room u ghustly scene met his
gaze. The deceased was lying ON the
floor in dying condition. His hands
lay limp by his side, his legs were OK
tended and his .upturnod face, with
q bullet-hole just in the rear
Of ..iaT nnIHn
wound in the left temple showed the exit
of the messenger of death and told the
tale. There was blood ON the top of the
bureau and his head rested in pool OF
il that had flowed so freely from the
wounds. The pistol, II FIVE, 3S-calibre,
was lying under his body. Ono chamber
had been discharged. There were three
letters ON the table, one addressed to
Mr.. Howard, one to Mr.. S. II. Ransom,
way, and another to ii. W. Bennett, OILS
Broadway, New York. This latter let
ter was sealed. The one addressed 10
Mr.. Howard reads as follows:
"MR. w. @. HowARD-Nou will par
don me for making your house the place
of my exit from life. ] am compelled
thereto from circumstances.
You will find my effects will pay you
my bill. / desire that you be sum-
IL
Mr.. Ransom, who Is the agent for the
coal mines of Jay Gould, in Dallas, that
he may identify my body before the
coroner, as he knew me In Albany. Now
York. am unwilling that the public
should be put to the expense of the
burial of my body. / therefore author
ize you to give my remains to any
physician that will accept them: ,..,,
Adieu, l.. j. BENNETT.
nv I, D n.
a paid note on the First National bank
Of Fort Worth for Sill, dated June q,
1854, and paid tho 9th of September;
also license to practice in the United
States supreme court.
The following paper was also found on
him:
Fort Worth, Oct, q, 1884.
Il. j. Bennett is hereby authorized to
carry on his person pistol during my
term of office as mayor of Fort Worth.
j. p. SMITH, Mayor.
Mr.. Ransom testified before the coro-
ner's jury. He stated that he knew the
deceased as an able lawyer at Albany,
New York. He had family and made
speciality of the practice on patents.
He recognized the body of the deceased
as that OF Il. j. Bennett. He met the
deceased for few minutes at the Pick
wick hotel in Fort Worth some four
eral appearance that he was on the
waue. The letter the deceased
had addressed to him was
of a private nature anu
merely asked him to forward the letter
addressed to ii. w. Bennett, and to he
present at the inquest and identity
his remains, and requesting him to for
ward policy showing that he (de'
ceased) was member of the Relief as
| nf From
CLEANED here and there, it appears that
the family of the deceased isin stringent
circumstances, and that becom-
ing disheartened he sought re-
lief in death. The rema ms ere
taken charge of by Undertaken Smith
and buried in the pauper grounds. The
reporter remembers meeting the de-
ceased on the streets day or two ago
and was impressed with the kind,
manly face Of tho old gentleman as he
passed.