Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-11-21
TRAGIC END TO A DEBAUCH,
REsoLvrD TO DIE TOGETHER.
Brethers Tsssirs Penpy TO Oe"smiHs "ho
shall Fi,e the Snoss-One sf Then Dead
and she Other Dying.
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York last Sunday afternoon were two
brothers. Lo,,j. and Edward Guild, French.
men, who for The last four wears bad made
their home in Canton, Ohio, from which
place they bad inst come. They were on
their wav 10 their native city, Paris, and
were uretty well supplied With money.
having about S200 in rreenbaess and an
order on a Partisan clearinghouse Tor
2,COOf. The brothers knew little or moth.
ing about this city. and, az they had
been directed by some lellow-c0uD-
tryman in Ohio to go 10 a clearinghouse
al No. ca Greenwich street, they went i'm
m,d;atejy there. They had already made
ND their minds that they would sail tO-dav
Tor France. Being OF very conyivial and
JOYOUS nature, they visited more than one
convenient hosiery on the way 10 their
proposed lodging-house. so that by the
time they reached thai ubpreteutious place
they had become very mellow. IL was
abou. q o'clock when thev finally reached
their clearinghouse.
Not beng particularly fastidi0us. the Guild
brothers were assigned by Landlord Gasser
20 room on the third door overlooking a
rather dismal yard, the windows TO which
were flabked by a substantial fre-escape.
The room, which was n large one, contained
four beds. but was otherwise unOccupied.
After lighting M the apartment the attend
abi who showed them up Withdrew, leaving
The brothers engaged in fraternally aiiec-
ti0natc conversation. In about an hour AZ
terwaid Edward, who was about tthirtv-tw0
years old, his brother being his junior by two
years, went down stairs 10 consult the
landlord. As the Frcnchman spoke Eng
lish but poorly, and Us the landlord, who is
German. had not acquired very great
command Of either English or French, the
conversation was rather limited one, but
the new conner at last made the German
understand who he was, where he came
from, where he was going, and gave him a
little of his history. Edward wound up
his story by requesting Gas .er 10 take
charge OF q roll OF bills amounting 10 sl5j.
which he rendered him. This Gasser did,
and gave his bOarder receipt for the
money. Edward then went up stairs
again TO rejoin his brother, but after an
interval of about half an hour came back
and asked for the money he had deposited.
II was given him. and he said that. as he
had such short time 10 remain in the city,
he proposed making the best Use OF Il, and
was going out that night TO "see the
sights" His brother Louis remained In
his room and Edward went out. Loui-
waited patiently Tor his brothers. return
until late that night, and as Edward did
not come back se became uneasy. IIc
walked about in his room aud IN the bar
room until an early hour on Monday morn
inr, and then, having become thoroughly
frightened. went TO report his brothers
absence 10 The police.
He was directed to the Twenty-scvenih
precinct statiOn-hOuse, in New-Church
street, but obtained no satisfaction there.
lfe returned 10 the boardinC-house, but
again. on Monday morning at about $3.50
O'Clock, made another visit 10 the station.
house. Meeting with no better success, hc
walked sadly back TO his lodgings, and on
going TO his room was OyerIOyed ~ finding
the lost Edward sitting calmly on bed.
patiently awaiting the scarchcr's return.
Embraces and French eiaculltiOnS Of en-
dearIncnt were profueely INDUCED in.
ard then Edward made his eXpla-
nation. Both he and his brother
were still considerably under the in.
fHencc of liquor, aud Edward mournfully
related how be had gone out the night be-
fore and either spent most OF their ready
money or IL had been stolen from him. He
was not at al sure how the money was got
rid Of, hut the mournful fact remained
that most OF it bad disappeared. A few
dollars, however, were left. and, confident
Of being able TO raise money on their two
thousand-franc order, the two Young men
det' rinined 10 drink, cat. and be merry
with what ready money was lcit them.
Wine flowed freely, and in short time
they had evidently forgotten about
the money that went out in Ed
wards pocket the night before. Their
debauch was kept up all that day
and most oi the ni=ht. but on Tuesday
morning they awoke to the fact that some
thing like - constituted all the cash they
had, and they prudently made haste 10 try
TO dispose OF their precious order. But in
this attempt they met with nothing but dis
appointment. The French Consul. 10
whom they applied. could do nothing for
them, and cable message sent TO the
house on which the order was drawn met
with no response. As last resort, they
offered 10 sell the order. which was eIuiya-
lent TO S400. to their landlord Tor 300. but
hc refused TO have anything 10 do with It
or TO advance them Il single dollar.
Then these two frenchmcn determined
10 act like philosophers. They had no
friends here TO whom they could apply for
money; they had no means to either leave
The city or do anything in IL. ana 50 they
determined TO have a good time with their
remaining few dollars and then die. Du-
ring TUESDAY they INDUCED freely Ia
drinking. and toward evening Louis went
down 10 the bar-room 10 talk with some
OF his fellow boardcrs. His stock OF Eng
hSh seemed TO have been increased. and h.
talked away with will. He became boast
fn. and said that he was great politician.
lie showed his naturalization papers. sWore
that be hal been in America but four years.
but that in that time he had becomc 4 clii-
zen, and on clcctiOu-day had voted IN
Canton. Ohio. for Elaine. aud had rc.
cciyed so for his vote. He seemed TO glOat
over this latter assertion. and treated the
attending crowd. Then he told how be
and his brother were completely stranded,
but finally said cOnldentmlly TO Ferdinand
Froelich. the bartender. II don't care.
Edward don't care. When our money is
gone we have this" drawing a British
bulldog" revolver from his hip-pocket.
land these" showing two large loaded
cartridges. When our money Is all gone,
why" with an expressive shrug, here l.
one bullet for Edward and one bullet for
me-" He said this in The gayest possible
manner. and seemed 10 regard their pro-
posed speedy demise in the light oI = huge
Joke. After spending possibly an hour ~
more with his bar-rooD irierd'. Louis re-
tired 10 his room.
On Tuesday night the brother, acted in
the most boisicrOUs manner. They drank
wine. sang songs. and made them,elve- cx-
ceedingly merry. But in doing 20 they
made so much noise aud disturbed the
other boarders 81 much that yesterday
morning Landlord Gasscr felt constraincd
to tell them that their presence in his house
was no longer desired, nor wonld he tole-
rate their remaining. Both were then
comparatively sober. The landlords words
probably brought them 10 full realization
Of their condition, and they retired 10 their
room TO consult ~ 10 the best plan for
Them 10 parsuc. They remained ciosetcd
with locked door for fully three hours, aud
then both went down 10 dinaer. Tsev
were then perfectly sobercd, aud were ap-
parently in very good spirits. They talked
a good deal. but most of their conversation
was between themselves and in French. W
that the listeners dId not know N what
they were talkiag. They ireduently made
remarks which called forth hearty bursts
OF laughter from both. and waeH they arose
from the table TO leave they walked oui arn
in arm and went Immediately TO tbeIr room.
where they locked themselves in. Whs.
they did after they locked tbemseise, up
can only in part be guessed at.
At about $3.50 O'Clock yesterday alter
noon, Hubert Getbari. plumber. was
doing some work on the third Aoor. near
the trenchmen's room. and he heard thrui
laughing. Then he heard one or two