The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-04-21
SABBATH SUlJlGES.
Two Earnest Attempts az she Snieidal
Leap Yesterday.
One LANDS ~ E,ernliy-fho Other
Barely Hanging On.
Tho Causes aud faels In The Cases.

Yesterday a. emed % ho red letter day.
n oue may usu tho zap eueiun ~ lhis CON
Dection Tor efforts nj suicide, lh' m'et,n-
bic weather for the pat lev dsyf, nuin,
clouds overhead, WEI ara Sloppy uhu''
foot. with thunder aud lfhtning anh heasy
rainfall. anon, has o'en oalenlst.u 20 ,nss
n sensitive epifif MOI bid, gloomy nnu nn"n'
east. ana ,spso lily u lac % iTesomc, W
brirhIn.s. nnd SB and hopes oil gone OF
ssemirgl. ~ Two alt-huts were nnhu. w
cross through the dark valley OF tne hnnnoN
OF d.stn nv IN. AID OF opium po'soh'nf'
III. fret onu b-ins
. b,s,ler M uugis' livery stable on
Elm street who -srnytd To cut loose NJ
,n.rtnl coil from this mundane sphere oy
tnkina tnitIy grains 0f morphine ne VS.
discovered ~ the office OF the biaole ABOUT .
o'cIock yeti.fdty morning, lylng "n
lounge, by r. CT Gamer, fellow hosll'r'
~nn vas al armed by hi hafu breathing
ia arid To awake him, bul ~
ma pnrpnsr, ard informed Mr. Rob r.
Laws. Who hus onnrge Oh the stable, rs
Newson nrd Hamilton We're summoned 10
attend the unfortunate man Antdotes
Mere nd mirisered. ard the pluent was
subjected 20 sever iiirtila'iln IA orueI 10
keen up tbo circulation OF lhe ol09n Qua we
IN the llnOst gore man. Ihey Nhlppeu
snd pnund,d bim a. fearful rate ana krut
him awake by Irritating him IN yariuus ways.
Late last evening" ne began u rally, ana
The cheurel are thH' ~ Wili I'VE, thougn ne
came vtrS near muElur lhe tsln 20 'lrI
niiy. s,urdry u'Rht % 'o.1 boh Lane.
the driver 81 Cartilage NO 40 nav no WIS
a. IInftrutiBlp ge srio that he wac
VIM ed AZ tha, be oll.d nor sleep lie
tod Lands htttfr they uartod no 20 FAY
arvtbtrr ap .ut what he had said 10 him
Eifkrnu. Who 81 some ~ years Oh, hHls
from gpiir gh-id. Mirs'uri, though ne mas
hem a resid.nt OF mis- CITY Tor some tiine'
Heisal Ia ,rfing mao 1ru was not lhlem-
,e,ete IN his habits Ia nnower 10 o que =
inn nut a. / why he took the NOR.
,hi,n he sara: "Bsc use ! wanted %.
'rhn scc md ,tt,mpi, u indeed 70 wes an bt'
femnt NJ .ucidr, wss bY = stranger stop
Ming at the y 'N.,n. h'''l n med
'" THOMAS Il. PRAErR.
ue had been a.. tie u"t.l sume three days
bsinr com iaiu;ug When h. arrived, ana
heinz co, finrd - his room al The time
Ha VAS pulI ring y O. u bill on his nose
-od onth,,it, ava hia face, eud bis eyes
eanenialy were bat.y swollen, ana he
seemed 10 suffer Intensely. He had no
phy sician, bgs was using water and colo
Ten applies IONS 10 BITS ewes ana lace Yes
tsrdnv morning u out O'Clock he let, his
,onm nra vert down IN y the office Of the
hoIel sermiug 10 ~ euhering sxcruciating-
iv. and ask-d tAr night @ erk, Mr.. w. q Van
Uo K. Tor some hot wnter with when 20
hstne his f-cs a, d eyes. The CLERK told
him ne could not get him any hot water nj
that time IN the ne rang, and he returned
TO his room. In nh ut hve mluutes ns
came down to he Office srain, aud h's pain
Scanned 10 bs so graf The clerk went apd
waked mn tnu O l. spd had hlm heat some
water, which WAS tipplied ie MN anu
no,bins further was heard from MIN. Az
o'clock the ho FL waichman noticed MN
living across hi, bed with his feet on the
nnor' the cnmioft wrapp.n aIolnd his head
md eeerni, rynsl 80 When the chamber
maid went noto tho room somo hourt
is,er tho onor WAS Listened end she could
mi 20, IN - can up his room.
He wa gu et all during he day until aDoul
& O'Clock IL Tho afternoon, when NO va
heard meaning and breathing very bard
The prop ieior thrn entered hio roo,n anu
fouud him ,ns.nsibls End Gill bresthinR
v,rv tnrd. IL. ~ urcs went for phytl'
clan and fiodits Dr.. Newsom, the city phy'
stefan. he went w 10 see him, aithough ne
was tired nnu worn out vOrRing VIVID shu
saving the If, OF the man Kifkham a1DYt
alluded 10, with the Hs' i-,auce OF Or. Ham
ilton. who MAS ia ike coalition from the
sane cause AS soon rs ths physicians
saw the man thy diagn, sed the case, OPT
nm poisonirg, the siert0roUs breathing
and contracted pupils Indicating IL
a. ,urh. nut the temperature
which was high and the pulse were the op'
posite. DR.. Newsom then had DR.: Mossly
ielephcned Tor. The doctors in the mean
lime administered hypodermic Injection
OF ope.thirtieth of a grain OF atropia. This
was while our reporter was present, be-
tween and $ O'Clock, snd When
he left the phv sci,Ds were still with him
Peaker died at 10 o'clock and an inquest
will be held ths'mornipR.
All the papers found in bis clothing OF
about his person were an order book shos-
ing tina, ne had been travelling salesman
for some saddlerv house, Containing ntmer'
ous orders from cities and towns 10 lilinou
and Iowa. Al o AZ envelope addressed
10 Mrs. 7. r. Penker Flora, Illinois. There
was, too, a letter dated Dallas, Texas: Apn
10Th. 1884, addressed to Heidemad u Ben
OFT. st. Louis, asking fora position Al
travelling salesman in Illinois, lowt
AID Kansas and referring. e
Tom Chewing, J. n. Dsdi!eiuan AID Y. y
Peaker, There was with these other pi
pers. a bill of sale from man named Web
sier, dated at Texarkana, Arkansas, Apri
ooh, 1853, Of hisinterest in the cigar manu-
factory, Pesker, Webster Il Peaker, No. ~
state Of Arkansas.