Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-06-24
Suicide by Hanging.
MR.. W. H. PERRY, OF 30S WEST GRACE,
PUTS AN END TO HIS LIFE.

Mr.. William Harrison Perry, a printer
by trade, residing at 30S West Grace street,
committed suicide about 8 o'clock P. M.
Yesterday. His daughter, grown young
lady, had left him in the house and gone
out to the front gate to fix a broken hinge.
While there, two carpenters passed along
the street, and seeing her Intellectual efforts
with the hinge, stopped and courteously
offered to help her. They said they would
fix the hinge if she would go in and get
them little block of wood. She there
fore went in, but in moment returned,
crying out that her father was trying to
hang himself and begging the carpenters
to come in and try to save him. They i'm
mediately responded. Mr.. Perry was
found in the basement hanging from rope
attached to a joist. 1t was child's swing
tied ny into moose; tied up so close to the
joist that his head must have touched it,
while his feet reached almost to the foor.
He had evidently stepped from child's
chair. He was instantly cut down by the
carpenters, and two doctors were summon
ed, but all they could do was valueless.
He died soon after being taken down.
Coroner Taylor viewed the body, but
held no inquest. He ascertained that the
neck was not broken. Countenance of
deceased was very placid; there was no
Disagreement about the face, and only a
slight mark around the neck.
Mr.. Perry was fifty-two years of age, and
was a widower with several children. He
had lately been on a spree, and was trying
his best to recover from it, but had gotten
into a mood where he was hardly himself.
responsible for his actions, he took his life.
no,,d D;cnnfcI T,,,o O0f1
MAHoNE's GAME.-We have already
commented on Malone 8 scheme for getting
himself re- elected to the United States SEN
ate by inducing purchasable Democrats to
run as Independents for the Legislature in
close Democratic counties, the Boss to sup
port them on the condition that they vote
for him for Senator. This is nice little
game, and Brown Allen is the trusted agent
who is going around endeavoring to lay the
pipes for the plot. We gave an account
the other day of his visit to Carroll county,
and have since seen notices of his appear
ance in other counties.
We don't think this scheme of the Out
cast will win. 1t is one of desperation. 1t
is one which has it's origin in the belief that
men are purchasable. The Boss judges
other people by himself, who sold out for
his price. And he judges Dy those whom
he has been able to buy. But he has got all
the lot. At least, if there are any more left
they are few and far between. His last at
tempt in that direction came to miserable
failure. He found man in neighboring
county Bedford in distress popular
man of previous good repute. He went like
the willy serpent, and with cunning and
seductive speech offered the forbidden fruit.
The tempted brother took, ate and fell,
and great was the fall. The whitening re-
buke of the people who had honored and
loved him fell upon him like Sirocco blast,
and now in exile and ignominy he mourns
the folly of his act.
Beware of Malone, the Tempter. Be-
ware of his Emissary. Watch him. Watch
those whom he confers with. Spot them.
And let the fate of the apostate be the fate
of all Democrats who fall in with this igno-
minious and rascally scheme of seduction.
l-I1DrLb3lrD Mems