Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-06-14

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About nix weeks ago = man who
rave his pane rs Adolphe Gallon came
70 this city in search Of employment.
Ne vas . Frenchman and spoke very
poor English. but after awhile he sue
ceeaed N obtaining employment At
Fcrd,4 Hotel. lie made known the
fact thu he was familiar with the mrs.
teries Of the cook-room, and to this de-
partmens OF the hotel he was sent.
A week ago today the propr'etors
Of the hotel saw 1T to discharge Gallon
and he went down to No. 1895, q board
ing.hcuse kept by Mr.. Edward Graham,
and took lodgings. The first days OF
the week Gallon drank very steadily,
hus ne came in each nYht and occupied
has room. For the past two days, how
ever. he did not evidence by
his behavior that he was drink
ing much. and Friday night
he "a, IN front Of hrs clearinghouse in
.A;s shift.sleevcs until 0 o'clock. His be-.
.hayior was quiet and there was nothing
20 indicate any unusual or disordered
condition OF mind. A dog belonging
TO Mr.. Ingram was on the sidewalk,
and Gallon ehlled the animal to hixi
and played with him for some tisse.
About 2 o'clock some of the boardsrs
said to him:
"You had better 60 in and get your
coat YOU will catch cold"
THAT'S so, said Gallon, at is
cooler tonight than usual
lie then retired to his room in the
third story Of the building, and shortly
Afterwards was followed by the rest OF
the hoasshold. Everything remained
Quiet in the neigbborhood until about
daybreak, when the inmates Of the
house were startled by q tremendous
rafting end banging on the dtsss oil
the building. The first thing that oc-
CURED TO the people in the house was
that the building was on fire.
The ground floor Of the house IS used
rs bar-room, and the rooms lbove are
reached by stairway which .runs up
from the street, and is shut Oh from the
bsr-roora. Itwes natural fer the peo-
nile above TO believe that there was q
IRE, especially as the blows on the
door were accompanied by cries of
Break down the door"
Mr.. Graham came down end opened
the door. and found officers Hardie and
Whit standing there, and the dead body
Of Mr.. Gallon lying on the pavement,
thirteen feet from the house.
The mans throat had aFhastly cash
across ii. and ne was lying in a pool OF
blood. His head was mashed almost
fiat, his LETT arm was broken, and his
body badly bruised. The body was
identified as that of Gallon, and upon
gong to his room it was seen that the
bed was stained with blood, and that
tracks of blood led from the bed to the
window. A number Of large carving
knives. such as are used by cooks. were
found in the room, and ore Of these had
blood on il almost from kilt TO point.
Coroner W. II. Tayler, upon being
notified. came down, and after viewing
the body deemed an INCEST unnecessary,
and the remains were taken to the aims
house for'burial.
One day last week Gallon asked a
friend to write letter to his wife, who
lives in Philadelphia. in which he asked
her to sell ont and come TO Richmond.
His reason for getting friend to write
the letter was that he could write Eng
lish better than Gallon could.
Several hours after Gallons death
letter was received at his boarding
house, No. l435 Franklin street, from
his wife. II was in reply to this one,
and was post-marked at Philadelphia.
Ii was deted June 10th, and was turned
over TO Polce-Justice Richardson, who
opened 1t in the presence of Mr.. Ed
ward Ingram, IN whose care the letter
was directed.
In this letter his wife referred to her
poverty, and in an atfectionate manner
urged her husband to reform, saying
that il is never too late to do well.
She jocu,arly asked for an explanation
Of his a. sending love toother persons"
and was at q loss TO know what her
husband meant by telling her to sell
out when she had nothing to sell.
Judging from the contents Of the letter,
she is in most destitute circumstances.
In the pockets of the dead man were
found three cents snd.a letter from his
wife. which read as follows:
NY Dear Husband: think il very
straipg you would worry me this way.
I am sick since got them letters. You
know l cannot leave on account of the
thinges Of the bed. My heart is break
ing. / cannot see very well for my
glasses; j had to put them away 10 get
something TO eat. For Gods sake
write TO me, or | will die. Mrs. Toner
has been very kind TO me. was in
bed from | got the first letter TO this
morning. l clese this letter with my
best love and thousand kisses. Write
as soon as you get this. cannot see
for crying. God bless you, is the
prayer Of yOu' lOsiU wife,
",write to your darling, % Deane
street"
There was also found in the pocket
Of the dead msn postal-eard from
John Dauphin, who lives at the Natu-
rsl-Bridge Hotel. in Rockbridge county.
2 II was written in French, and the con-
tents Of the postal indicated that Dau-
phin and Gallon were old friends and
scquaintances,
The deceased was about fifty-four
years Of age and Of medium size. He
evidently was wandering in his mind
and killed himself. A telegram was
sent TO his wife announcing his death
and the disposition Of his remains.
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