The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-09-09
A DOUBLE DOSE.
SUICIDE by PISTOL AND POISON.
An Aged Man Successfully Takes HI. Life in
Central Park-HlS Advice aud Messages
to Henry Ward BsoohSr and "BOb"
rngorsOll-Cranky Correspondence.

Central Park-HlS Advice aud Messages
to Henry Ward Beoehsr and "BOb"
rugorsoll-Crauky COrreSpOndOnes.
NEw YORK, Sept. Sat 5 o'clock this
morning, the dead body Of man wal
found in the summer house in Central
Park. He was about 60 years Of age, five
feet ten inches in height, had gray hair, a
full gray beard, wore loose sack coat, a
black velvet vest, grey pantaloons, boots
and q white shirt. On his person was q
bead bag containing two phials Of poison,
labeled "waahington," package Of
arsenic and large revolver. He is sup
posed to be r. S. Bush. He had letters
to leading men throughout the country,
including ex.Presidept Arthur, aud also
let,crs addressed to all the newspapers Of
the city.
The deceased had ended his life by
shooting. A park policeman who heard
the report Of the weapon hurried to the
spot and found the old man leaning
against the railing with his face covered
with blood. A nurdesous looking re-
yolyer dropped from his hand as the
officer came up. He gasped convulsively
twice and died. He had shot himself
through the right temple aud the bullet
had entered his brain. Before the shoot.
ing he had tied himself 10 the railing with
rope. In small leather satchel that
lay beside him was found o mass ol
letters sealed and provided with stamps,
each with pinned note on the reverse,
Offering 10 the finder the alternative ol
opening them and reading their contents
or mailing them just as they were. There
were letters addressed TO ex.Presidont
Arthur, the editors Of the Galveston Ne,rS,
the Bugle and San Antonio Express Ia
Texas and the Lowville Journal and Re.
publican, in Lowell, N. Y, 10 Governor
4. r. LuDbark, and Governor John Ire
land at Austin, Texas; Governor A. d..
Roberts, also OF Austin, and large pack.
age enclosing letters and notes to most OF
the newspapers In the city.
DETERMINED TO DIE.
Besides these there were cards OF tho
Parker Hotel at Washington and the Eagle
Hotel at Jersey City, at both OF which the
dead man had evidently been guest.
The body WAS removed 10 the morgue,
where IN autopsy discovered the fact that
the suicide had swallowed half ounce of
laudanum before lie shot himself In his
s4tcheI was package Of arsenic and an
empty vial that had contained lauiGnurn.
II was covered with blood. On his shirt
was the mark "Bush, NJ. D." The sigma
ture to all the letters was "T F. Bush"
The poison had been bought in Wash.
iugton, as the labels showed. Some OF
the letters were also dated Washington, as
far back as the beginning Of last month,
and others were written within few
days in this city. They were all the
rawlings OF On insane man, and from them
it appeared that the suicide was in pnr.
suit Of cranky scheme to redeem the
world on new aud better plan than the
old one. 1t appears also from the letters
that the writer was Texan, and did not
have cent. A long rambling sermon on
purity, the text OF which was furnished by
Parson Newman's funeral sermon on
General Giant, was dedicated to the states
man, moralists, better miRds and better
,L: -, ~ ,,an;aI,, o,J ~ tI,a ,yorl1
lAinKefs Oh society anu VI Tue "oilu.
ADvIcETo iNdERsobL AND BERcltER.
There were special addresses to Bob In
gersoll and Henry Ward Beecher, whom
the writer designated as two Of the best
men on tho globe and charged TO keep
right at their work, but to dig deeper. "I
k"ew vou would be progressive. y he wrote
40" 'JN n.,.aN g. ..,e.. ,s,,,a ..o,,,, 80
to Mr. beecnef' you came pfetEy near
knowing somethtngonce." He charged Mr..
Beecher and Mr.. lngersoll with the duty
of seeing that the mas OF heterogeneous
stuff he had left behind be published to the
world. He estimated the amount at TWO