The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1886-12-17

He succeeded in grasping the turn
key despite the coroner and lieuten
ant, but was compelled to relax his
hold. AT last the liulenant fastened
up stairs after his handouts, thinking
to overpower the maniac in this way.
That was the turning point IN the
struggle. Everyone knows the coroner
is one of the most powerful men in
the city, standing over six feet high
and built like an athlete. rhe pris
oner grasped the coroner and threw
him against the wall Of the corridor
like q cat. In another instant he
pulled officer Hyland's knife from
the pocket Of the blouse where the
latter had slipped it in the hurry of
the moment. He rushed back into
the cell followed by the coroner who
tried to knock him down with his
fist and 90 stun him. The maniac
lodged the blow and the coroner
saw the gleam of the knife blade as it
flashed into the throat of the suicide
In the meantime, lieutenant Nc.
Dermott returned, ard grasping an
iron bar entered the cell and tried to
strike the knife from the mans hands.
Crouched in corner of the cell he
kept plunging the deadly two inches
of steel into his throat. At last he
threw the knife into the corridor and
his gold watch after it. His head
dropped to one side and the terrible
struggle was over.
Captain Keith, who had now ar
rived, entered the cell and the man
was taken from the corner and laid
for the moment on the floor, while
Dr. Pierce was at once sent for. 1t
needed but glance to see that Ross
Yves beyond aid. The life blood was
pouring from the terrible wounds in
his throat, and the floor of the cell
was slippery with the red fluid which
ran out into the corridor. At inter
walls the man, now dying, would take
q long breath, the effort forcing the
blood from the wounds in the throat
as if from valve. DR.. Pierce reached
the station in few moments. He
found no less than eleven knife
wounds in the throat, almost any of
which would have proved fatal. In
fact so many cuts were made that in
one side of the throat, directly over
the jugular vein, was a hole into
which one could have easily slipped
sideways silver quarter. An exami-
nation of the clothing showed sor,e
jewelry, quantity ofletters addressed
to the dead man, bearing the name
of the Estey Manufacturing Company
of Owosso,' Michigan; small order
book bearing the names of several
Rochester firms, among them Minges
& Shale, c. ]. Hayden & Co. and
Gibbons & Stone. The watch, a
valuable gold one was found in the
corridor. Undertaken O'Reilly was
summoned and the body taken to his
rooms where an inquest will be held
this afternoon.
Hugh b. Ross came to Rochester
one week ago last Tuesday and stop
ped at the St. Catharines hotel, on
North Water street. George Burr,
the landlord, states that Ross has
been in the habit Of stopping there
since he became proprietor of the
hotel, in March last. Ross has
stopped at the hotel several times
during the summer, and on the Tues
day in question arrived from Buffalo.
He was perfectly sober at the time
and for two days canvassed the city
for furniture orders, obtaining several.
On Thursday, Mr.. Burr says that
Ross met some friends from Buffalo
and went around with them drinking
somewhat until last Thursday, since
which time Mr.. Burr says that he has
not touched a drop of anything. Yes
terday morning Ross went 10 the
First Presbyterian Church with two
boarderS at the st. Catharines named
William Mills and William Phillips.
The three remained during the SER
vice, after returning to the hotel Ross
ate dinner and went out for walk
in the afternoon. During all this
time those who saw him state that
there was not the slightest symptoms
of anything wrong in his manner.
After supper Ross proposed to Messrs.
Philips and Mills to 60 to the same
church again and the three started
for that place. AS they reached
Powers Hotel, Ross; who had been
walking quietly along, suddenly
and exclaimed:
/ will not go any further. You
cannot make me. You are trying to
deceive me.
He started into the hotel and walk
ing around went up Irving place and
into the police station. What he