Omaha daily bee., 1888-05-27
DIED FOR A HOPELESS LOVE.
Y oung Sales Suicide the Denou-
ment of Illicit Passion.
BRIGHT FUTURE SADLY WRECKED
Burglars Make a Raid at Staplehurst
Sheriff Hamilton's Son APP
pointed to Succeed Him
Nebraska News.
An Affair of the Heart.

Il hhMONi WAY ~V'-lppCbid iOASSi"h A
to II BEE. THE sudden death of w. II.
Sale agent Of the Pacific Express company at
this place, is still the subject of conversation all
over the city. The young man was well con-
nected, having influential friends in the man
agement of the company for which he
worked, besides being q brother of the agent
of the same corporation at Beatrice, in this
state. These facts alone would warrant the
concentration of considerable thought upon
the circumstance attending the young mans
death did not the seeming appreciation
which, it is known, he cherished for q mar
ried woman of this city lend an air of sus-
picion to the occurrence.
Sale was twenty-six years of age and had
held his position about sixteen months. He
had previously acted as messenger for the Pa
cific, running between Omaha and Chey-
enne, a position which no retained for a
couple of years.
Naturally, Sale is said to have been of a
quiet, easy and retiring disposition, and this
popularity has distinguished him both in
his business and social relations since his
advent to this city. He seldom associated
with those whom he might have readily
selected as companions, and seemed disposed
to keep his own company and counsel. He
walked the streets like u man with a pre-
occupied mind, scarcely deigning to notice
anybody and only recognizing parties when
saluted by them on the street and in his
place of business. When returning these
solutions it would be as If he had been
suddenly reused from a study on which his
whole mine was engrossed. AS a conse-
quence, Sale made few acquaintance, and
those who through business relations and
accidental meetings grew to know him, both
by name and occupation, came to the
conclusion that he was certainly a mysterious
creature, Some of these, holder than others,
and with a feeling of good fellowship, at in
fnryalS. pO6nnyOrnl tn iniucn him IN abandon
his habits of seclusion and reticence and even
to ascertain what, if anything, preyed upon
his mind which they could aid in removing.
But all these kindly offices were declined and
resulted to no warming up of any of his &C
quaintances on the part of the young man.
Though in a comparatively milder form,
the popularity was noted almost at the time
of his appearance in this city, Of recent
months it has become more pronounced. 1t
attracted general attention among all who
knew, and even people who met him, in the
ordinary course Of every day life. 1t was
| particularly noted by j. Phil MANI, the lead
ing barber of this place, who endeavored in a
most persistent manner to fathom the cause of
the young mans gloom. But the attempt
was not a success. AT one time MIR:
| MANI thought Sale had said that he wished
he was with his mother, as il absence from
her had caused him to grieve. But, so far as
could be ascertained, there was no reason
why his presence was required at home.
Then it was asserted that Sale had been
/ DuSIcu W hcCI vi lS pay iCItU uDUu DTOD-
erty in Omaha which he had contracted to
buy. The land in question is supposed to be
six lots in Clifton place, the cost of which
was $3.50 apiece. Contracts for such prop
erty was found among his effects which call
for semi-annual payments. A letter was
| also found from his father in Chillicothe,
Mo, offering to advance him 5 $1,000, as if to
aid him in his payments, but the offer was
it would rather tighten the lender.
This letter, however, bore date of
November of last year, but there
was nothing among his correspondence to
show that he had recently been annoyed by
a fear of his inability to make his payments.
The more people have considered these pc
culiarities, the more of them they have noticed,
until finally, they reached the conclusion that
Sale had begun to drink. This inference
was drawn from the fact that he had been
seen in a shaky condition on one or two occa-
sions, though those who knew him best, felt
that Sale lad not resorted to the bowl. Be
that as it may, his actions for the two weeks
preceding his death were both unusual and
ineXplicable. He roomed with a druggist,
George +. Sellers, who testified that Sale
last week acted as if he were sick and refused
to go to bed, contenting himself with q
lounge in the room. Shortly before this he
had made a purchase of morphine, which,
however, he concealed from his room mate, the
drug having been obtained from another phar-
macist. Whether the sickness referredt to was
occasioned by the morphine, or whether he
had at all taken the drug has not been dis
closed. Nevertheless, on Wednesday night
last he slept at the Ruwe house, and slept so
soundly that it was 4 o'clock in the after
noon of Thursday when he awoke. His fail
ure to appear at the office on Thursday
morning, and the inability of his friends to
find him led to a telegram being sent to the
headquarters of the Pacific express company
in Omaha, and in consequence h. w. Bennett
was sent here to look into matters. The
accounts were checked up and every cent re-
ceived was accounted for. even a collection
which he had made late Wednesday evening,
The fact of Sales not appearing on Thurs
day reached the editor of the Herald, OF this
city, and accordingly, yesterday morning, a
paragraph appeared noting his mysterious
disappearance. Sale, however, was seen
Thursday night. He supped at the Ruwe,
and appeared at the New York house about
10 O'Clock, when he registered. He left
the hotel, was seen there again a short time
later, going out and returning by the ladies'
entrance, between II and l o'clock in the
morning, when he was escorted to his room.
Next morning he was found dead. Before
registering at the New York he had bought
his morphine, the quantity being twenty
grains, though there was no means of deter
mining how large a dose he had taken.
When he retired, Sale was not drunk. He
had not been on a drunk, and the theory that
he had taken the drug to overcome the effects
OF excessive liquid Indulgence is therefore
untenable. Ne.oner is there sufficient reas1n
70 belieVe that he was addicted t5 the NOR
nine habit, because there is no proof that
he had made more than two purchases of tho
drug, and if he hadn't intended to make a
violent disposition of himself he would have
carefully aseertalned from the druggist how
large a dose he might take without ieopardiz-
ing his life. The fact that he purchased his
morphine from another than his room
mate showed that he felt the latter
would not sell it to him and would perhaps
have taken steps TO prevent the consumma-
ton of his act. The leaving, too, of the key
of the office and the combination of the safe
on the counter on the night of his disappear
ance, evidences a disposition to in no way
hamper his employees by his nasty disappear
ance.
That something conduced to the despond-
ency of Sale is generally admitted. His
spiritless conduct was too pronounced TO be
accounted for ON natural grounds, and among
those who knew him best are many who ex-
plain II on the ground of his great attach
ment fer a married lady in this city. This
attachment has existed for more than a year.
1t was most pronounced, and no attempt was
made to conceal it, Both he and she were
seen in company for hours at a time, nj her
place Of business, n restaurant
at which Sale boarded. 1t is
SAID that they went out riding
and attended concerts together. IL is also
known that when Sale was not actively en-