The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-03-21
MYSTERIOUS SUICIDE
one \. N. Murphy Ends his Life
with Morphine.


essr.ly before r. O'Clock yesterday after
no<,, sexkeeper Henry Schn1fzs Of the
RniIroed ss5ooa and sodzing house, 1osAsss'
- s,e eouf11 aide Of Main street - is IN
1910 With Railroad syenass1iseDvefed
sSsef enc Of the gnesxs, who bad registered
~~w n Mnfphy, lay dead In room No. ~.
4 sot,jef "a the ssand, In which could be
found traces Of snorpaIne, together With
ether signs, feyeales that decreased Dad
committed suicide
vrom BSfkeeper Henry sehnIsss the FOL
tovfnr statement was ebtasnsA
.srbe sasn who suiEifed cane here a
20 O'Clock on THezteT afternoon and
$500 for bed. ! told k5a Il res anEsenl
"a eefire Il 20 early an bouf 10 The ssy, and
s,e answered that be fell very ures and
swuef have Q rest Then l informed him
500 die beds were not pet male up. and
- rep,ied that he did nos care foe that. ~
Sc va willing 20 make mp the bed he was
q, aIrep In Himself Thea ne rxid -
renfs. sexfstered his name a. u y. 4nr-
mn md was essigne1 20 nom No. ~.
6aryhy was perfectly sober af the time.
one IL the lodgefs. Ar. Dfssfoza. showed
Iiua The room. Murphy insisted on having
( fey sud DHtton took several from
dasn uEsrs. While putfon was NJ
ene one Of the keys % the door
Wufyhy went TO the tap and drank ser
ereI sIsktes of water. he alsD took into
DE room goblet Gtled with wateF. The
k,ffou Of the goblet was broken OF, and
button remarked that Murphy couid not
make IL stand up. Murphy answered thsf
Re would contrfye Ia some sas % keep u
uurighs, 20 that the water would not spin.
4 short time after he came downstairs and
got pencil and paper
"Afp o'clock Oh Tuesday eFisfirg sent
up-sfAirx a1d knock ed at the Goor rs hard
= could, 90 ~ 20 arouse Murphy. No re-
spouse Ma made. but could hear him
krs4shtng heavily. and did not further
~ 10 disturb hiSs.
ehembermald told me 90 awaken the iodg
~ who had not yet ggs up. ] awoke two
81 three. and then she ipgorlnad ne tfsf
the man In No. ~ bad rot get left his
rDom knocked loudly ri the dDer aBd
there was no response. suspeetIng that
I'll Was not right. l went into room No. ie
Before touched Murphy for tfle purpose
Ofaronsiug him, opened tae door. rs II
was quite dark IN the reoin. ! then caught
bold Of Murphy By the shousdes. as he was
lying on his face, aud shook him. BE did
net move. and then ! looked al his face
opd saw that froth had gathered around
his mouth. Then for the tirst time real
WAS .oblet with llttie water ia II, and
uudsf the top Of the table n
small shelf On this was the FIVE
ounce bottle which had contained the NOR
phiEe. ] believe that be poured the NOR
plins into the glass and drank &c soon at
tef he entered the room. ~ The crystals
could k< still nseu adhefiHg 80 the sides of
the glass Then he filed The glass with
water to take the TASTE OF the morphine out
Of his mouth.
.His clothes. which were OF good mater.
ial were hung up carefully. sticking out
Of the pistol pocket Of tbs frowserk was a
following which was almost uaGeelpher-
able.
Mr.. Joeshop Burns. Friend. am going
10 kill myself with morphine send word
70 my folks. The ----~-- ----.-- -~----- ------~
that II the cause Of IL Good By. Johney
Barns, Direct 10 William Mccarty. 50
good By Jonney. 4. A. Boons'
II notified the chief OF police and the
coroner came and took charge OF the body.
have seen the dead man before. but
kESw nothing about him or what hts
business was but think that he was a
laborinK man and AtoEt 10 years OF age.
He seemed 10 be q strotig aud healthy sort
Of . man"
INQUEST OF THs eogosER
Coroner J. s. n. Smart took charge OF
The remains, aud after brief invesfisa-
ton locked up the room. At 40 p. m.
yesterday he impaneieti the following jury
% hold an inquest ON the remains: g. ~
Hefton. stewart Leekie, Philip sullivan,
William Davies, J. NJ. HUI and William
Brnckett. After hearing the testimony,
which was substantially the same Is fhe
statement Of Baskceper schultzR, as given
shove. the jury returned the following
verdict
"We, the jnFy Ia this case. decide that
the nssn shame II NJ. NJ. Murphy. and that
ne came TO his death by an overdose of
morphine taken With suicidal Inteut."
After the Inquest Mufphy's remains were
taken 70 the undertaking establishment al
Croes 4 Co, Tie body will bc kept 10
await Identification II not Identified the
deceased viii be buried By the county.
The most singular feature OF this case Ia
that no one knows who the suicide Ii. II
e more than probable that Murphy Is not
his right namo. There were no letters or
money foand In the mans pockets All
together the case seems Ia be mysterious
one.