Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-01
GLEASISGs IN GOTHAM.
Three Suicides In One Day.
NEW YORK BUREAU sPEcrALs.1

NEW YORK, September 30-Three persons
committed suicide in this city to-day. Hiram r.
Patterson. 43 years old, killed himself because
be regarded his life as failure. He belonged
90 one of the wealthiest families in Connecticut.
Some time ago he quarreled bitterly with his
brother, James O. PATTERSON. President Of the
Travellers Insurance Company, in Hartford.
terminated his acquaintance with all his other
relatives, and came to New FORK He became
a clerk in the Office of the New England Monu-
ment Company. For the last three weeks he
had been very respondent This morning he
gave the office boy an old revolver, with instruc-
tions to get 1t loaded The boy obeyed him.
Half an hour later 3 shot was heard in the
wardrobe, the door was opened. and Patterson
was found dead on o seat. with q hole in his
right temple. In q note on his desk were di-
rections that he should be cremated. and this
query: "Was / ever worse than ]. @. B7' This
brother) Leopold Neuland, an Austrian me-
chanic, So years old, swallowed poison this
morning because he believed his wife and
daughter wished him out of the way so they
could get hold of his small savings. He died an
hour later. A handsome, well-dressed young
woman drank big dose Of carbolic acid In
Bedford Park, this noon, and died before an
ambulance,arrived. A note in her pocket ipdi-
Gated that she died for love.
Looking for Lawyer.
Matthew j. McKeon, lawyer, charged with
numbering Alexander Graham, gave himself
up to the police to-day. Mr.. McKeon was
drinking in q downtown saloon, ten days ago,
when his best friend ran in with half Of his
nose gone. The friend said that Alexander
Graham, who had followed him into the saloon
bit off the missing piece of nose during fight
outside. Mr.. McKeon knocked down Graham
with walking stick. He was held in only 500
bail for court, the next day, and Graham was
thought to be convalescing. Later Graham's
skull was found to be fractured, and Mr. NC
Keon's bail was raised to s1.00n. Four days ago
Graham died, and the police began to search for
Mr.. McKeon as his murderer.
Preparing for a Celebration.
At "a meeting of the Centennial Judiciary
Committee to-day William Allen Butler.
Charles A. Peabody, Enoch Fancher, exJudge
Robert II. Robertson and ex-Judge J, Newton
Fiero. of Kingston, N. Y, were made an Exec
utive Committee to prepare q plan for cele-
brating. on the first Tuesday Of next February,
the centennial anniversary Of the establish
ment of the United States Supreme Court.
Talked Into n Fir by nm Angry Man.
Robert McChesuey, Chief Clerk Of the De-
partment of Arrears in Brooklyn. was talked
into it by an irate taxpayer this morning.
The taxpayer, Mr.. Henry L. Coe. had been
stirred up by an official notice that his vacant
lot in the Seventh ward would be sold at auc-
tion In ten days, because he failed to pay %
cents taxes on it two years ago. ltis pretty ex-
pensive in Brooklyn to redeem property after
such sale, and the taxpayer knew it. He
proceeded to give Mr.. McChesney
a big piece of his mind. After listening to him
for about Is minutes McChesney fell to the
floor in fit He was carried home and the
scared taxpayer hurried away.