Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1890-09-30
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Edward Hogan orThis city Attempts
suicide In New Haven jail.

Edward Hogan of This City Attempts
suicide In New Haven jail.
When one of the tiermen in the New
Haven county jail, a man named Smith,
was about to pass by cell No 50, about a
quarter past 8 o'clock last evening, he
saw sight which almost unnerved him.
There standing, looking through the
iron bars of the cell, with his two hands
clutching the bars was Edward Hogan
of this city, with a terrible looking cash
in his throat from which the blood was
rushing, saturating his clothes and Civ
ing the man a frightfui appearance.
The Herman soon recovered from his
fright and rushed to the door which
leads into the office. He pounded on
the door until twas opened, and then
excitedly exclaimed that man was
killing himself in cell 80.
Tailor Beardsley and two others who
We're in the office rushed to the cell,
where Hogan still stools Hogan was
very weak from the loss of blood and
his limbs trembled under him. The
weapon with which he had tried to com
NIT suicide was still in his right hand,
and he seemed to be in doubt whether to
use it again. Captain Beardsley opened
the cell door and with the assistance or
the others bound Hogan's throat up
tightly with cloth and sent for Dr ELIOT.
He examined the wound. which was
about four or five inches in length, and
dressed it. The knife had come near tn
severing the jugular vein, but had es-
capped it, and the man will recover.
Hogan was very uncommunicative
until after the physician had arrived and
dressed his throat and then he said he
wanted to die. He said he had been
kicked around this world long enough
/, Irrkt no
| He apparently was not very sorry that
he had not accomplished his purpose,
however. Hogan is n native of Water
bury On the 18th of August he was
sentenced to Jail for drunkenness,
Thirty days with costs was the order OF
the court and only few days of the
sentence remains to be served. Hogan
has been employed in the workshop
ever since his incarceration. Yesterday
afternoon he complained to the officer
at the shop that he was not feeling very
well and wanted to sc to his cell. The
officer finding that Hogan was telling
the truth let him off from work and
Hogan went to his cell. About quar-
ter to six o'clock supper was served t.
him and the rest of the prisoners and hi
seemed to be in good spirits. hall
hour after, the Herman who goes
around to collect whatever the prisoner
and saw the latter in the condition
described above.
The knife which Hogan used was ;
shoe knife he had used in cutting cant
in the workshop. All the chair seater
at the Jail use such knives daily and thu
officers at the Jail keep constant watcl
on the prisoners to see that they do no
smuggle them into their cells. The cell'
are searched daily and Hogan's wa
searched yesterday afternoon, but moth
ing suspicious was found. He had con
cealed the knife about his person. ]
Hogan had cut himself an hour or twt
later he would have probably bled t.
death, as there would have been M
visit made to his cell after supper.
Hogan came to this city to work upol
the sewers seven or eight years ago. HI
is shiftless sort of fellow and has beel
before the court nine times for drunken
ness.