St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-05-09
The SUICIDAL MANIA.
A Man Hangs Himself and an
Insane Man Attempts
Self-Butehery.
An Emphatic Protest Against
the Roast on the County
Jail.
Some Of the Recent Improve
ments at the Soldiers
Home.
The Electpo-Matrix Troubles
Still Unsettled--DiSeased
Meat.

Apparently Minneapolis is suffering
from an epidemic of violence, large
majority of the cases resulting IN death.
In less than month Joseph L. Ander-
son was shot, Tom Gallagher sent
bullet into Bill Cam while trying to kill
another man, and Emma Schmidt per-
forated Morris Durham because he mar
ried another girl. Cain and Durham
are still confined TO their beds by their
wounds. and an unfavorable change in
their present condition would probably
result in death. Following close after the
shooting came the suicides of Peterson
and Weston. the former by hanging and
the latter by poison. Yesterday two
more men tried hard to add their names
to the suicides roll. One succeeded
while the other may recover. Besides
these there have been several accidents
resulting in death. Mike Finley was
run over by switch engine on tue
Milwaukee road and died In the city
hospital; Mrs. o. G. SQuires was thrown
from her carriage and killed, ana yes
Yesterday Frank Munf0rd, a young Ia
borer, lost his life by falling from a
building at Second avenue north and
Third street.
The Third Man
10 add his name to the list Of suicides
was Gust Carlson, whose body was dis
covered early yesterday morning hang
| ing outside the door of his boarding
house OF 1921 South Twentv-siXth street.
When Gust left the boarding house
early in the evening he was apparently
| in the best of spirits. He was en-
ployed by the street railway company
| and had steady work. He was unmar-
ried, and had no one depending upon
him. He left the house to purchase
! suit of clothes, and that was the last
seen of him by his friends until his
| body was found hanging stiff and cold
outside the door. He had carried
ont his intention OF purchasing
| the clothes and had them with him. lie
| had taken a short piece of clothesllne,
and, after making a slipnooSe OF one
| end, fastened the other end to the hinge
| of the door in the same way Peterson
did Sunday last, and then after slipping
the moose over his head he threw his
whole weight upon it and was Strangled
| to death. When the body was discov-
cred it was cold and rigid and life had
| been extinct for several hours. Coroner
| Towers viewed the remains and ordered
| them removed 10 Gleason IL ByOrum'S
morgue. No inquest will be held. and
relatives will take charge OF the fu-
| neral.
Tried to Decapitate Himself
Frank Pomroy was taken to the cen
tral station yesterday after having made
desperate attempt to end his own life.
After his wounds had been attended to
he was removed to st. Barnabas' hos
pital. Pomroy. 1t is said, belongs to
one of the oldest and most influential
families in the state OF Maine, and IS re-
lated to Secretary of the Treasury WIN
dom, and his wife is relative OF Mrs.
Harrison, wife of the president. In
1871 Pomroy left his home in Bancroft,
Me-. and came to Minnesota. After be-
ing i'm the state short time he became
interested in exploring for coal in Da-
kota, and he purchased considerable
| land in North Dakota. He did not find
Goa. but lost about 900 before he gave
up the search. Then he went to Du-
luth and was interested in the coal
docks. but this venture was also I'M
profitable. and he lost the balance OF his
money. During the war he was sun
struck. and that with the loss of his
fortune turned his head and he became
insane. Last October he was under
treatment by DIR. NJ. G. Keith, of Min
neapoliS, at his private hospital on
Washington avenue south, but after a
short time he was. discharged as cured.
His mania never assumed violent
form, and it was thought by the physi-
clans to be of very mild type. Yes
| l.. IoG& II of
avenue and went to the Waverly
house on First avenue south. The
people at the house noticed that
he was pale, and supposing him
to be sick persuaded him to lie down
while a messenger was dispatched fol
Mrs. Pomroy. Before she arrived, how
ever, Pomr0y got up and said he would
90 down and see DR.. Keith, as he didn't
! feel very well. When he arrived at the
physician's office DR.. Keith was away
and Pomroy walked into the ward anC
talked to one of the attendants. He
was perfectly rational at first, but after
he was undressed and put to bed hi:
conversation became disconnected anC
rambling. He wanted c. S. McDougall
who was present visiting lady patient
to buy him a revolver, and told HIN III
could 90 up to his house and get
sewing machine which was in the din
: ing room. which he could have if h
would give him a pistol. NO attention
, was paid to his rawlings, and he subside(
, and grew quieter. Suddenly he reached
. for his clothes, which were on chat
beside the bed, and pulled razor from
a pocket and Slashed two deep cuts il
: the left side of his neck. McDougal
I ran out and summoned an attendant
l but before he came PomerOy had draw
t the razor across the right side Of hi
!. throat, infiicting wound about thre
: and half inches long. When an al
tempt was made to capture him h
fought like tiger, but tn
+ attendants and policemen ovel
> powered him. His hands wer
n strapped and he was hurried
y removed to the central station, wher
Acting Police Surgeon Aldrich attende
to his wounds. At the station he wante
|. to know if some one had not killed h
|. wife, too. and said that he wasn't afrai
t of being lynched. He appeared
think that some one besides himself ha
inflicted the wounds; but he made L
y opposition while the surgeon was sey
:. ing up the gashes In his throat. &
l. was placed in straight-jacket, an
s taken to st. BarnabaS hospital. Tt
physicians say that no serious result
are likely to follow, unless he succeed
3, in tearing off the bandages and reopel
g ing the cuts, one Of which only MISE
!" the jugular vein by about an eighth
). an inch.
S. c. McDougall, who was present
70 the room when Pomroy made the de
20 perate attempt upon his life, lives at 5
- Anthony Park where he has charge
the street lighting department.. He sa.
that Pomroy seemed to be seized wit
a yeritable frenzy, and presented
d CHASTITY sight with the blood gushir
re c.or,a 4i,n sIrnr,,d in his nnnl- 1uhan