The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-03-31

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0n&0 0oSSsMsuA bWax 49,
25 - 1Hootipg John Michaslson n ~
n ~ & tke city. committed suicide
~ - taking dose q moephineL
w s1'cxt O'Clock yesterday morning
s3Ssn vsns into The opsra s6ieea.
fS = o. Bernard, On Isout
- 80 Blanchard. and oniled
x. = 80. The barkespef took him
- = : Iodeinehouss and gsss him
s.d fbnn left him. A. 1870 IN The
n. Bernard went up 70 wake
Z;s s-1;rers Who were still aslssp, and
eohes knocked On Hummslis
E E <sz 9nmmeIl told him that be waA not
- wanted TO stay In bed while.
$500 for Z pitcher Of water, which was
- When bernard went into the
1nmmeii was lying In bed smoking
81 ;rr.s1n. He looked bad. but said that
rt1 ~ up after while.
q ~ ~ yesterday afternoon. clerk
b - = . ths room again and found
Sn dead in bed with m empty glass
- 11S - end morphine bottle under ths
- coeouer Smart Vas at once noei-
3 ri - - body Was removed 70 Cfoes &
q u 4 ~ doors 70 the south.
1Ie etond near the bed on which tie
- lay, vss . card. on which were
11ot ~ words:
81 = q Eleventh street, between To-
A <oe end Washington. am son Of
81 nnmeil
p - ~ that he left TO indicate that
rnpoly took his own life. but there Il
49, thst such 10 the case. Close &C
s 11nnons ~ that be Vas STRONGLY cd
5S1 = - use Of cigarettes. and for
- smoked Them inyeterately. and
- }~oun that bis mind was weakened
y cnnoe which brought HummslI into
3 and which Vas probably the
rr1 $3.50 Tor his last rash oct, was the
resulting from charge Of
ii1S1rf robbery and murder brought
hlu some three years ago By one
Il 1n Hjehaelson. The particulars Of
D t o1hir made quite ssnsA-
q the time. HnmmelI
= o uueking In . restaurant, and John
{ InsoIoun NJ his roommate. Tbs PROSE-
371 1kl1n. ~ Nichaelson's story Il. that
~md took Michselson ont In the
1u1k = Jackson, near where the base
mounds we're last summer. and
nIe1ot and attempted 70 rob his VIC
M Doponing scared he dropped the
S go y had secured and ran away.
- Va arrested, and. although he
- slsong attempttO prove an abb. he
nnglctedof attempted murder. LAtsr
E0u 9antsd new trial. The case has
- = ~ courts Of King county ever
- "a Hummell hes been out on 81 600
- ~. agnsd BY his father and other
- u shooting, Hummsli hes been
rnuu6d n "a sorts Of wild hailucinations
- haso made his life almost unbsaY-
- H In ben afraid to b. In = room
-, essn when his friends were around.
- M repeatedly said that
U1hnGlson was hunting for him
- Would Hill him the moment
y lound him. Sometimes he would b
nksn With >erzihle fear and he would run
lons end grab Ms sistsf frantically and
inploeo NJ b uaW him from SONS Inn.
a6inafy H. Recently he has been work.
hG)nsound ~ premises Of Mr.. c. K. Jen.
~ ~ onlY III there . few days ago.
9soat ~ sVek R>ss OAss " - ~
h6So eone up again tomorrow tn the
tuiof eosst. and hrooding over this fact
~ pgubahly the direct cause OF the sui.
- Ith understood that the defense q
oot5al would have been temporary In
mo.
o1ar1ay night he did not come home -
unal snd apeafch oil day yesterday morn.
II taae9 70 ind him. Late In The aftsr-
~ ~ family learned OF his suicide.
IA Hummsll, the father. h IN old citi.
- Battle. iauch respected and well-to.
nolA h and his wife are deeply moved
6sgic end Of their son. Mr.. Richard
1oman. Z brother. IL connected with the
ea0. W. Bosrdman q Son. and Mr.. q.
onaw. Of Shaw & Agar. and l.. s. Rowe.
Ssus. Stone 4 Carr. are brothers-in-law.
- shaw said last evening. In speaking
~ tragedy. that Ira Hnmmel's death
the best thing that could have hap
80 % him. - for two years or more he
Md life OF misery. The funeral
= held from the residence Tuesday
moon q O'Clock. No inquest viii b