Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-01-09

4 dispatch from Bsi'imcre to the New
York Sun 1888.
singular oircun ssanoe. BOT putli,hed,
is rsI,tcd in connection w;sa ,hs suicide
ns1e at his home of youug jobs McF'cssr
Wystt on NaW YEARS. night Mac" as
ha sas kuowu, was Que Of tbs handsomes5
young fellows ia sha o.y, s ub nsn aod
athlete BE was Of 6eiy, impssuou9 ten-
permanent, ard in some OF ni5 practices &c &C.
centric that there is good reason 10: doub;-
Log bis sanity.
some years ago eu aunt residing in arother
city was inv:,cd 10 visit the family, and did
so, sad during beF stay Gao Of the members
died. Later eGe paid another visit, and
egeln there YES death. The circumstance
vas nctfd es rsthsc singular; 5ua year
late. ehe came for the third time, aud
either while she RRs staying or Immediately
after her departure, there Was thitd des,h.
So strange coincidence WIS naturally dis
tressiag to ali concerned, Sc ste is 3 lady OF
grsab amiablity OF character and haid IN The
bigheet esteem and regard hy hsr relatives.
Upon fourth visit Ggslh aggin attended
her and whap she returned 10 her home
she snnounced tna5 she he'd determineG
never Ia come back 10 Ba!tim 5re again.
She kept her resolution for s0ms tiDe, Sut
ber brother, the father Of youag Wyatt, IN
ihe esrly part OF DeceDber w:o;e to her
urging her 20 spend th9 Christmas holidays
with the family. He spoke lightly Of the
supcIstititiocs essoc;RicDs attending her for
mer visits, and remarked humorousiy bet
it was now impossible for any ons to de, as
they wsre all in the best of health aDd
spirite, and could defy the ghastly intruder
on former occasions of her appearance. As
she had so often shared their gsief in be-
| resvement, it was now proper that she
| should enjoy with them the pleasure they
had planned for the Christmas holidays.
With some misgi0ings, and yet inclined
now to consider the singular chain of cir
cumstances 10 the past as merely q coincl-
dence, the auat broke her resolution and
came to Baltimore. Christmas went mer-
riiy by, and all! vas vel until Nsw Year's
night A little before midnight the aunt re
tired from the company in the psror, 10
tending to go TO her room. which adj ned
that of her nephew, young MoVickar, who
lad been out all the evening. Saeing his door
partly open and the light burning dimly,
she concluded that he had come in unot-
served, and bad probably fallen asleep with
out undressing She entered his apartments.
and, in an Instant, was frozen With horror,
for there on the bed he ley, dead, pistol In
his hand and blood ell about him He had
slipped iuto the house and up stairs and shct
himself the report of the revolver being un-
heard below. Thus for the fifth time was
death 10 the family associated Immediately
with this aunt's vista circumstance for the
members of the Society for Psschical Re
search to rtfsct upon.
Why young Wyatt took his life is my5-
terry. Tnero i5 report that he was secretly
married snd stood iD fear OF some trouble In
connection with the alliance. Some OF bis
strange freaks. as already stated, seem to
indicate insanity. Among other queer
prsctices he Was In the habit Of cruDifyiDg
stray cats against the wall Of his garden,
mpsling the animals against the fence by
driving small nails through their feet. he
would also extract the fangs of snakes and
force tobacco down the tbrosts of the rep
tile0. He had hot, ungovernabe temper,
and was dominesring and fearless. His
family ia among the most fashionable In the
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