Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-07-15
No CHANCE TO LIVE
Both Quinsey and His Wife
Will Die.
DETAILS or The AWFUL CRIME
Qusnssy Has Been Partially insane fof
Several Meaths From the Continued
Use OF Choral

Beth victims Of the Quinsey tragedy
were alive lAst nsghs- Mrs. Qalnsey Is
lying in tne L. b. A. hospital and
Qumsey Il az MS residence. she "a IN
senli- Gnconzious eondlcition and has
made no statement Her worst wound
Is the one IN the right side Of the skull
The bullet caused a severe fracture OF
The skull. The doctors express little
hope that sne may revive. Mrs.
Quilsey's maiden name WAS Mary
Lawn aud pFlor 10 her Marriage she
resided IN Kalamazoo. By the death
Of her parents abe Inherited a consider
able property. which she always re-
tanned IN her own name
When a reporter for TIE HERALD
visited tie Qulnsey residence yester-
day afternoon QuInsey was still uneon-
scious- tie ~as attended by DR.. Fen
warden and Dr. Failing. His brother.
George, Was At his bedside yesterday
giviDg what assistance he could To the
doctors.
Prsbed oaIsssys woana.
The physicians probed the wound IN
Qulnseys head, but were unable TO
nod any fracture of the skull. Hyp-
odermIc Injections Of wbssky were
administered and had the effect of
slightly increasing his temperature.
Al times his eyes would open and the
lips move, a. II an attempt Was being
made 70 speak.
DR.. Failing said "He had bad
day Saturday and was determined 10
leave town for a visit with relatives IN
the north | prevailed upon bin To
wait until MONDAY. That day ne pro-
cured cnloral AZ some drug store and
took another dose. lt Is a shame that
druggist will sell choral to any one,
but Il Il was refused TO hum ne would
send some one else and procure the
drug Any way"
Yesterday afternoon a full box OF
cartridges Was found IN q bed In the
down stairs sleeping apartment where
lie nad evidently seereted them.
DR.. Penwarten said yesterday that II
was extremely doubtful II Qulnsey ever
recovered consciousness. aud that the
probabilities were that his lie was
nearly finished.
Nr. STAGE. statement
j. G. STAGE of the law firm of STAGE
a QuInsey Was seen by the reporter yes
terday afternoon He said: II know
OF no cause tor the awful deed except
temporary insanity. He has been out
Of MS mind more or less for the past
two or three months. He has not had
any trouble, financial or otherwise. that
1 know Of that would have unsettled
his mind. The partnership between Us
WAS formed about q year ago, but on
account of his falling mind il
was dissolved IN the latter part
Of May. This fact has not been
made public before We were ali
aware that his mind was affected, bu,
the hope of his ultimate recovery has
led his wife and friends to keep the
fact secret. but ms insanity has gradu
ally grown upon him. He Was never
violent or dangerous, and had lucid
spells when q casual observer could not
observe that anything was the matter
with him. | think ne should have been
in the asylum by June 1. but his wife
Was very much opposed TO mis- being
taken away. IL u now an open secre:
that ne Was q victim of the choral
habit, and that / think is the key note
70 the awful tragedy. That was the
reason why the partnership WAS dis
solved HIS being addicted 10 this habit
rendered him totally unit to transact
bnssnsss."