Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-24
DEATH MET HALF WAY
A Peculiar Coincidence in a Street
Railway Accident.
TWO WOMEN COMMIT SUICIDE,
While Two Other Persons Make Unsuccess-
full Attempts
ALLEGHENY PICKNICKERs DROWNED

we're of an exciting nature. There were tw o
suicides and two attempts at suicide, besides
numerous other casualties.
The street car furnished a peculiar coin
cidence. 1t was in the death of the two
Gallagher boys To begin with, they were
both named Edward. One was run over by
Second avenue car opposite the Eliza
furnace. The other received his injuries
from a Birmingham car on Cor
son street. The spot where the accident
occurred is just on the opposite side of the
Monon gabela river from the Eliza furnaces.
The boys were just about the same age, but
we're not related. In fact, one family had
never heard of the other until the accident
occurred. The time of receiving their in
juries was almost the same.
The Hebrew quarter along Penn avenue,
near Twenty-eighth street, was thrown into
intense excitement yesterday morning by
the suicide of Mrs. Bessie Culkisky. She
and her husband keep one of those little
stores which are so plentiful out through
that section. Their home and place of
business is at 1884 Penn avenue. They are
both young people. She was ouly %.
suicided by Hanging Herself.
Yesterday was the Hebrews Sunday. and
soon after o'clock in the morning Mark
Culkisky left lis wife to 60 to church. She
was in the store and seemed to be happy
and contented. 1t was 1915 when he re-
turned. The store door was
locked and the curtains were
drawn. He entered the house
by side door and found the entrance to the
store opened. There was no sign of life in
the little storeroom. Mark then drew
curtain aside, which divided the living
suspended to timber by bed cord was the
lifeless body of his wife. He ran to the
nearest police station and notified the police.
They came and cut the body down.
The husband can give no reason tor his
wife's action. Their life has always been O
pleasant one, and there seemed to be no
cause for her suicide
At $3.50 o'clock yesterday afternoon
Franciska Bruskinska, aged 10 years,
committed suicide at her parents home, SO
Voegtly street, Allegheny. At this place
she lived with her father, Jacob, her mother,
Annie, and her sister, Verona, the latter
being slightly demented. The girl came
from Poland to this country three weeks
that time the deceased has been ill and de-
lirious.
Subject to a Peculiar Delusion.
She was not violent but was possessed
with deluslons, one Of which was that she
feared that all colored persons were her
enemies and were seeking to kill her. Her
fear was intense and yesterday afternoon at
$3.50 o'clock she sought her room, secured
har fotb bor
she had done this she ran from her room
screaming, and went into room in the rear
of the house. From there she started for
the stairs but fell dead before reaching
them
Detective Steele was near the house at
the time, and reported the death to the
Coroner. Her body was removed to Eb-
bert's livery stable. On her person was
found a number Of shoemakers' knives
Shortly after coming to Allegheny the girl
ran away from her home and was returned
to her parents by the police.
The picnic of the railroad employees at
Rock Point yesterday was attended by q
double drowning. James Jarvis and Thomas
Brown lost their lives, while out boat rid
ing. Five men had gone out in skif.
The boat upset and Jarvis and Brown could
not swim. The other three men, whose
names could not be learned, were rescued.
The bodies of Brown and Jarvis were re-
covered and brought to the morgue in this
city, Both men were residents of Perrys-
vile avenue, Allegheny.
Swallowed n Cupful of Lie.
Mrs John F. Miller, living at SO South
Ninth street, attempted to commit suicide
yesterday afternoon by taking dose of
concentrated lye. According to the state
ment made by the police after making a
thorough investigation of the affair. Mrs.
Miller had entertained lady friend during
the afternoon. When her husband, who is
employed in Garrison's foundry, went
home to supper the meal was not prepared,
and he raised a complaint against his wife's
conduct.
Mrs Miller prepared supper as soon as
she could, and while her husband was eat
ing, she went to the kitchen and mixed up
a lot Of the lye in cup of water and swal-
lowed the dose. She at once became sick
and DR.. Grimes was summoned. The ply
sician exercised his greatest effort to save
the woman's life. and at II o'clock last
night she was resting easy, although it was
considered doubtful if she would recover.
Estella Anderson, colored girl, years
old, was burned to death yesterday morn
ing. She lived with her father, Harvey
Anderson, at 5626 Eva street, East End
put the child to bed. She LETT lamp burn
ing low in the room where Estella slept.
A few minutes after Mrs. Ander-
son had left the room, the lamp exploded.
The bed clothes caught fire and soon the
child was wrapped in flames. Before her
parents reached her she was burned SO bad
ly that she could not recover. Her body
was burned to crisp. She died at 1:3O
o'clock this morning. Mrs. Ande-son's
hand were badly burned in trying to save
Estella's life.
Killed at q Grade Crossing.
Yesterday afternoon at 8 o'clock Daniel
Polan attempted to cross the Pittsburg, Ft.
Wayne and Chicago Railroad tracks at
street, Allegheny. He did
not notice train that was approaching,
and was knocked under the wheels He
was badly injured and an hour later died.
Mr.. Polan was machinist, living at 35
Nixon street, Allegheny. He was 26 years
Of age.
Mrs. Lizzie Thomas, aged "a, who was
burned at her home in Oakland Friday |
night, by fire which she had started by !
the use of oil, died last night at the Mercy /
Hospital
Arthur Mcclure yesterday afternoon |
staggered into the Twelfth ward police sta |
ton and became SO boisterous that he was |
locked up. About O'Clock as Sergeant |
Silk was passing through the cell room, he
saw McCune hanging in his cell. In mo-
ment he had thrown the door open and cut
The man down, and it was>with difficulty |
hat he was revived. He had tied one end |
Of large yellow handkerchief around his
neck and had tied the other to the bars in
The top of the cell and swung of. Only
Sergeant Silks timely interference pre-
vented him from accomplishing his end.