The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-04-07
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Special Di,pdtea 70 he intelligence.
CHARLESTON, W. Va. April 6.-Yes.
to-day afternoon, shortly after . o'clock,
o well dressed man, apparently about
So or 40 years Of age, walked into tho
Office OF the Hotel RuInor and registered
as John Worthinglon, Washington,
DC" IIe was given q room on tho
third floor. and went to it at once.
About 1880 o'clock no sent for a cup OF
coffee, which was taken to him, after
which ho locked his door and no
further attention was paid to him.
About5 80 this morning Henry Glenn,
q colored mar employed at tho Hotel
Rufner hero, whom going there to open
up for the day found the man lying dead
OIL the sidewalk, with blood gushing
from his nose and mouth. He had mp
parcntly been lying there but u short
time and tho fact that people were
known to have passed along as late as 3
o'clock, proves that he must have jump
cd or fallen out OF his window terthat
time.
Justice Hall was notified as quickly Us
possible and ho at oncc summoned u
%coroner's jury. DR.. Crawford was also
called and all repaired to the scene at
once.
The man was in his night clothes and
the window OF tho room was raised. 1t
appeared that he had struck the pave
ment on the left side Of his forehead
and the bricks were spattered with
blood. DR.. Crawford examined the
body and found that the neck was
broken. but the skull was not fractured.
Death must have been almost instanta.
neous. After viewing the body his
room was visited, where his clothes
were found, and from papers and other
articles found there he was identified
as Rev. J.J. G. Webster, Of Baltimore,
Md.
Among the papers found was mn acci.
dent insurance ticket for $1,000, placed
with "Thc Travellers" Of Hartford,
Conn, issued to Rev. ]. J. G. Webster,
10lS Madison avenue, Baltimore. Md.
Another was n weekly statement OF tho
Clifton Springs Sanitarium Company,
OF Clifton Springs, n. y, dated March
81, 1892, for one weeks board and treat
ment. 1t was made agains. Rev. j. J.
G. Webster, and gave the usual reduc-
ton to the ministry.
But what excited the most attention
and what gave probably the strongest
proof that he had intentionally taken
his life was q note written with pencil
on heavy linen paper, which read as
follows:
Ruined and gone forever. Stay
home. j. j. G.. W."
1t had no address, and was written in
q bold, strong hand.
A fine gold watch, with the initials
81. J. G. W." engraved on the case was
also found among his effects; also a
pair OF gold cuff buttons bearing the
same initials, together with $50 rs in
money. A telegram was sent to the adj
dress given on the accident ticket and
about 2 o'clock this afternoon the fol-
lowing telegram came: y
"Wire particulars OF death and iden-
titication.- Will send undertaken on i
o'clock train. Mrs. J.J. G. WEBSTER"
Tho verdict of the c%oroner's jury was
that "the said J.. J.. G. Webster came to
his death by falling out Of q third story
window OF the Hotel Rulfner and
breaking his neck"
1t is suggested that Mr.. Webster may
have been i'll, and sitting down in the
window to get the fresh air fell outside.
However, the theory Of suicide seems
much more probable.
1t is understood that he was held in
high esteem at his home, and it has
been suggested that tho opium habit
was the original cause of his untimoly
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