Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1893-08-02
TIRED OF LIFE.
He Grew Old. Joy
Grew More Indistinct'
So Frederick Houlshue
Resolved to Die.
,,y-Four Hours Dying from
Morphine Poisoning
e,uoide Gave Meaning to the
Previous Observations OF
Despondent Man.

r, another man, Frederick Houl-
.ts old and discouraged, time moved
-SS Ieaden piniOns, and so he died
VIZ ....,5sv morning OF morphine. The
:';5s occurred AT u. B. Wilcox's
-orb three miles east OF the city. At
-, What time the opiate WAS taken
Nv mo knows. but he was discovered in
s,,natose state in an outbuilding
~ E o'clock on Monday morning.
n. / T. Hamblin, superintendent OF
~ territorial Insane Asylum was sent
\, His labors to bring the suicide out
Tb;s deadly trance were incessant un.
~. o,rIock, Once he seemed 10 revive
-, .oon sank away again, and died at
Gr,ock yesterday morning.
"a soon as he was notified OF Houl-
.s-a,. death, Justice Wharton impanel-
a. irrv. proceeded to the ranch and
!'.msIIy viewed the body. The inquest
"a. concluded at the Justices office in
! ~ afternoon. Tho story of the sui
,Gs and the preceding incidents can
~, he gathered from the testimony.
Tbs frat witness was DR.. Ham bin,
,bo said 81 was summoned to see
4. deceased about 6 o'clock yesterday
ming. found him unconscious and
r.,,biag with difficulty. His body
"a. lax, the pupil Of the eye was con-
acted and he was evidently under the
r5leuce Of an opiate, probably NOR
Zine. in a condition OF narcosis.
-,on A table near by was box labeled
-,,Dbine. some OF the powder WAS
.,,ibkled upon the bench on which he
AZ and | found the powder in his
and. showing that in that way he car
I'd the drug TO his mouth. | applied
~ the usual restOratlves, the battery,
.,ychnlne, atrOpia and ammonia. In
ne afternoon be seemed to revive, but
= sf,srwsrd relaDsed and | left at
| o'clock
D,, cameron next testified. While
be hs1 10 doubt that Houlshue had
died Of morphine poisoning, when
he av him the symptoms which
You'd Indicate it had vanished under
The influence OF stropis, which had
bss1 administered to combat the OPT
g.s
G.B. Wilcox, at VII ose house Houl-
al: i.-d. testified az to his conduct the
!iyv.ceIing his taking the morphine
E!Ry the manner OF his death.
I,:-1,t light was thrown upon the
ass b. J. Dunlap who had worked with
4 hin. He said that for several days,
especially since the suicide OF II. VI.
Bs.s. H'lshue had been talking
about suicide and wondering how one
c0ld de easiest. He said that any
MAJ bad Alright 10 commit suicide and
t5 cJ-.. q see how any man could bear
20 I've acl WORK after he had begun to
E'1E I'D and had no future hopeful
''1:ge,:. lie did not seem TO be more
la ordinarily dependent and his
Al!-aEe vas not supposed by the wit
less % apply particularly to the case OF
a. deceased. About q week ago he
wa II PlpnlI and was arrested for in
creation and Was fined. During the
Zee be loaned friend some money 90
A' OF, o! so he had when he left
!9Ie he returned with almost nothing.
~; too had preyed on his mind and
" F'-S@y4g hui A4-Acl AAc NlItgL
-.;'ys for suicide. Last Sunday he
4le 70 Phoenix 70 see the game Of
a'so4,. and on his return was asked
!! the witness ii he would come back
q asIt day. He said he would but
Wen asked by the witness il he might
i13lPany him replied that "he might
= lad before tomorrow" The wit
.5'' story OF his discovery in the
-.;1ilg and his death was the same "a
a; Of the others.
VI. L. Barry, who was with Houlshue
Ven be died, also corroborated the
fHl5aY OF the others. This closed
-'.l7nce and the jury returned the
A2F.ng verdict:
ns he .-ry duly .impsue,sd aud swO-n %
80 INTO me eau : Of the death Of the de-
- -yJa oar uz.hs 30 md that deceaseI's
aa' Frederick H0llshue, that he
!sars u age aud n4tiYe OF
-t-!. .la. he came % his death
as % poison in the fora Of
.... 10, -!Ill s.e.s1 y his own hand with
II. II TRAvIs.
J. B. EE0EsE
e.. v. -TrEFIs.
C.. A. FRENCH.
e.. J. DYKE.
? Y. Quinn"
",-.slIe vas unmarried and has a