The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-05-23

age, udllNc VI hchs"SnJ
was until last Friday motorman
on the Citizens Electric line, from
which he was recently discharged,
b came des ondert from loss OF
employ men. and sought release
from his earthly troubles by taking
a number of quarer-gi pellets
of morphine about 6 o'clock this
morning at the house CT Ella Miller,
lol Washington street, dying about
an hour afterward.
The inmates stated that Bear,
who had visited tie house before,
came last night about 9 o'clock, and
seemed to be worried about some
thing, as he left the house and came
back several times. He asked Ella
Miller to play casino or Might've
with him, but sSe refused, and
Bean seemed to get restless. AT
length he retired with a woman
named Winnie Cltk about mid.
night.
When the woman woke up this
morning she heard Bean groaning,
called and shook him, but as he did
not wake up and seemed to be in a
4 stupor, she became alarmed and
called loudly for the other inmates,
who ran to the room. Winnie
GA then stated that she had seen
Bean get up before day this morn
ing, go to the washstand and drink
something, tut she paid no particu-
lar attention TO him.
DR.. Herg.t was called and did
all be could for the unfortunate
man, but without avail. A box
which had contained morphine was
found in the room, empty. Justice
Harrison was summoned aud made
an examination. Several letters
and silver quarter were found on
him.
Justice Harrison refused TO let
TIE News reporter look at the
documents found on the body, but
it was ascertained from a reliable
source that letter was found in
Beams coat from friend in Ken.
lucky, warning the suicide to look
out, that the officers were after him
for forgery committed in the Blue
Grass state
Farther ilquiry revealed that
Bean had told the women of the
house that he was in trouble, that
he didn't want the officers to know
it and that he would not live until
daylight.
Superintendent Griffith Ct the
Git zans' line, was seen and asked
If Bean was short in his accounts
with the road, but said he did not
care to discuss the matter. Mr.
Griffith said that Bean came to him
well recommends over two weeks
ago and that he put him
on car as motorman,
but titding him to be
incompetent, discharged him. Bean,
however, came Lack again ard
asked for work, saying that he had
not been properly instructed. Mr.
Griffith said tina. he was rot satisfied
with the young man, who, he
believed, was half demented, but
Bean begged SO hard to be taken
back that he was gwen another
trial. lie was finally discharged
last Friday night for losing control
of car on the Franklin street line.
A gentleman who knew Bean
very we'll in Kentucky and WHO
rect mmended him to Mr.. Griffith,
said that Beans father, when he
knew him in lss9 80, was putting
up tobacco at Alligree and +. kton,
Ky. He knew the young man then
and considered him an ordinary
boy. The elder Bean is nov out of
business and is living at Cad'z,
Kentucky, where he lives with his
three sons, Mrs. Bean being dead.
When Bean first came here,
the gentleman said, he opened
a restaurant at 4l3 Franklin
street, but did not seem to
proper and then went on the Cit.
zens' line This gentleman, who
did not care to have his name men.
toned, said that he had written to
NJ. B an advising him of his sons
death. Cadiz is away from any
railroad and not near telegraph
! fl ,e.