San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-12-01
He SUICIDES AT LAST.
william G. Parrish, Charged With The Murder
Of Young NJ. LangdOn,
ENDS HIS LIFE IN THE COUNTY IAIL-
Breaking Glass Preserve Dish He Cuts an Aris1
in His Left Arn ane Ihrosi and
sleeds to Death.

in His Left ATm ane Ihrost and
sIseds to Death.
DALLAS, Tex, Nov. 21.-Yesterday
at about 1870 p. N. William G. Par
IRISH, charged by Indictment with the
murder OF Young NJ. Langdon, com
mitted suicide in his cell in jail. 1t
will be remembered that soon after
his arrest he attempted suicide by
butting his head against the fanges
on the iron door to his cell. since
which time he has been under watch.
Yesterday he was sitting in a chair
eating his dinner, and Mr.. Neiymeyer,
his watch, was in another portion of
the cell. Not suspecting such an act,
and being deaf he did not see and
did not hear Parrish when he broke
a glass dish. Parrish took piece of
this dish, cut the artery in his left
arm between the wrist and ell
bow, and also cut his throat
severing the wind pipe. No one
knew what he had done until he fell
from the chair to the floor covered
with blood. The noise OF the fall
attracted attention, the alarm was
given, doctors summoned, all done
that could be done, but he expired
at about 1;40. He left no writ
ting, and did not speak after cutting
himself. Before being dressed pre-
paratory to removal TO an undertake
er's establishment, the sight was
awful to be behold, his clothes being
saturated with blood. His brother
was not permitted to see him until
after his clothing was changed. The
excitement in the city was intense,
for he had many true friends. This
is indeed a singular case. Not
withstanding the fact that he had as
sured his friends that his first attempt
10 take his life was committed in
moment of dependency. yet he had
requested the sheriff to let him
have a razor with which to shave
himself, which request, however, was
refused. At the hour yesterday, when
he committed the rash act, his attor-
neys were in consultation preparing the
papers necessary to go before the court
on a writ of habeas corpus.
Every effort is being made by the
officers to keep the fact of his suicide
from John Paris, the negro. His
brother was wild with grief,
and his friends still declare
their belief in his innocence.
Sheriff CabeH made the following
statement: Parish sent for me last
Saturday. On going to his cell he
asked me to take of the guards. He
gave as his reason for the request that
he did not intend to commit suicide,
and he said that he would like to
have that fact made public
through the press. He said
that on the night of the day of
his arrest he was delirious and did
not know what he was doing when he
attempted to take his life by butting
his head against the bars of his cell,
but that now his friends had come to
his rescue and he was receiving
a great many encouraging kilograms
and letters. i told him I would
take OF the guard, but would leave
nurse 10 wait on him. 1 took of the
day guard, leaving Parish by
day in charge of Bill Me
meyer, who was nursing him, but I
continued to keep a guard over
him at night In fact l have
had double guards on duty to prevent
Parish and the negro, Paris, from
shielding. On three or four occasions
l have been furnished from two 70
four men by Capt. Arnold, the chief
of police, TO assist me in keeping
guard over the two prisoners" Being
questioned as to whether the insur-
ance companies had been instrumental
in ferreting out the case, Mr.. Cabel
said: mot to our knowledge. Chief
OF Police Arnold and myself we're the
only persons who knew of the facts in
the case, and we know that there was
nothing done by insurance companies. |
We never conversed with or had any
thing TO do with any insurance com
pany; nor have we received a dollar
from any individual for the work done
by US. All the expense was borne
by ourselves. What is more, the
detectives had nothing TO do
with getting up the evidence"
AT o'clock yesterday evening the
body was conveyed to the Houston
and Texas Central depot to be shipped
to Huntsville, his boyhood home,
where he will be inferred this even
ing.