The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-07-06
A STRANGER
TAKES THE sTRYcRNINE ROUTE TO
ANOTHER WORLD.
Commits Suicide at About O'Clock
Yesterday Morning in the Car
rollton HouSe-His Past
Life Mystery.

the second floor Of the Carrolltor
house ON West Sixth street was called
to his door and across the hall by an
inmate of the room just opposite
When Mr.. Franklin reached the
strangers room he saw him lying on
the bed with his face partially turned
toward the wall and he spoke to Mr..
Franklin without turning over, stat
ing that he had taken dose of strych.
nine, and intended to die. Mr..
Franklin proceeded on down
stairs to breakfast telling the
proprietor of the house the condition
OF faffairs up stairs. Several hast ened
up at once. When Mr.. Franklin
finished his breakfast he went back
up stairs and the stranger was dead.
Ihus Is briefly told the Incidents of
early yesterday morning in the ar.
rollton house, the result of which ia
that stranger has died by his own
hand and his presence In this city and
hls history are shrouded in the dark
est mystery at present. He came TO
the Carrollton house Thursday night
for The first time and applied for lodg-
Ing. He left Friday morning
ana was not seen by the
hotel people again until
Friday night, when he called and
made arrangements for lodging and
breakfast. He sat out on the pave.
ment for q considerable time Friday
night, talking to several gentlem
sitting around, and appeard to be al
right. Early yesterday morning he
got up, and going down the street pro.
cured the strychnine that caused his
death. His name was known to the
MOTEL people as Miller, though he did
not register, being night lodger they
ala not require any registration. This
ls all the hotel people know of him,
and the people in the neigh hborhood
seem to have been favored more with
his presence.
Mr.. Freeman just across the way at
the livery stable, tells
ATALE
to the effect that Thursday morning
tne gentleman in question came over
to his stable and proposed to sell him
his horse, bride and saddle. Mr..
freeman accepted the proposition,
giving the low sum of So for the outfit.
He told the man to wait until the
banks were open and he would give
him check that he could cash. The
stranger consented, stating that he
was going out to the dam
where he had chance to get
JOB. He returLed about
10 o'clock signed bill of sale. giving
his name this time as Samuel Cof.
fee, and received the check and went
away.
MIR. w. o. DAVIS,
cobbler In a shop just across from
the Carrollton house, seems to have
become better acquainted with the
stranger than any one else. He was
In there Thursday morning and asked
Mr.. Davis for newspaper to wrap
a pistol up In, stating that he wanted
to pawn it. Wrapped pistol up. Re-
membered that it was loaded. un-
wrapped 1T and took the cartridges
out. Went out and came back
shortly, stating that he had
pawned 1t for %. Asked Mr.. Davis
for paper. Was told there was
none there, and then be sent down to
the Avenue and bought STATESMAN.
Turned to the kilograms, read the re-
port of the robbery on the Aransas
Pass and remarked that they "made
q d-n poor out of it," Threw the pa
per down and walked out. Returned
later in the day and told Mr.. Davis
incidentally that he had been on O
ranch 100 miles south of San Antonio
for some time; that he left the ranch
about two weeks ago. II took him
four days to get to San Antonio. That
he stayed there a week and had been
four days coming from San Antonio
to this city. That he intended to 70
from here to Galveston and thence to
Washington, where his parents lived.
Said he had lived In Texas nine years.
He came into the shop of Mr.. Davis
again Friday morning and told him
of having sold his horse to Mr.. Free
man for So. He then went up the
street to Mr.. Jacksou's where he had
pawned the pistol and returned to
Mr.. Davis, telling him that he had to
pay So for 1t. Thus briefly cited is all
that could be CLEANED from those in
the neighborhood of the hotel.
THE CoRoNER's INQUEST
which will be held tomorrow will
BRING out additional facts. Justice
Barbour, who will hold the inqueet,
informed STATESMAN reporter yes
terday morning that from q bundle OF
letters on his person his name must
be Ernest M. ClarvOe of Washington
City. That one of the letters was
from his sister. Justice Barbour wired
his father relative to the death of his
supposed son. A letter left by the
deceased requested his body to be