Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1893-11-30
HE SUICIDES AT LAST.
William G. Parrish, Charged With The Murder
Of Young NJ. LanDdon,
ENDS HIS LIFE IN The COUNTY JAIL,


sleeds TO Death.
DALLAS, Tex, Nov. 2l.-Ycsterday
ut about 1880 p, IN. William G. Par
rish, 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 hanges
on the iron door to his cell, since |
which time he has been under u 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
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 tho 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 lao. He left no writ
ting. and did not speak after cutting
himself Before being dressed pre-
paratory to removal to an undertake
ers 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.4 The
excitement in the city was intense,
for he had many true friends. This
is indeed a singular case. Not
wlthstanding the fact that he had as
sured his friends that his first attempt
to take his life was committed in u
moment OF dependency yet he had
requested the sheriff to let him
have razor with which to shave
himself, which request, however, was
refused, At the hour yesterday, when
he committed the rash act, his attor-
neys we're In consultation preparing the
papers necessary to so before the court
on 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 Cabell made the following
statement: Parish sent tor me last
Saturday. On going to his cell he
asked me to take off the guards. He
gave as his reason for the request that
he did not intend to commit suicide,
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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 q
Il great many encouraging kilograms
aud letters. II told him / would
take off the guard, but would leave q
nurse TO wait on him. | took off the
day guard, leaving Parish by
day Gin charge OF Bill Me
meyer, who was nursing him, but
continued to keep a guard over
him at night In fact | have
had double guards on duty to prevent
Parish and the negro, Paris, from
suiciding. On three or four occasions
have been furnished from two tt
four men by Capt Arnold, the chic
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., Cabe
said Not to our knowledge. Chic
OF Police Arnold and myself were tn,
only persons who knew OF the facts II
the case, and we know that there wa
nothing done by insurance companies
We never conversed with or had any
thing to do with any insurance com
pany; nor have we received q dolla
from any individual for the work dom
by us. All the expense was born
by ourselves. What is more, tn
detectives had nothing to d.
with getting up the evidence.
At 6 o'clock yesterday evening tn
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.