Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-10-12
HANGING IN A CLOSET.

T. F. Judson Commits Suicide in His Dry Goods store-AnxIety Over the Hard
 Times and Poor Health the Cause.
 Truman Franklin Judson, the dry goods merchant, committed suicide by hanging in his South Main street store, between the hours of 9 and 10 o'clock last night. Mir Judson did not return to his home at his usual hour and his wife, becoming alarmed at his absence. went with her mother, Mrs Emily A Treadway, to the store shortly after midnight. Mrs Judson opened the store with key in her posses sion and on entering. saw her husband scoat and hat on one of the counters. Search ing hurriedly around. she entered the toilet room and was mortified to see Mir Judson hanging from pipe which runs across the ceiling
 Making sure that he was dead she hur- ried to the home of W. H. Bronson, the head clerk, and informed him of her dis covery. sAIr Bronson went directly to DO lice headquarters and notified Lieutenant Bannon. Dr Axtelle was summoned and made an examination. The closet where the suicide was committed had water pipe running across the ceiling Mir Jud- son had procured a step ladder. tied the rope to the pipe very carefully, adjusted the moose so that the knot was directly over the left ear. and dropped from the ladder. The neck was broken by the fall. The body was cut down by Dr AXtelle and permission given for burial. The remains were removed to the family residence, o6 North Willow street.
 The cause of the rash act k said to be | financial anxiety. Mir Judson's health had not been good for some time When the store was being closed at 9 o'clock last night, he told Mir Bronson. who was the 1 last to go away. that he had some writing to do and would remain. The medical eN- aminer considered that he had been dead about three hours when found. as the body was quite cold.
 The deceased was the son of Deacon | Truman F. Judson of Woodhury and for age and came to this city when a youns man, working as clerk in Benedict X l Merriman'S store afterwards with Miller X 1 Peck and later with F.. T. Turner. II, had been in business for himself ahou twenty three years. He was looked upor aS one of the most Succrssful business men of the community and his death vii be a shock to many. His wife his mother in-law. Mrs Treadway. and his niece, Mis- Sarah Judson. survive him.
 A diligent search among Nlr Jud>on papers has been made during the day an, no note or word of explanation could h found The family are in entire ignorance of his motives thus far. and have no the ory except that his mind was trmpOraril. unbalanced.
 For some time the drcrlsrd had hevl greatly worried and his clerks had notice, that he neglected many important detail of his business. He had made no provl sion to speak of for the fall trade, havin
 bought but few dress goods and no cloaks
 He must have contemplated suicide fo
 some time ns the rope with which the de.
 was committed was purchase two week ago, by one of the clerks at the store, fo
 Mir Judson. He made the preparations fO
 his death in a most deliberate manner
 closing the window so that no sound woul
 escape and carefully winding thick hand
 kcrchief around his neck to prevent abr,
 sion of the skin.