The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-07-07

GOOD bye to all.
J.E CAMlS.
Farewell lam In too much trouble"
This was the pathetic message, PEN
ciled on card, found near the dead
body OF ], Edward Carlin, at the back
river shore Of the Island yesterday
morning, 1t leaves no possible doubt,
ii any could exist under the circum-
stances, that he deliberately sought
death,
1t was about 8 o'clock yesterday
morning that three boys, George Whis'
ton, Dave o'Hare and Will MCGEE,
were walking near the river bank in
the bridge park, when they saw the
hands oil a man projecting from the
shallow water on the beach. The boys
called two young men. Chris scheele
and "Muf" MCGEE, who were playing
ball in the park, and all went down to
the waters edge, when they could
plainly sec the body.
A messenger was sent to the Island
hose house, and q telephone message
sent to police headquarters. Lieuten-
ant Terrlll instructed the young men to
take the body from the river, which
they did,
II was at once recognized as that OF
Ed Carlin. Squire Gillespy went over,
Coroner Schultze being sick, and held
an examination, after which the body
was turned over to Alex Frew's under
taker and prepared for burial.
In the grass near the bank was found
IN ounce vial which had contained
laudanum, and this fact with the cir.
cumatance that the night before, or
early yesterday morning, man was
seen writhing about in the grass in the
park, leads to the belief that the poor
man had first taken the laudanum, and
finding that it did not accomplish the
desired purpose, lay down in water
about foot deep. In one OF his peck.
cts was heavy cobblestone, no doubt
intended to. weight down the body.
The note quoted above was in his pock-
OF, while his hat lay in the grass near
the river bank.
A more deliberate suicide could not
be devised. II was no doubt committed
while the young man was laboring un-
der mental alteration. For some time
his friends have noticed that no acted
queerly and sometimes talked incoher-
emily. He would commence O sentence
and not finish 1t, sigh heavily aud con-
tinually refer to his troubles. He was
at the time Of his death employed as
a collector ior the Metropolitan lie i'm
surance company. Formerly he was q
clerk in the postoffice and later employ
ed at w. 7. Burtts hardware store, on
Main street. He left there and went
into partnership with Mr.. Page under
the firm name OF the Wheeling stogie
Company. They expected to make a
great deal Of money, but failed, and as
some real estate transactions had also
left him in debt, he was pretty deeply
in the hole. Heowed the late Nicholas
Crawley, q relative, money on several
notes on which Crawley was surety,
and after his death the executor sued
Carlin. All these things preyed on his
mind.
He was married, his wife being Min
ME Halves, a fine lady. They have two
small children, boy and girl. Mrs.
Carlin was so overcome by the anxiety
caused by his absence all night, fol.
lowed by the news Of his suicide, that
she lay in o swoon for several hours,
but last evening was better, and more
resigned.
Oarlin was the second son OF the late
Capt. John Carlin, the famous artillery
commander His aged and widowed
mother shares with his stricken wife
the heartfelt sympathy Of the commu.
nifty.
The unfortunate man was very popu.
lar with his friends. He was the frat
captain OF U. S. Grant camp, Sons OF
Veterans, and until lately carried a
1000 policy on his life in the A. o. U.
W., but it is understood that he had un.
fortunately allowed that to lapse only o
few weeks ago.
-Four brothers survive him, all resi-
dents Of Wheeling.
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