Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1894-11-10
TOOK HIS OWN LIFE.
Thos. w. R. Winans Swallowed
a Fatal Dose Of Morphine.
A HARD FIGHT FOR HIS LIFE.
He Is the Young Man who Was Recently
Arrested and Threatened to Com
nit suicide-FareweI Message,


Spokane, Nov. 5-Correspondence- =
Disappointed in love and harrasse,
by financial mlsfortunes, that added t,
the burden that already weighed hin
down, Thomas W. r. Williams took hi:
own life Sunday by swallowing {
three or four-grai dose Of morphine
From o'clock, when he was discovered
| by his bosom friends, \. NJ S. HilgarC
and i. *. Erwin. until 80 D. M, he
resisted the efforts of two physicians tc
| save his life. His body was removed tc
smith < Go. s a the instance Of mem
bers of the Masonic fraternity, who will
direct the funeral
Williams went about his fatal task
with sruesome deiibera ton. Saturday
night he visited three drug stores. at
each Of which he made careful inqui-
iles about the proper quantity of NOR
phlne to relieve neuralgia and p1lr-
chased small quantities Of quarter
grain tablets at each Neither of the
purchases alone would have been likely
10 cause death. He retired to his room
IN the Eagle block at the usual hour.
EFFORTS TO SAVE HIS LIFE.
He was a member Of the Bull Pine
club, an organization of young men who
have dubbed together and established
their own dining room and a social
place of meeting. Williams did not ap-
pear at breakfast. Erwin and Hilgard
visited his room and detected the stem
torlous breathing of a morphine taker.
Dr.. Luhn and Dr. Webb We're summon
,iflC j,, i;
lids parted. but there was no CLEAN of
recognition Of the friends who stood at
his side, and he died at go, without
regalflin2 consciousness.
NO FAREWELL MESSAGE
The immediate cause of the rash act
is not known to Williams friends, and,
beyond the trouble the young man
had last summer, when he was arrested
for overdrawing his bank account and
his fondness for women, no reason is
assigned. On the former occasion he
wrote letters saying that he had decided
to end his life, but thought better of it,
returned to the city after few days,
and settled with his creditors To their
This time, it is thought, he resolved
iiOt " itotF ( IitSSdSt tlldl NpIIu
sound strange if his attempt proved
Nothing was found il his
room except three boxes that had con
tanned the deadly drug, and a frag-
ment Of an envelope with the word |
Miss -'' where it had been |
torn off. Coroner Newman took charge |
Of the effects found on his person. He |
had 20 cents in change i'll his pockets. |
KNOWN IN OPERA CIRCLES.
Williams came to the city three or I
four years ago from Montana. He was |
an Gnglishman by birth, y years old, |
and had received an education as an |
actor. fIis parents in England are |
Nell-to-dQ, During his stay in Spokane |
le was prominent in amateur opera Gil
lies, participating in comedy roles i'll |
the pirates Of Penzance" and the |
Chimes Of Normandy" His last pub
ic appearance was as a hasso in the |
chorus OF ''Arlnne"
During the building Of the city hall |
Williams was bOOk-keeper for the con-
ractors, +Abernethy & Rumble. Since |
-he completion Of the work he had |
oeen out Of employment.