Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-06-20
BULLET IN HIS HEART.
Ex-Congressman Thomas NJ. Bayne
of Pennsylvania Com
miVS Suicide.

Washington, D. c., June 16.-In a fit
of dependency resulting from a long
and incurable illness. and depressed by a
sudden and violent attack of dangerous
symptoms, Thomas Bayne, the we'll
known ex-representative of the Allie
yheny district in Congress, at 1915
o'clock this morning forestalled the end
by sending a bullet through his head and
killing himself instantly.
At the time Mr. Bayne was alone in
his handsome and luxurious home at
1929 Massachusetts avenue. in the most
ultra fashionable part of the city, with
the exception of the servants, his wife
being temporarily absent in Philadel-
phia. He had been i'll for long time,
and indeed it was his bad health that in
fuced him to Felinquish his labors in
Congress, which had crowned him with
distinction APO where be lad earned
reputation IS q CLEVER, vigorous debater
and an expert on ting e9anpiexities Of the
anmal schedule Of tpS tafiff bills: About
eifhteen months ag2-le Gss induced IS
1as g voyage aiUp.d tue NoTl4. AAa
Wien he returned last July it appeaIeu
that he had ID improved very much This This
Re suffered gIe8t!y from fits cssspTsS,
SION, consequent UPON the m|,ato.eS II
his disease, which was consumption. Re
Gently he had failed so that it became
necessary to L.ve a trained nurse con-
stantly With him. &C. sS'sEs-
About s o'clock this morning Mr.. Ba!ne
called the nurse and said he was suffer
ing, having just had a hemorrhage
which had covered his breast with blood.
The nurse did everything in her power
to make him comfortable, but at 1910
o'clock, when she was absent from the
sickroom for a moment, a shot rang out
She rushed back, to find her patient lying
with q
and a CHASTITY hole in his right temple:
Medical help was speedily summoned and
DR.. Sewers responded. but when he
reached the bedside Mr.. Bayne had
breathed his last. Coroner Woodward.
who had also been called. soon appeared
and decided that as the facts were 50 eyi-
dent an inquest was unnecessary. he
therefore gave the necessary certificate
Of death self-ilhiCted.
The news of the Sad event spread rap
Idly, and the Pennsylvania delegation IN
Congress being notified, Representative
w. A. Stone, Mr.. Bayne's successor in
Congress, CAME to the house and took
charge of affairs, summ0ning an under
taker and addressing a telegram to Mrs.
Bayne III Philadelphia: A response was
ton at 40 p. M. Meanwhile the funeral
arrangements will wait upon her decision,
though it is expected that the remains
will be inferred at Allegheny, where Mr..
Bayne's family is inferred.
Mr. Bayne was born in Allegheny City
June II. 1886. He was educated at the
public schools and at Westminster col
lege. He entered the union army in July,
1862, as colonel of the One Hundred and
Thirty-sixth regiment of PENNSYLVANIA
Volunteer infantry, which he commanded
during it's nine months term of service.
taking part in the battles of Fredemcks-
burg and Charlottesville. He resumed
the reading of law in 1860, and was adj
mitted to the bar of Allegheny county
in April, 1866: was elected district attor-
ney for Allegheny county in October,
1870. and held the office until January 1,
18Th: was nominated by the Republican
party TOR the Forty-fourth Congress- and
was defeated by Alexander g. Cochrane
DEM and Samuel a. Purviance Qnd.
Rep: was elected to the Forty-ffth. For
ty-sixth. Forty-seventh, Forty-eighth and
Forty-ninth, Fiftieth and Fifty-frst con-
crosses