Morning journal and courier., 1894-01-23
a SUICIDE AT TWENTY.

sastOn st. Lawrence, q Guest ut tho
New Haven House. Dies by AsPhyx.
iatIon-A Peculiar object Supposed
to be a Dynamite Bomb Found In
His II om.
A man. whose name is supposed to be
3asron st. Lawrence, committed suicide at
he New Haven house night before last.
Shortly after O'Clock yesterday morning
AZ one of the servants Of the hotel WAS
passing the door of the room which the
man had occupied since his arrival in New
Haven, which was last Friday, strong |
odor of gas was noticed and he quickly |
called Mr.. Moselsy's attention to the fact.
On investigation the keyhole was found
plugged and when the door was forced
open the room was found to be completely
filled with gas. The young man lay on the
bed dead and about him were evidences of
most deliberate self-murder. When
Medical Examiner White was called he was
of the opinion that the man had been dead
for several hours. A silver tray was set
in the center of the floor and contained q
pile of ashes. lawrence had taken all his
letters and papers ont of his pocket and
tore them into bits and had also torn .
number of leaves from Q small pocket
diary. All these he had burned. Other
letters had been torn into small bits and
thrown into the slop urn. He had then
apparently plugged up the keyhole and
taken the tips from the gas jet and turned
on the gas full force.
On q table in the room was found q
scrap of paper torn from . note book on
which was written in . bold chirogsphy
the following:
'Tired of life. Please excuse me for not pay
Utica, and please bury me at the expense of the
town."
A small hand bag was also found in the
room, which contained Q few articles of
clothing and patent wrench, which leads
the authorities to believe that he was
travelling saleaman for hardware novelty
house, Introducing that article. There
was also an empty revolver and murder
GUS looking object resembling dynamite
bomb. This consisted of q tin cylinder
about fifteen inches long, the ends of
which were soldered together with lead.
On one end was q small projection also
rudely soldered on from which protruded
wooden handle, much like Q policemsn's
club. The affair was rather heavy and WAS
turned over to the police, and the police
turned it over to Fire Marshal Hubbard
for inspection, and later 1t wastaksn to Win
chester's for examination.
The coroner thought that he was about
twenty years of age and feet 8 inches in
heighth. He was of light complexion and
| tolersbly we'll dressed. The body was
will be held q day or two for Identified
| ton.
He had no friends in this city so far as
is known. He was not particularly noticed
l by the clerk at the hotel, as his actions
| were in no way suspicious. He sat in the
hotel reading room quite q long time
smoking Sunday afternoon. What he did
during his two days in the city is moi
known, but his trouble must have been
pretty serious to have prompted him to
such an actso young.
THE REMAINS IDENTIFIED.
Shortly after midnight the remains were
identified a. those of Thomas German
son of William D. German, of 81 MAR
street, Hartford, and the body was sent t.
that city on the train leaving this city .
1:2O a. m. Medical Examiner White wa
seen at an early hour this morning ant
acknowledged that the remains had beef
identified and shipped to the Capital city
He stated that he had been req uested t,
keep the identity of the young man
secret and refused to disclose 1t. Later
however, 1t was sscertsined from anothe
source who the unfortunate young maj
was.
1t is claimed that German committed tn
rash act in fit of dependency caused b.
inability to secure employment. At on
time he had been employed at Heublein'
hotel as clerk and had also worked for tn
Plymouth Rock Pants company, but @
| late had bpan nnah1a tn aeeura amp1ov
ment.
i IT'S INDEED A WONDER.
Laloo the Double Bodied Hindo
Now on Exhibition ut Polps Won
derland Examined by Physicia n
Who Are Greatly Puzzled.
A number of medical men, members G
the press, students at the Yale needles
anatomy assembled shortly after 10 o'cloc
yesterday morning at Polls Wonderland
Among them were DR.. 8. G.. Hubbard, d.
Osborn, ex-Auditor Edward MCCARTHY
Professor Brewer, DR.. O'Connor, ex-Al
sistant City Clerk Stanley, selectma
Stahl, Frank keenan,, Cyrus Downs, d.
, Murray, Edward Sparkle and several othe
we'll known citizens. They were there I
witness the private view of Laloo, II
double bodied Hindoo, who is on exhib
ton this week at the Wonderland. The
: had waited for about an hour when IL
formation came that Laloo was delayed b
q train, but when he did appear he va
greeted with applause. He went imm.
diately into q dressing room where he wa
| | subjected to a thorough examination b
} | Professor Brewer and DR.. Osborn. The
reported the result of their examine alton t
the gathering, Lslso being at the time o
the stage.
There is no doubt but that LsIoo Is til
most wonderful freak of nature in th
world. From his breast there grows til
: body of girl, complete from the shoulder
, to feet. 1t has two legs and two arm.
but is not capable of usipg them voluntal
lily. DR.. Osborn reported that the GENTS
organs are perfect in both ths main an
, the auxiliary bodies.
LAloo is intelligent. He il able to COZ
verse in several languages, and the phys
clans, professors and others who saw hir
yesterday noon and the thousands VIII
: gazed at him in the afternoon and In til
evening are still wondering how such
freak of nature ever survived the twenty
one years that Lsloo and his more tina
Siamese twin have existed.