The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-06-18
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Tho Px.con:rrssnii,i From pitttbasgh
shools Hi Asit-Dsspsndeh ON Aeceuht
pt3 III nieaith--A Tmgsdy That shocked
Warrington.
w ARLINGTON. June i7.-No tragic Ia.
cidsnt since tho assassination Of preai.
dentG Garfield In 1880 has caused 90 great
o ahock III official anil social eirclcs Of
tho Cnpital a, tho OF Col. Thoma,
NJ. Bayhe. which occurred q fsw min.
n,op aftcr 10 yesterday. II vac the
moro tragic for tho reason thar Colonel
Rayne was alone In his great house, no
member oil his family being at home,
only tho gotyants present 10 witness tho
hprrllyingspectaclo aud carry tho nova
to nelgbbor1 nd.fHends.
Mira. Bayne went to PHILADELPHIA and
returned yestetdRy In responss TO a tol.
egrnm telling her OF her huaband'e
death. William Smith, hor brother.
was in Pittsburgh utd Mrs. Smith waa
out In the country.
In her home Jess than q block away
was tho older Mrs. Smith. mother Of
Mrs. Bayno, who was the flrs, member
Of the family 10 DO informed ottho aw,
tul occurrence. She, quite old, snowy
hairod, aud mono too atrong, was car
rled to the chamber where lay her dead
son.in.law and thence vas assisted to.
bod, whore che has since lain complete.
ly prostrnted.
30 far as anyone, even his closest int,.
mates, know at this time there Ia abso.
lntely. no rea,onato bolieye that Colonel
Bayne was actuatedl by any other inau.
onco than a desire to end suffering
which doomed him to a lingering death.
On Tuesday he seemed to have on.
tered upon one Of hia periods OF do
spondency. His complaint annoyed
him moro than usual. The atmosphere
was humid and oppressive, particularly
unfnYorable to ono in his condition.
lie remained for tho most part at home
or at the residence OF his mothor.in-law
near OF hand.
At times he WINS forced to tako some
strong stlmulant to prevent sutfocauon,
his heart being seriously Affected as
well as his lungs Thia was especially
tho case Friday, and yet he did not np.
pear to be alarmed about his condition.
The servants communicated with him
frequently as he lay In bed, OF at times
whom he walked about tue room, hut he
would not aend for his physician. 1t Is
quito evident, however. from informa-
tion glvenby inmates Of the house, that
he contemplated suicide Friday.
After early bedtime mono OF tho In
mates Of the house saw Colonel Bayne
until about 8 o'clock Saturday morning.
Then the chambermaid entered the
room and asked the colonel how he felt
Ho responded that he was doing very
well, but he feared that he must have
had q hemorrhage during the night.
Tho maid threw open the shutters, and
at once saw that the breast Of the night
shirt Of the invalid was saturated with
blood.
AS Colonel Bayne' said he was not sui
ferins and wanted nothing the maid re-
tired. She had been out OF the room
only q few minutes when she heard
something spop," as she expressed IL.
aud fastening back she found Colonel
Bayne lifeless with the smoking revolt
Yer in his hand. She ran from the
room screaming. aroused the other
frightened servants to an understand.
Ing, Of what had occurred, and all ran
wildly about, some to tho chamber Of
death and some to the neighbours.
Stone, who lives but q few
blocks distant, and vas known to the
servants to beone Of the mostintimate
friends of Colonel Baync. was imme.
diatelyinformed, and he and Mrs. Stone
at once fastened to the Bayne residence,
summoned DR.. somere, tele2raphed
relatives and informed tho district cor.
;oner Of the. occurrence, who soon came
and viewed the body and gave a decision
in accordance with the evident facts. \