The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-23
DEATH AT HER HEELS.
A Visit From an Amiable Woman
Always Followed by "A Death.

Athens lGa.) Letter Macon Telegraph.
The Telegraph's correspondent has been
given peculiarly strange story by a
young lady of this city regarding the sui
eide Of young John McVicka Wyatt In
Baltimore a few years ago. AS some Of the
parties live in Athens the story IS of in
terest. wyatt was one of the handsomest
young fellows in the city, a club man and
athlete. He was of fiery, impctuous tenn
permanent, and in some of his practices so
eccentric that there is good reason for
doubling his sanity.
Some years ago an aunt residing in an
other city was invited to visit the family,
and DID so and during her stay one of the
members died. The circumstance was noted
rather singular, but "A year later she
went for a third time, and either while she
was staying or Immediately after her de-
parture there was a third death So strange
a coincidence was naturally distressing to
all concerned. as she is a lady of great
amiability of character and held in the
highest esteem and regard by her rela-
tives. Upon a fourth visit death again at
tended her, and when she returned to her
home she announced that she had deter
mined never to go back to Baltimore again.
She kept her resolution for some time
but her brother, the father of young wy
att, in the early part of December, wrote
TO her urging her to spend the Christmas
holidays with the family. He spoke lightly
of the superstitious associations attending
her former visits, and remarked humor-
ously that It was now impossible for any
one to die, as they were all in the best
health and spirits, and could defy the
CHASTITY intruder on former occasions OF
her appearance. As she had so often shar-
ed their grief in bereavement, it was now
proper that she should enjoy with them the
pleasures they had planned for the Christ
mas holidays.
With some misgivings, and yet inclined
now to consider the singular chain OF
circumstances in the past as merely a
coincidence, the aunt broke her resolution
and went to Baltimore. Christmas went
merrily by, and all was well until New
Years night. A little before midnight
the aunt retired from the company in the
| parlor intending to go to her room which
adJoined that of her nephew, young Nc
Nickar, who had ben out all the evening
Seeing his door partly open and the light
burning dimly, she concluded that he
had come in unobserved, and had proba.
bly, fallen asleep without undressing. She
entered his apartment and in an instant
| was frozen with horror. for there on tht
bed he lay, dead, a pistol in his hanC
and blood all around him. He had Slipped
into the house and upstairs, and sho
! himself, the report of the revolver un
heard below. Thus for the fifth time wa.
death in the family associated immed
! lately with his aunt's vista circum
stance for the members of the Society O
| Physical Research to reflect upon
Why young Wyatt took his life is
mystery. There is report that he wa,
| secretly married and stood in fear o
| some trouble in connection with the al
lance. Some of his strange freaks, al
! already stated, seem to indicate in
| sanity. Among other queer practices n,
was in the habit of crucifying stray cat
! against the wall of his garden, impailing
the animals against the fence by driving
small nails through their feet. He would
! also extract the fangs of snakes anC
force tobacco down the threats of tn,
reptiles. He had a not, ungovernablt
temper, and was domineering and fear
/ less.