The morning times., 1896-08-10

/ w. A. Anderson, a stranger in Washing.
ton, was found unconscious III his room at
No. 1oo6 Pennsylvania avenue yesterday
and died at Emergency Hospital soon after
Ambulance.
The cause of death cannot be determined
till IN autopsy is performed, and this will
be done today. The opinion Of somc who
saw the man during his dying moments
is that he committed suicide with poison.
Anderson reached Washington ten ds vs.
ago from Demsrara, Guiana, where ne had
been employed for three years as a fore
man in the construction Of line of rail-
| road. He came to Washington, SO he men
| toned to his landlord, to secure u job
on an electric linc, which he understood
was soon Ia be built One week ago he
was taken i'll, but would leave his lodgings
a few times day for stroll, or to
purchase medicine at pharmacy
| LIVED QUIETLY.
| He lived quietly and made few acquaint-
! ances around the i,ousc. He had one friend
/ To call, j ohm Dick, who had come UP from
Demarara with him, and who had secured
Job on one OF the electric railroads. Among
| some OF the things which he was in the
habit of sayiug, was,. Il haven't seen five
white women in three years till l got
| tack to the States
The landlord was aroused at O'Clock
yesterday morning By hearing "A sound III
Andcrson's roosa. Then Il crash echoed
| through the house. The landlord found
that Anderson had fallen out OF led and in
ciutcliing at the scarf OF the washstand
had pulled Off and demolished the pitcher
and basin.
when the landlord entered the room
Anderson was ~ the floor. Hts knees were
Grawa up TO his cinin and nc was emitting
painful sroans. lie said that he was very
i'll, but thought that he would pull through
all right. and that il was only another,
though severer. spell Of the same ma lady
with which he had been afflicted for one
week. He was assisted into ted and
nothing more was heard OF him i'll
O'Clock. OIcr more his sroaH!ng brought
the landlord 10 the scene. Anderson was
given Il cup OF warm tea, which he drank
with relish. Then he doscd pff. Later
Ia the day the landlord looked III tnce
irore upon his patieat. There was a
paior on his face which was dea, hi lie and
his breathinS was very faint. Policemen
Sears aud Sprinkle Of the First precinct
were notified and the patrol wag IN was
called.
When Anderson reached the hospital his
pulse was i;nperceptibic. Their VAS f-o,h
about the mouth, but the pupils II his
eyes were not dilate>i. Surgeon Mctirath
and his assistants washed oat the stomach
and rcsorted to artificial respiration, but
the labor was without result. Anderson
passed quietly away without fscaining
CONSCIOUSNESS There was nothln. 5n his
person to indicate that he had friends or
relatives. lie had bat four cents N money
and a cheap filled gold watch.
CORONER NOTIFIED.
Coroner Hammett was notified and an
autopsy will be held at the hospital today.
In Anderson's room there WIS Ecthing
to indicate that he had committed self
murder There were three whisky fiaSss,
one partly full OF liquor. There was a
bottle OF blood purifier, containing ,o.dide
OF potash. salts and sarsapariila, ant
small bottle. which had eviiear'y Cen
tanned paregoric. These were Im3Bg the
medicines which he had purchased at the
nearby drug store.
IL is not known that he had any
friends here. 1t is thought. from remarks
that he dropped among his fellow ':dgers,
that his home is in st. Louis