Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-08-20
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
Suicide of an Elderly and Apparently Refined
Man.
HIS Rcmains Are Held to Await Idcn-
Northumberland News
of the Day.

The body Of an unknown white man lies
at Dema!1'es undertaking esta Enlistment
awaiting identification. The cause of his
side of the head. inflicted by his own hand.
The mans appearance would indicate that
ne was about sixty years of age and a
man of intelligence and refinement tho
features being lear cut and strong, some
what resembling the pictures of Gladstone
Inc man wore black suit of clothes, der
by hat. white shirt, collar and cuffs. annar-
en'iy just from the laundry; his under
cloth1rg fresh and clean and he had
on pair Of boots. He walked into Fred
Schwab's restaurant on North Royal street
at 4:25 pm. yesterday and called for a
glass OF soda, which he drank and paid for
He seemed to be perfectly cool and sober
and when he asked for the toilet room MIR.
SchWab unsuspectingly pointed the way to
1t and paid no further attention to him
In few seconds the report of a pistol
startled MIR. S,hwab and several gentle
men who We're sitting in the place. and
Wien they reached the room thay found
tie stranger in corner with his left leg
extended, his right leg partially doubled
Under HIM and an old fashioned Smith &
Wesson 32-caliter revolver cllsoed tightly
IN his right hand. Blood and brains were
cCzinG from hole in the head lust above
the risht ear, and the man was dead Off
Ger Ferguson was notified and Acting Cor
oher Beach was sent for and ordered it to
he removed to the undertaker's where an
inquest was held at o'clock last evening
ne jury composed Of Messrs. Louis Brill
nos. l.. carter. Geo T.. Price, Jas. F.
Peyton, Edgar Padgett and Max PretZ-
lelder, rendered the following verdict: 1--WE
iIiu mat the deceased, who Is unknown to
me jury, came to his death by pistol
shot wound In the head, int1ic ed by his
own hand"
IN the mans pocket were two portions
" d ashlnSton paper, one of the pieces
eohldillng discussions on the money ques-
lloh ana the other a long account of a
suicide by rough on rats" The following
letter which throws but little light on the
supJest, as II was not in an envelope, was
Mr.. John Stuart: - W.
Dear Sir: Yours at hand &c. Will see
Ed; and inform you Of the result. Will
write In few days
Yours, truly, JAS CORWIN-
me man wore a full set of false teeth.
had Iii his pockets pair of gold-rimmei
spectacies, " cents in money a knife
ounch containing three small keys, a bottle
~ lpmeopathlc pellets and a white hand
days, pending Identification
Collision on the Potomac,
The pilot house of the tug boat Mueh,er
schooner which was being locked at Reed
wharr last night Fortunately no one was
hort, though the men on the tug boat had
a narrow escape. The schooner was unin-
Jured, and the damage to the tug ia es
timated at 800.
Personal and General News.
Messrs. Gardner l.. and William ]. Boothe
are at Capon Springs
A letter from DR. w NJ Smith who ia n /,
Old Sweet Springs, states that Mr.. G. Hat
ley Norton's condition is much improved
Previous reports stated that he was crit
ically i'll. -.
A colored man named bearing while at
work near Sprinfield station yesterday,
was caught under a falling bank of earth
ana mad both legs crushed. HeDwas brought
to his home In this city for medical at
Rev. George L. Bitter Of Leesburg is
VISITING his brother, Drs Harvey Bitter, on
Prince street IF -
The Washington garbage contractors are
again throwing the garbage from the scows
INTO the river, and they are being lowed
to Broad creek. "a