The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-08-07

SHOCKING! /!
A Boy Suicides
Body Found.
Was in Advanced Stage
of PutrefaCtiOn.
The Unfortunate Was Young
John H. Gregory.
Was DeSp0ndent and Took Life With
Illuminating Gas.
The Unfortunate Was Young
John H. Gregory.
Was DeSp0ndent and Took Life With
Illuminating Gas.
Father Ended His Career at Same Place
and In Same Way Three Years Ago.
A house OF fate.

III stands on the east corner OF Ann
street and Armstrong avenue. This
morning John II. Gregory, 10 years of
age, was found dead in a basement apart
ment, asphyxiated by gas. Tie had APP
parently committed suicide.
April q, 1893, John II. Gregory, 81
years of age, father of the dead boy
found this morning, was also discovered
dead in the same basement, in a room
just east to the one whsre the second vic
tim breathed his last. He also was
asphyxiated by gas, and il was believed
generally that he was a suicide.
For several days past noighbors have
smeiled gas, but no particular attention
was paid TO tue leak until about 8
o'clock this morning, when there was a
stronger odor than gas in the street.
The stencil was so penetrating that
Mamie Peters. is years of a ge, who lives
at So Armstrong avenue, made a CON-
plaint to policeman John Gallagher of the
Fifth station, who lives at 81 Armstrong
avenue, that something was wrong in the
Gregory house. There was smell of
gas ard something worse there. Police
man Gallagher visited the premises AMI
terrible stencil managed TO make out, by
peering through the windows, that there
was dead booy In the basement. The
circumstances were reported to PATROL
man Nolan of fthoWickenden strest station.
and that officer, forcing open a window
ha M
violent nausea Immediately after. Dir.
Perkins, acting as medical examiner dur
ing the absence of Dr. Palmer, was noti-
fed and after a brief inspection decided
that be would have TO MAKE special
preparations to ,afely examine the body.
ment, on Weybosset street, where the
legal examination will be made this after
noon.
During the progress OF developments in
this distressing case the neig hb bort hood
was visited by a large number OF persons
drawn to the spot by the news which
spread rapidly through the Iockwotten
Hill district. There was a respecta BILE
distance maintained, as the house had an
effectual barrier from the over curious
with sensitive organ of smell.
The brown cottage house stands away
from other houses in the vicinity, and
that is the reason that the body was not
discovered sooner. Arlington avenue is
on the north, Ann street on the west and
a large yard is at the south and east. 1t
is story and half pitched root house
with q commodious basement. Young
Gregory had sleeping room about s by
10 feet on the front south corner, and It
opened from the dining room on the
north side. The body was found where
il had fallen backward after the gas had
overcome its victim.
The BODY of the father OF the boy was
found Just east of this room, near the
stars Ieao ing TO the upper part OF the
house. II was reported that the bov had
died in the same chair nnd the same
place as his father, but the report is not
true.
Gregory was probably dead last Sunday
morning. lie had not been seen since
Saturday evening. At that time he
talked with Mr.. Crop han, clerk at the
Providence, Norfolk Il Baltimore Steam
ship warehouse. Mr.. Croghan said to a
NEWS reporter that when he had some
slight inconsequentinl conversation with
the young man he seemed to be in good
spirits, and In his usual mental ana
physical condition. Others who saw him
Saturday gave the same report. Tho.e
best acqusinted with his father look upon
the said happening as hereditary insanity
on this especial subject OF suiciue.
II has also teen stated by those VINO
knew him best that he was undou btedly
suffering from melancholia. Mr. Smith,
cashier of the Providence. Norfolk q Bal
timore who was an intimate friend OF
the father Of the boy, said that young
John was am bilious. lie was fitted for
clerk or kindred occupation.
IL Is presumed that being unable TO
compass ell that his ambition mapped