The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-01-01
NORFOLK vIRGINIAN; FRIDAY JANUARY l. 1897

tween midnight ana daybreak. and
dashed his brains out on the stone
tagging of the yard.
AT $50 this morning one OF the stable
boys employed by Mrs. Manien. a sister
in-law with whom McCullagh lived.
found the body. The ckull was batter
ed In and the brains were scattered
about on the tagging Mr, McCullash
was attired in his night clothes Mr..
McCullagh had been conaned to his
asthma, complicated with nervous de-
preston. as result Of his ardous in :
bors in the recent election.
DR.. G. H. Hughes, his physician, said
this morning:
MIR. McCullagh was tired of living
and killed himself He gave no pre-.
monition of suicide during his illness.
saw him for a little while last even
Ing. He said he felt sleepy and gave
me to understand he wanted me 10
leave him at once. Ills brain was ur-
fccted but his intellect was all right.
He suffered from profound nervous de-
haustion, complicated with kidney
trouble. The late campaign undermined
his health. No writings were found i'm
Mir. McCullaghs room explaining his
act or leaving instructions for the ar
ranScment of his affairs after DEATH
/ Every minute detail surrounding the
| tragic death OF Mr.. McCullagh has been
| developed, and all confirm the theory OF
death by suicide. One of the mental
tendencies of the deceased. known only
= to very few who were his intimates.
was the stoical belief that when life
was burden 1t could III good conscl-
:, ence be laid down. !, is now admitted
by his attendants tina: he committed sui
| eide. At 10 o'clock last n cht he was
| found in bed almost asphyXilted ana
unlishted gas lets turned on. He was
I with difficulty revived. Who's his room
/ was examined to-day the gas Jets were
/ again found turned on. The attempt at
| gas suffocation proved too slow for the
! determined man, and In desperation he
/ leaped from 4 window. The death OF
no citizen of st. Louis within n decade
has caused such sensation. All classes
grieve at his tragic end and none more
so than the political opponents whom he
| val!antly fought and often vanqu.shei.
The details of the funeral obsequ!es and
| interment VIII be announced to-mor-
row morning.
Joseph p. McCullagh was born In
Dublin, Ireland. in November, 1912. and
when but IL years old came to this coun-
try on sailing ship. working his pas
sage. Arriving in New York i'm 1855
he was apprenticed to learn the print
ing business In the Office of the Free.
mans Journal.
Five years later, in 1885, he came tc
st. Louis and entered the office of thr
christian Advocate as reporter. In
1888 he began work Is a reporter on tht
Missouri Denlocratf NbeIi the VA,
broke out ne acted rs correspondent fur
the Cincinnati Commercial and This
work gained him great reputation La.
ter he acted as Washington correspon.
dent for that paper In lSGS he became
ed tor of the Cincinnati Enquirer. and
subsequently, in 1870 went 10 Chicago
and took charge of the Republican OF
mat city. The great fire Of the follow
ing year swept the Republican ont of
existence and Mr.. McCul,agh assumed
editorial management Of The Missouri
Democrat of st. Louis. The paper wna
later on consolidated With the Globe.
and Mr.. McCullagh continued in charge
or the GlobeDcmucrat from that t!,ne
to the present. He never married.