Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-05-11

Thomas McVenus, aged So years, re-
siding at No. 1OS Elm street, Island,
attempted TO commit suicide last night
by firing a revolver bullet through his
brain.
McVenus was single man and lived
with an older sister, Jennie, and a
younger brother named James, who is
two years younger. The sister kept
house for the brothers. There are no
other members of the family, their par
ents being dead number of years.
They have been living in Wheeling for
ten years and more. James, the younger
brother, worked at the Nail City Lam
tern factory, which was sold last Sat
urday, ana is consequently out OF en-
ployment. Thomas, the suicide, was
Drlckldyer by trade, but has not Work
ed at his trade for long time. lie mas
been out OF employment for consider
able period. dong odd jobs such as car
penter work Tor property owners III the
vicinity and working occasionally on
the streets. He was anxious TO get work
and worked willingly whenever he
could get a job His failure to get en-
ployment and the Straitened clrcum-
stances of the family caused him TO
grew respondent and attempt to take
mis- life. The neighbours speak well OF
him and sly that he was OF quiet dis
position.
Last evening dispute is said to have
taken place in the family circle about
the condition CT affairs, and Thomas
was reproached for not getting employ
ment. He had been respondent Tor
some time, and after the unpleasant
ness grew exceedingly down-hearted.
He was in the kitchen when he shot
himself. His brother James, had gone
into an adjourning room and had gone
TO bed while the sister left the house
about a quarter past nine o'clock ana
went to the bakery TO get yeast. Whlle
his brother was sleeping and his sister
away from the house McVenus sat
down in chair by the side OF the
kitchen table and fired a bullet through
his right temple, about an inch ana
half above the eye, with 52-callpIe
revolver James was aroused from ms
sleep by the shot and rushed out INTO
the kitchen TO find his brother uncon-
scious and apparently dying. The sister
returned home just few minutes alter-
ward to find an awful calamity mad nap
pened during her absence.
The neighbors came in quickly ana
carried the dying man into the adJoln-
inc bed room. Doctors J. E. c. Myers
and r Bigger Best, were called. lhey
found that the ball had passed through
the skull and brain and was lodged, on
the oDposite side of the head just below
the tissue. The doctors did not re-
move the bullet as the realized the man
only had an hour or so to live NC
Venus was still living shortly after
eleven o'clock when a Register reporter
called The physicians were just leaV-
inc having done all in their power.
The sister was in the kitchen ana was
nrostrated by her brothers act. An
inspection of the revolver, with when
McVenus shot himself, showed that II
bad only been loaded with one cart
ridqe and that was the one when hau
ACCOMPLISHED its deadly purpose. FROM
= etatement made by the sister 1t was
s,.idont that NIcVenus had contemplated
suicide some time before he committed
+be act as he had not been in the prac-
tice of carrying a weapon ana lhaO
there had been none about the houSe'
About midnight the wounded Hl%ii
was taken to the City Hospital III the
ambulance.