The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-02-15
Mill Operative Be-
comes CraZed.
Bowers SlaSheS His Throat
With a Razor.
Bled PrOfuSely in His Room
on Grove Street.
He Bandaged Up the Wound and
Rushed From the House.
Pair Of woman's Carriers Played Part
Pair of woman's Carriers Played Part
In the Attempted Suicide.

Grove street, near Olneyille, provided a
sensation at O'Clock this morning.. A
man cut his throat, made his way to the
street and disappeared as effectually as
though the earth had swallowed MIN UP.
The police searched high and low but the
man with a cash in his jugular could not
be found.
years of age, unmarried, and apparently
alone in the world, has been acting
strangely since last Christmas, and this
morning his lunacy eliminated in an at
tempt to take his own life. How success
ful he was remains to be seen. He
boarded with Emsnual Lehman at 276
Grove street md he has occupied q small
room on the second floor for he past IS
months. lie worked in the Riverside mill
where MIR. Lehman was also employed.
1t has been observed that Bowers was
acting queerly OF late and his affection
was regarded a. an unrequited love affair.
1t was therefore not thought seriously of
and he was allowed to come and go at
will. 1t was SO persistent that those in
daily contact with him rarely ever gave
his condition a second thought. No one
considered him dangerous TO himself or
anyone else.
This morning he arose shortly before
o'clock and putting on his working
clothes he went to bis stand drawer and
took therefrom a pair of woman's garters
which he kept in handsome case. After
an inspection of the gafters he placed
them on top of the stand with the case
open. He then took razor and drew it
across his throat. His actions were made
evident by the condition of his room.
The open razor was stained with blood
and the vessel in the room was nalf filled
with blood. large pool of blood was
on the fioor near the vessel. The strange
part Of his proceedings was illustrated
from this on. 1t was apparent that tho
crazy man bsndaged his wound tightly
and then fed. There was no further evil
dence of blood in any other part of the
house and no stains were visi ble in the
snow outside. He had not bled a particle
after leaving Lis room.
In going out OF the mouse ne stopped at
the kitchen door where Mrs. Lehman
was at work and shouted in German:
"The captain has cut his throat" He
then vanished.
Mrs. Lehman saw Bowers as he passed
through the door. She paid no atten-
tion to him believing that 1t was one of
his usual freaks of lunscy. She said be
had been crazy so long that his actions aid
not disturb her. Last saturday he tried
to hang himself by his suspenders, but
they would not support his weight and
he fell. He hitcbed his suspenoers to a
nail and then dropped. but the weight
was too great and he gave up bis efforts
in this direction. He came home last
night at 10:30 o'clock in an excitable
mood, but no heed was taken of his
actions. II is believed that he went to
bed as nothing more was heard from him
until he announced that the captain had
cut his throat. II is said that the unfor-
tupate man is very much attached to a
young woman who is employed In the
Riverside mill. and he has declared that
he will have her.