Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1897-01-07
GoLDsBoRo N. c.. THURSDAY JANUARY :, 1897.
COMMITS SUICIDE
j. b. McCuliagh, the ST Louis
Editor, Jumps.F From a Three
Story Window.

|
st. Louis, Dec. 31.-Joseph B.
VI, Cullagh, chief editor of the
| Globe Democrat, committed sui
c:se early this morning by throw
| my himself from the window OF
Als room, the se-ond story of the
r sldence of his sister -in~Iaw, Mrs.
hSs's8 Manion, 1897 West Piae
street. His skull WAS badly
crushed and the body otherwise
injured No writings were found
IN Mr., McCullaeh' room explain
ing his act or leaving instructions
for arrangement of his affairs after
death He had been in i'll health
for some months.
During the past five days he
had been quite melancholy, and
although he conversed clearly and
talked about his personal business
affairs with his most intimate
friend and business adviser, Louis
&. BohIe, his mind was disturbed
at times. Mr.. Bohle was with him
until 10 O'Clock last night and obs
served that he was unusually weak
and nervous, but he did not think
anything especially serious was
the matter and he left HIM with
the promise that he would return
in the morning and complete the
arrangement of some business mat
ters they had been talking about.
Just before midnight Mrs
Manion, his sister-i law, went
into Mr.. Cullagh's room to in-
quire how he was, as has been her
custom for some time past, and
found the Gas streaming from one
of the burners and Mr.. McCul-
lagh in a semi-conscious condition.
She at once stopped the flow and
aroused Mr., McCullagh, Then,
with admonitions to be more care
full, she retired to her own apart-
ments.
This morning, on going into
Mr.. McCullagh's room after his
body was discovered, it was found
that the gas was again flowing with
almost ful! force. The conclusion
was reached, therefore, that after
his sister left him for the night he
deliberately turned the gas on
again, but finding death too slow
by that means, he opened the
window and plunged headlong to
the pavement below.
DIR. G. H. Hughes. his pbysi-
elan, is quoted as saying:
"Mr. McCullagh was tired Of
living and killed himself. He
gave no premonition Of suicide
during his illness. however I
saw him for little while last
evening He said he felt sleepy
and gave me to understand that
he wanted to be left alone.
His brain was affected, but
his intellect was ali right. He
never gave any signs Of mental
breakdown during his illness
He suffered from profound ner-
vous exhaustion complicated with
recurring kidney trouble. He
also had sympathetic affection.
The late campaign undermined
his health"
Mr.. McCullagh's illness came
upon him shortly after the close
of the late Republican National
Convention, It took the form of
acute asthma complicated with
nervous depression. When he
passed through the acute stage
he found himself slow in recovs
cry
His limbs bad lost their vigor,
his arms were numb and there
were premonitions that the brain
had come under the same shad-
owy spell. But Mr.. McCullagh
would not admit that he was
falling either physically or men
tally,
He insisted on managing his
newspaper from his bed room.
All through the day he sat in his
arm chair wrapped in blankets,
received reports from his subor-
dinates and gave them orders for
the conduct Of his paper.
Gbar1otfo Ohcorvor- Mr. alyo