The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-02
PROBABLY NOT SUICIDE.
Revised Account of the Death Of
Editor McCulIagh.
PROOF OF sELF-MURDERIs ABSENT

retired at Night In Cheerful Frame of
Mind, Saying He Desired to Awake Early
Facts Seem to Indicate That He Fell to |
His Death from Sheer Weakness While |
Opening the Window To Obtain Fresh |
Air--An Open Gas jet.
St. Louis, Jan. 2.--Following is a cor
rect account of the event that startled
oil st. Louis Thursday as well as the en-
tire newspaper profession in the United
States:
Joseph b. McCullagh. editor OF the
st. Louis Globe Democrat, and one of
the best-known newspaper men in the
country, is dead as the result of fall
Of rs feet from a second-story window
| of his apartments at the residence OF
his ster-iE-law, Mrs. Kate Manion, at
1897 West Pine boulevard The body,
which was cold in death and clad only
In a night-gown, was discovered by
Mrs. Manion's colored man servant
about CLOCK Thursday morning.
Waters, the colored servant. without
touching the body. ran frightened
into the house. where he told
the cook of the discovery. She
Immediately called Mrs. Manion, who
had not yet arisen, and told her that
McCullagh had fallen out of his WIN
dow and killed himself"
Strikes His Head in the Fall.
The announcement was a severe
shock to Mrs. Manion, and 1t was sew
eral minutes before she was able 10
control herself. Immediately on benig
notified by the servant Mrs. Manion
dispatched her coachman to summon
DR.. G. H. Hughes, who resides In the
neighborhood, and who was McCul-
lagh's physician during his last illness
! He FASTENED to the house, and after
after examining the body ordered II
, removed to the house. DR.. Hughes con
! clusion from the condition OF the BODY
when he examined ii is that McCul
lagh plunged head-frst from the win
5 dow about $3.50 O'Clock. On the grount
: around the foundation of the hous
n is a stone water table. In the fall Nc
S Cullagh struck a sharp corner OF TN
e stone with the left side of his heac
q fracturing the parietal bone Thi
:, caused confusion OF the brain and in
!, slant unconsciousness, If not death.
Went to Bed i'm Good spirits.
u The physician is of the opinion tina
y death followed Immediately after TN
10 shock of the fall The victims hea
u was lying in a small pool of blood whlc
ID had dripped from the wound, but Other
s. wise it showed no evidences or Vlolenc
~ Just how McCullagh happened TO ia
!, out of the window can only be matte
: of conjecture. He had been i'll sewers
" months, and latterly was compelled
u keep to his room. He passed MS la
10 night unattended, as he had alwa!
err slept during his illness. Wednesoa
~ evening McCullagh was in the best
I'd spirits, although he complained Oh II
nv being quite so well. The smotherii
es sensation which had troubled MN
intervals during his illness had I
turned to him in a mild form, and re
y dered him languid and drowsy /
y retired to bed about CLOCK, leavil
10 word with the household that ne q
ed not wish to be disturbed unless IT W
,er by his physician.
es- Wanted to Get Up Early.
II DIR. Huges made his customary mig
"a call about 1880 CLOCK, and express
,ai surprise TO McCullagh at hnding
~, I'm bed at such an early hour
'ne at am very weary" McCullagh sa
"and I thought / would get as mu
rest as possible tonight. / expect
barber early in the morning to trim
hair. and I want to be up when
)od arrives" The physician administer
use to- his patients needs, saw that eve
thing in the room was fixed Tor
night and that the north window '
ava raised about an inch for ventilati
~ Then he babe McCullagh good mig
NY turned off the electric light, and
=, tired.