The Butler weekly times., 1897-01-07
ENDS USEFUL LIFE.
Accident or Suicide Causes ].
B. McCu||agh's Death.
HAD BEEN ILL MANY WEEKS.
The Editors Body Found Under His
Bed-ROOm Window.
AID BEEN ILL MANY WEEKS.
BRILLIANT CAREER REVIEWED.

the best krown newspaper men ip
the country is dead, as the result of
asfa}i Of twrn:, five feet from sec
ond sto y widow of his apartments
at IL ,e>id-n -nr- Of his sister in law,
Mrs. KITE lia, NJ At 3S37 West
Pine tou evlrd.
The body. Which was cold in
death nj ,'',, "n'v in a uightgown,
was 'iscoyere'i by Mrs. Manions s
colored man servant about 7 O'Clock
this morning.
Waters, the cnlored servant, with
out touching the body, ran frighten
ed into the house, where he told the
cook of his discovery. She imme
diately called Mrs Manion, who had
not vet arisen, and told her that Mr..
McCullagh had "fallen out Of the
window and killed himslf"
Just how Mr. McCullagh happen
ed to fall out of the window can
only be a matter of conjecture. He
had been i'll several months, and
lately was compelled to keep bis
room. He passed bis last night IN
attended, as he had always slept
during his illness
Wednesday evening Mr. McCul-
lagh was in the best of spirits,
although he complained of not
being quite so we'll. The smother
ing sensation which had troubled
him at intervals during his illness
had returned 10 a mild form and
rendered him lapguid and drowsy
He retired to bed about I o'clock
leaving word with the household
that he did not wish to be disturb
ed unless by his physician.
DR.. Hughes made his customary
night call about 7:30 o'clock and ex
pressed surprise to Mr.. McCullash
at finding him in bed at such ar
early hour.
Il am very weary" Mr.. McCul
lagh said, ''and I thought I woul6
get as much rest as possible to
night. I Iexpect my barber early il
the morning to trim my hair and
want 10 be up and ready"
Befors going to bed Mrs Manio1
looked into Mr.. MeCullagh's room
She said that everything in th
room was in order and then retire
to her own apartments. About mic
night she woke up and detected a
odor of escaping gas. She invest
. gated aud found burner in IL
combination gas and electric ligl
chandler, which hangs suspended
the center ofssMr McCullashs roor
open. The odor of gas was YER
strong in the apartments. Mr.
Manion turned on an electric liel
aud shut off the gas Mr.. McCu
lagh woke up.
Joe" she said, "did you kno
gas was escaping in your room
You would have been dead man
the morning, if 1 had not discover'
it,"
Mr.. McCullagh was apparent
too drowsy to realize what his 81
term law said. He murmured
inaudible reply and then fell aslet
again. Mrs. Manion raised the op
window little higher SO that t
fumes of the gas would leave t
room, and then returned to be
Indications seemed to be that j
McCullagh had got out of bed
on something, and in trying to turn
by an electric light he turned on
.es n gas. He did not notice the err
.ss and retired again. unsuspicious
en- the error.
m. m. Careful investigation warrants t
re re conclusion that Mr. McCullagh y
,nt 'Ir awakened later in the morning b
mas mas smothering attack, and climbing
Al, aid of bed again. nervous and unstea
be. be- from the spell, wen. to the wind
lay for NOR air. As he threw the 81
on
rm up to its full height he was pro
or bly, overcome with weakness, lost
me .
be balance and fclled out over the =
.eor dew sill and fell to death
LEE
ted SOMETHING OF HIS CAREER
At Joseph B McCullagh was II ye
the -. r-Ia,, ha arrival in America II