The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-12
DREAMER TRIED SUICIDE.
a SHOT At MS HEAD IN A noTEL AT
MORRISTOWN.

last Fall ne was Said 3, Hnvo Been erased
by winninH $40. 600 In wall street and
was Sent to rieiicvuc-somo or Iiis Eccen.
tricities-His vonnu Not Thought Mortal.
MoRRIsTowN, Jan III. g.. Dreamer at
tempted to commit suicide at the Mansion
House here last night by shooting himself with
n revolver. The bullet was ircd at tho right
temple, but glanced OF and lodged in the back
OF the neck. Surgeons ut All Souls Hospital
cut the bullet out this afternoon and they say
that Crcamcs will probably recover.
Dreamer arrived here last night on the sos
express from New York. AT the hotel he regis.
tered In a weak, shaking hand as ~. G. Cream.
or, Paterson. n. j." 1Ic went directly to his
room. Nothing moro was seen of him till
Clerk Edward Porter went up to his room at IL
O'Clock this morning to see II anything was the
matter with him. There was q feeble response
when he knocked. a moment later Dreamer
staggered to the door and opened It. A glance
showed Porter that something was wrong.
YES, l bought a revolver TO shoot cats. 1t
was accidentally discharged. and 1 am hurt.
Givo mo n bath" said Crcamer.
The clerk found n revolver in n bureau
drawer and n letter on the table. 1t was adj
dressed to l.. d.. Guorln, proprietor Of tho hotel,
aud was written by Dreamer. In it he declared
his intention OF dying by his own hand and
apologized for the trouble no was about to cause.
You've tried to kill yourself" said Porter.
'Oh, yes sighed Dreamer. 81 did want to
die; but say nothing about 1t and give me n
bath and put me to bod"
The man .was sent to the hospital for treat
ment. He was tall, handsome. about 40 years
old. and we'll dressed, and had come jewelry
and about $50 in cash. He was hero last fall
for three weeks. Then no spoke of belonging
to two or three clubs in New York and said he
had relatives in Paterson.
No one in the hotel heard the shot. Dreamer
said he fired it just before : o'clock last night.
He was standing by the window and afterward
crawled into bed.
Joseph G. Dreamer. apparently the same man
who attempted suicide in. Morristown. was
committed TO Bellevue for observation as to his
sanity last September. II was at first said that
he had become insane as q result of winning
$4,000 in Wall street. Then it was said that
he had been subject to fits OF alteration Of
mind for several years. owing to injuries caused
by, q blow on the head with brass knuckles.
While at Bellevue he referred the hospital au.
thoritics to Coy. Griggs of New Jersey and Will
liam Is. HOrnb.Cwer of this city as friends who
could speak for him.. ana it developed after
ward that these gentlemen. had been his asso-
ciatcs In earlier years Of his life. In u short
time he was discharged as sane.
1t was during the preceding week that he
was said to have won tho $4,000. With part
or II he bought II house at 642 West l5Sth
street, and rcftted it. He took his landlady
TO see It one day; ana told her he was preparing
it for his wife. When asked who or where his
wife was. he replied that he didn't know.
Mr.. Dreamer came from Paterson. and ten
or fifteen: years ago was n wcll-known lawyer
there. His mother was u Gledhil.
While he was at Saratoga last summer he
amused some people and annoyed others by his
aggressive advocacy, of himself as a judge of
wines; He would breach and follow up the
Q slight acquaintance.