The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-12-01
Fred. Warden, First New York
Takes Carb0liC Acid.
ILL AND MIND DERANGED
Typhoid-He Had Wanted to XIII
HimS Self-Drank Heavily of
Deadly Drug-The Nurse.

Private Frederick Wardell of c N
pany K, First New York Volunteeia,
Typhoid patient, died yesterday morn
ing of carbolic acid poisoning at the
Mcdonald home, in Waikiki.
| 1t is believed that Wardell commit
| ted suicide. An Advertiser reporter
who has made hurried but very care
| ful investigation OF the case is salts
fed that Wardell died by his own hand
and notion This is the opinion Ofs a
member of medical men land army Of
| ficers who have had occasion TO en-
deavor to get at the facts.
Private y. Tator, who is best known
as the Y. NJ. G. A man at Camp Nc
Kinley, was in charge of Wardell at
the time the carbolic acid was taken.
Tator will be the central figure in the
inquiry that is compelled by the army
regulations. 1t was reported late last
night that Tator had been confined and
placed under guard at the camp Of Nj
and K Companies on Diamond Head.
Tator is in terrible condition Of mind
over the affair and has the fullest
sympathy of his many town friends,
all of whom know that he is a young
man of most estimable character and
highest qualities. He is well educated
sympathetic, a skillful nurse ans -
preparing for the ministry. The posi-
ton he is placed in at this time is in
no sense reflection on his integrity
in any way, but is forced by the hard
and fast statutes governing the armed
forces of the United States. All who
have heard the story are assured that
without blemish.
Wardell it has been learned by the
Advertiser, has shown a decidedly
characteristic form OF insanity. He
upon a city physician for treatment.
He did not accept without question the
diagnosis of fever, but insisted that
something else was the matter with
him and declared that he could not
live to return to New York. He stead
fastly refused to go TO the hospital.
On Monday last Wardell took, at the
home, the room of a soldier
who was leaving by the Australia.
Tator was detailed as nurse to War
dell. Monday evening Wardell's tenn
perature was better than It had been
when he called on physician in Ho-
nolulu and his general condition was
good. On Tuesday evening he was
much improved and was quite cheer
ful. He was told that there was every
Indication of an early recovery, but
reverted again to his old idea that he
had some chronic trouble that would
be sure to end his days.
1t is recalled that sometime Monday
night Wardell was given a stimulant
with a beaten egg and that he re
marked on the arsenical appearance
OF the top of the drink and expressed
the wish that he had some arse nc. He
seemed at that hour very low spirited,
against his easy feeling earlier in the
night
IaIOT WIS up WITH w dIuGII al VI
Monday night. On Tuesday night at a
late hour Tator stretched himself on
d sofa or lounge in an adjoining room.
About in the morning Tator gave
Wardell a glass of water. Then Ia
tor slept till about 6, as his patient
seemed to be quiet and restful.
After daylight Tator saw Wardel
several times till breakfast, between :
and s. After finishing his meal Tator
went into the sick room and noticed
that the mosquito net had
been raised and that there was some
thing quite wrong with WardeIl-
Fastening to the bed Tator found that
Wardell had turned about and was
facing the wall. Tator saw at once
that his patient was either dead or
dying and soon detected the odor OF
carbolic acid. An emetic was pre-
pared, but it was too late. Warden
had taken large quantity Of the pol