The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-01-06
FIVE ARE SUICIDES
Coroners Office Shows "a In
quests for Last Year.
RAILROADS KILLED EIGHT
Morphine Mostly Used in
Suicide Cases.
RAILROADS KILLED EIGHT

wear and the records of his office sho"
that there have been twenty-four deaths
inquired into.
For six years preceding Mr.. McLaugh-
Inns term. there were Lightweight in
quests, or an average of fourteen and two
thirds per year. Of these, McCollister' IN
four years made fifty-nine inquests, and
w L. Rose, in two years, made twenty
nine inquests. The average under McCol-
lister Is fourteen and three-fourth per
year: the average under w. l.. Rose as
fourteen and one-half per year. The IN
quests for the first year under McLaugh-
lin are twenty four, which is G6 per cent
above the average for the preceding six
years.
The number Of suicides during McLaugh-
Inns first year is five. The number ofsui-
cides for the preceding six years is eigh-
teen, or an average of three per year. The
increase of suicides under Mclaughlin.
as compared with his two predecessors, is
es2-3 Der cent Of the twenty-four in
quests. eight, or 30 1-3 per cent, were killed
by railway accidents. Four Of these were
killed in the Rock Island accident on Sep
TENDER H. at the corner of Douglas and
the Rock Island crossing. Three were
killed while stealing a ride, and one while
employed as brakeman, in coupling cars.
There were four murders-an infant female
afterward identified as the Kleinneger
baby, James Dawson killed by Paddy
Shea Tom Miller killed by Fitz Simmons,
and Sarah f. Greene killed by Thomas
Greene. Four died from the use of the
drug morphine.
The first inquest was on the 7th of Feb
ruary. 1895, subject. Richard Langan. who
came to his death by carelessness in steal
ing a ride on Rock Island freight train.
On the 3Oth of March, B. W. Reynolds.
in the employ of the Midland railway. was
found to have been killed while unooupline
freight cars within the city limits.
The inquest held over the dead body
of Andrew Ross Of Clearwater, on the 18th
day of March was unable to determine the
cause of rs death. It was surmised, and
there was some evidence to show, that
he had fallen from the outside stairway OF
the Crawford Grand. but the jury did not
make this finding in their verdict.
On March Sth an inquest was held in
which the jury found that John Smith, a
resident Of the West Side, and Of the age
OF 40 years had committed suicide.
On April Cd the cause of the death of
George L. Moore was inquired into and it
was decided that he had committed sui
eide and that the reasons leading 10 this
act were his suffering from incurable bad
health.
An inquest was held May list on the
dead body of Homer Walk, and II was
found that his death was caused by being
struck by a railway train while attempting
TO steal a ride.
On June 5th jury found that Gus Judy.
while attempting to steal ride on a train,
had fallen between moving cars and was
crushed to death.
The inquest Of J. z. English, July 1st
determined that he had. after dissipa-
ton. ended his life by taking morphine.
On the 18th day OF July the coroner
Jury fo,'r1 that Paul Brown, known as
Fatty. had committed suicide by taking
morphine.
The inquest on July 18th was unable to
find the name or cause of the death of
the female infant then lying dead and
having been found in the Arkansas river
This was the one over which the Church
Kleinneger prosecutions were afterward
had
On August 18th it was decided that Rob
ert Roseberry, near GAINESVILLE. had died
from bowel Inflammation caused by eat
ing watermeions.
The separate inquests held on the 18th
and 18th OF September upon the bodies Of
Thomas Cherry, Anna Maria Ford, Sarah
Avery and Maggie Marshall, decided that
these persons had come to their death by
being struck by the engine Of the passen-
ger train No 81 OF the Rock Island Rail-
way company.
An inquest was held over the dead body
OF James Dawson and the jury found the
cause Of his death to he by a gunshot
wound inflicted by Patrick O'Shea, with
murderous intent.
October 18th the coroner's jury found
that Peter Burton died CT heart failure,
supertnduced by excessive use of stimu-
laRts.
Jane Mccormick, Of South Emporia ave
nue.. was found on October 26. TO have died
of old age and heart trouble
The coroner's jury, sitting on the body
of Clark Moore. found that he had died
from an accidental fall which resulted in
internal injuries. Inquest November 10Th.
that Thomas Miller. then dead. came to
his death by gunshot wound inflicted by
one Fitz simmons. with murderous intent
Both were colored men.
on the same date a coroner's inquest
by a jury, returned a verdict that I,ettie
Campbell. a colored woman. had commit
ted suicide by taking morphine.
on The 9th day of December a Coroner's
Jury found that J. 5. Seaman had died or
that day from an overdose 81 morphine
taken 10 alleviate pain. and not with sui
cidal intent.
On December Goth a coroner's jury re-
turned verdict that Mrs. Clara Eator
died on the 2Sth Of December from the eff
feet Of accidentally falling from the nth
door Of the SedEwick building. corner o.
Market and First streets.
The inquest az Furley. December cath
on the dead body o. Sarah Z. Greene, re