The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-12-22
WITH BROKEN SPOON
Nr Stevens Tried to Open His
JuguIar Vein.
IN REMORSEFUL MOOD
He Attempts to End His Life
in City Jail,
WITH HIS SUSPENDERS
He First Tried Hanging But
Failed in Attempt.
REMORSEFUL MOOD
WITH HIS SUSPENDERS

Suffering from pangs Of remorse, wi h
nerves shattered from the effects Of a
0ebauch, with mind not yet working
properly H. F. Stevens. A years Of age.
travelling maa. attempted to commit
suicide in the city jail; first, by hanging
himself by rope made Of suspenders ;
second, by decorating his throat in a
horrible manner, with The broken end Of
a tin spoon In hopes of severlng the
jugular vein. In both attempts Stevens
failed, but there remains the evidence
Of a determined struggle to end his life
The right side Of his throat is gaping
wound and on the left side are scratches
penetrating the flesh in several places.
Even after the incision had been made
on the right side Of his throat, the des-
pesrate man continued to push the piece
Of tin into the wound as far as possible.
The inmates Of the jail, alarmed by the
mans attempts TO kill himself. notified
the officers. Chief Cubbon and Police
Clerk Downing took charge Of Stevens
and eleph0ncd for a doctor The wounds
were bound UP by Dr. Hoffman and af-
forwards Dr. Jordan attended The man
and he was taken to the city. hospital TO
have his wounds dressed
Stevens presented a pihable sight With
his hair disheveled, with blood over his
hands, with his wounds gaping open with
his clothing saturated with blood. it was
a scene that a person would long remem-
Der. As he stood for the doctor to dress
the wounds preparatory to taking him TO
The hospital. Stevens was as cool and
collected as anyone could be. IL the
was nerve in anyone, this man had it in
large quantities
Stevens came here Thursday morning
and registered at the Carey He was
about town during the day and visited
number of merchants, talking trade to
them. He represents John A. Robling & /
Sons of Chicago, and says he has been /
travelling man for twenty years. off and
on. The firm which he represent IS I
handles wire cables and electric goods f
and for the purpose Of selling a line here T
Stevens came to this city.
After being out in the city during the
afternoon. Stevens returned to the Carey
for dinner and afterwards sat in the
lobby. Of the hotel
During the evening Stevens went up 10 (
his room. At 70 o'clock he came down
and paid his bin to Night Clerk Pinto
and went out Of the hotel
From there he went to the Manhattan
and aroused the inmates by his strange
actions. He rushed through the building
and then went south to the Topeka Ave
nue. hotel From there he went to the
Wellington. and after seeing the night
clerk went down again. He rushed along
the streets as though someone was after
him and whenever he was halted by any
one, stated that re was afraid that The
soldiers would get him
Officers Pryor and Crawford seeing the
man running in such manner, stopped
him. When Stevens saw them ne quieted
down and asked them to protect him.
These men took him to the station and
locked him in a cell He was watched all
night to prevent him from damaging
himself
During the morning Chief Of Police
Cubbon went into the cell with Stevens
and talked to him. He told him that he
would do anything for him that was pos
sibie. Stevens was lying ON cot al the
time and said that he did not care for
anything He appeared to be rational
and chief Cubbon believed that the man
would soon be all right. At i o'clock,
however. he began his queer actions ana
commenced his attempts to take his life
When questioned about his reason by
Chief Cubbon. he stated that everyone
knew the reason as wei as he did ana
that he would waste no time to talk
about The matter TO q reporter for the
Eagle. who talked to him. he said "You
do not need TO write about this. You just
wait awhile and you viii have something
about me worth putting Ia your paper"
what do YOU mean "
'You VIII understand what I mean. 1t /
won't be Ions before you VIII have some ,
thing else from me-"
Chief Cubbon thought that this meant
that he man w3ulj mmit suicide the
FIRST opportunity that presented ITSELF
While lying on DE cot in the i7il after 7
bis wounds wore dressed Stevens talEe1
pleasantly. He said that he was unmar- g
lied ana had bsen born i'm Portland &
Maine. He is man OF medium height &
lark complexion, and has q dark mas
ache He was wei dressed and had :
'leny Of money A neat sam was taken
rom his person and an enc 81 the hotels u
S $50. OF nearly that amount. belonging q
% him.
In reference To his family Stevens sad /.
-ery little lie stated that he had a
sister living. but refused 10 giye her
.az0e.
The jaeged wounds on the neck of +
stevens were stitched uo by Dr. Jordan *
md the patient was much more quiet at s.,
he hospital than he had been since his
1carcarauon 70 The ci.y JAZZ
The suspon5er rcre with which stevens n
ried 70 hang himself and che pieces
IN used in lacera tias bis throat ore etul @
{ the police station. They are covered e
18th blood ana bear evidence Of tie @
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