The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-09-07
CRAZEO BY A JOKE
Frank Golf Cuts His Throat
With Piece of Tin.
DONE IN COUNTY JAIL
Man Had Been There Before
Asking for Protection.
DONE IN COUNTY JAIL

A demented man, who gave his name
as F. W. Cor. cut his throat yesterday
afternoon in the county jail with piece
Of Tin dust-pan. Yesterday noon man
came to the county jail while Sheriff
Simmons and family were at dinner and
asked TO be protected from some tramps
whom he claimed wanted to harm him
for some crime. which the tranps had
charged him with having committed. He
told Sheriff Simmons that he and his wife
had been at Anadarll0 and that he had
taken nearly all of his money to purchase
ticket for his wife so that she couId get
10 their former home in ST Joe, No.
and the man proceeded 70 beat his way
towards St. Joe. He happened to fan in
with gang of eight or ten tramDs. and
when near Wichita, they had one Of their
number charge Con with some low crime.
while the rest of the tranps proceeded 10
form kangaroo court and they pro-
ceeded to ind him glilty, and could not
decide whether to roast him at the stake
or perform some other torture on him for
his supposed crime. The matter seemed
70 bear on the mans mind TO such an
extent that he mentally collapsed. Sheriff
Simmons after hearing his story, told
him to go up town and not worry any
more about the matter, and acting on
the sheriff S advice, he left the Jail, but
came back in a short time TO End bed
TO take a nap in during the afternoon.
lie was allowed to sleep in the Jail for
awhile when he wanted to again so out
on the street. this time TO Tom Arnold
place. In place of going t0town he went
to the Office of the sherln in the court
house, where he told his story over again
70 Doug Simmons and Jim Derr. They
mistook him for a man named Buzzard,
for whom a warrant for insanity was out.
ana with it arrested Gon and took him to
jail. AS soon as he got inside of the
prison again he asked Turnkey Dick
Dodd for some morphine. Dodd told him
he could not have any. and getting
suspicious of Gon, Dodd decided to watch
him. Later he saw the man walking on
the second foor corridor Of the main
court, and thinking that he was perhaps
contemplating suicide by jumping down
from there and and dash out his brains
on the hard pavement below. Dodd locked
Shortly after this Turnkey Dodd heard
some TRUSTEES yelling. ard rushing back /
TO the jail he found that one Of the pris- I
oners named August Pullman had discov- /
cred Gon hacking and ripping open his /
throat with a piece Of Japanned tin, (
which was a part of dust-pan He was .
al once taken out of the cell by two I
strong prisoners. and in spite of their /
combined strength. he succeeded in !
breaking away several times and then I
he would with both hands. try to Jerk |
the wound open and complete his work j
Of self-destruction.
Dr. McTaggart was summoned and he /
proceeded 10 put a temporary bandage T
around the mans neck but while this
was being done, the two strong men had .
TO hold his hands to keep him from doing
himself further harm. He was taken
TO the hospital and there DR.. Purdue
took charge Of the crazed man.
1t was found that the man had nearly
severed his head from his body. He
had succeeded in cutting both the trachea
and aesophagus and that there was alb
solutely no hope for his life. While on
the operating table he wrote letters to
friends and his wife The letters he
wrote were as follows:
To Ny Dear Wife. 2l7 South 9Th Street,
St Joseph:
I expect YOU got home all O. x. as you
had ticket. but I had none and got
jobbed by some tramDs. People here
would give me no show 10 ten them who
I am and would give me no show for my
life So / tried to take st myself
am writing this to YOU IN the hospital.
very sick. Love to YOU FRANK
Another letter read;
Friend Tony. 4ol south 6th street. st Joe:
J am done for but am Innocent Job
bed by them tramps z. W. GOFF
The third letter was at first addressed
70 friend Bud. bat on suggestion Of Or
Purdue to use his friends fun name.
Cor addressed ii TO G. s Tracey. St
Joe. am done for. but am innocent
OF any crime FRANK W. COTE
Z was found later that he had written
a letter at the sail before he attempted
suicide. to his mother. which reads as
follows:
Bfy Dear Mother. Nebraska City, Neb.:
/ am in trouble bat not under arrest 7
swear TO you 7 am innocent. You VIII
find out the nature OF the case later on
7 was down I'm Auadar1o, @. T. Got
broke and was beating my way back
when it all happened but good 10y. my
dear mother and the rest. FRANK
lie also wrote note 20 the doctors
while on the operating table which reads
as follows: I am innocent come
FROM good people with blue blood and I
tried n save nay honor by trying 70 kHl
myself Can You speaS any word fcr
ne. all OF you people WI see your mis-
take
The poor deIued nan dieG last niEht At
gao ar The hospital His brother oliver
GoT al 81. Joe was teleg-aphed for ard
Is expected 20 reach Wichita By tits
noon.