The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-06-28
HAND ORGAN
MAN SUICIDES
Continued from Fifth Page.

2num by selling MS nand-OrSan, his sood
friend. to a secondhand man. He had
been in the habit of taking small doses
OF laudsnum to allay the awful pain he
endured from the abscess on his breast.
He leaves two married sons and a
daughter twenty-five years old. who has
been taking care Of him In his Sickness
but while he was well he needed 10 one
for he was very independent. He has
taken many trips out OF Wichita with his
hand-organ and visited many cities in and
out of the state, guiding himself by his
stick as he has often been seen to do
along the sidewalks of this citp
The reason with which he worked OF.
his own destiny is extraordinary, for il
shows without a doubt that he was per-
fectly sane and understood just exactly
" hat he was doing. His daughter. Miss
Nellie Robbins. whose mother died when
she was but a little girl. tells Of her
fathers untimely death 70 a reporter for
the Eagle as follows:
Father had been sick for the last
week. He just got back from a trip up
to Hutchinson a week ago, and took q
cold while on the road. He had been
wanting the city physician 70 send him
want to, for he has been thsre, two or
three times before, and doesn't like to
stay in the hospital very long. AS soon as
he was able 10 be up ct all he struck
right cut. He has been talking OF taking
his own life for the last year, and has
several times said he was going TO but
something averted II. He was not de
spondent. but very tallSative. and when
ever he took any Iaudanum and lay down
on the bed. always sat by him and at
his request talked 10 him.
1T was only last week that he wanted
70 end his life. and asked me 10 90 and
borrow a revolver for him. told him I
couldn't borrow one, and he didn't say
any more about it.
yesterday morning we got up about S
o'clock While father was dressing he
said in a sort Of a determined voice, Wei.
1 can't set them 20 take care OF me, and
so [ viii settle it this morning myself and
won't be q bother 70 myself OF 70 any
body he wanted some money and had
me go down 10 the secondhand store
and sell his hand-organ for him did
SO. but when he wanted me 10 90 and
ger some laudanum for hira. I refused.
I stepped out a minute for something and
when I came back b vas gone A little
while later ne came IN and told me that
he had bought = cents worth Of iauda-
aum and some alcohol and had drank Il
all at the drug store OF or The street. 7
don't know which he laid down on the
led and went - sleep.
4 sat down beside him for a while and
Watched hin. ne slept very naturally.
and went OF about my werk- The lady
n 10 has the rooms IN the front ~ the
building says that while I vas gene sh~
heard him singing ver,- Pitiful songs Al
noon I was hack. and n became about
half awake from the stgpo-- Re caIlei
20 re and wanted re e sit down ard
talk 70 him when 7 did - want hack
10 Sleep ard slept So sound THAI became
little worried and went down 70 Sc
Dr. Jordan. The city Physieian. he prom
isei 70 coIac NJ Il looE efrar NY faiAeF.s
condition. huE aithouEh waited al A.
ternoon. ne I'D not Gene. Il Vas sbaai
tals-past eight last n.EAs THAI I sa@
father vas xroWiaE very white had
never seen hin gst 1has Nay before. arsl
went dosfn and tefephoaed tor Dr. Ter
dan. &c Ga not come, AID went ds~E