Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-08-25
Andrew A. Prescott E
His Life at UnSeI's
Hostelry
Dependent Over Sickr
and Takes Rough
On=RatS
Was a Prominent Gle
ing Merchant in
Cambridge
Madison, Wis, Aug.

Madison, Wis, Aug.
Andrew A. Prescott, a prom
merchant of the village of CambI
was found dead in bed at the ]
Main, formerly Flom's hotel, at
6 O'Clock last evening. Evidt
found on his clothes, consisting (
empty box which had contained r
on rats, point to probable suicide,
that, it is presumed, will be the
dict of the coroner's jury tomorro
At about 10 o'clock Monday eve
a stranger came into the Hotel \
Of which John Unset is the propri
and after sitting for an hour o
smoking a short corncob pipe
vouchsafng no word to anybody,
| ly asked the night clerk, Charles
vester, if he might have a room.
| ing answered in the affirmative, h
lently took a pencil and wrote
name, John Teller, on the regis
The clerk then showed him to
room, number %, and after ligh'
his lamp and bidding him goodni
left him. He was never seen ag
alive. He had told the clerk that
would want breakfast, and paid
bill, SO cents, before going to bed.
did not get up to breakfast, and W.
Jthe night clerk arose in the afternt
the proprietor told him that
lodger in number rs had not been
all day. Sylvester then went UP to-
and after walking around awhile,
turned to the hotel. Unset met ]
and said:
81 guess you'd better go up to M
Der 25 and see what's the matter W
that man. l believe he's dead!
Mr.. Unset said he had gone to
room a few minutes before, and Fl
ing the door ajar, looked in. He s
the lodger lying across the bed, {
called to him. There was no ansW
When he had told the night clerk w.
he had seen, the latter went up to
room and going in, took the suppo'
sleeper by the arm and shook h
The man was stiff and cold. The CO
ner, Matt w. Lynch, was immediat
telephoned for and the police pal
came for the body and took it to
Bros morgue. Before this was dc
the coroner searched the pockets
the dead man and found, besides
rough on rats box already referred
various letters and bills bearing
name of A. A. Prescott, Of Cambria
and 62 cents in change.
A coroner's jury was summon
consisting of J. w. Curran, A. H
! Thos. Olson, William Boyd, Peter {
, ten and Louis Afford, which vie
the body at Gill's undertaking 70
and adjourned until tom brow a
neon for the inquest. The dead
was 48 years Of age, quite tall
thin, had a short stubby black
tache, grey hair, and a weeks gre
OF beard on his face He bore
dence of having died in convulsi
and the poison he used was SINE
all over the bed clothes and his b
Rough-On-rats contains arsenic, w
is the poisonous element in the
SO that his death was not an easy
The deed was in all probability
yesterday forenoon, as the boardel
the rooms next to that of the {
man heard no sound from his
Monday night. Besides, DR.. J. F.
who took cursOry examination Of
body at the morgue, declared
opinion that life had beer ext
about eight or ten hours at the m
The cause for the suicide was p,
ably dependency, due to i'll hea
The decedent had been taking a cou
Of treatment for some chronic mals
supposed to be Bright's disease, !,
his mind without doubt dweIt on
possibilities for recovery until
could bear it no longer and took
life. His reason for coming to Maids
and registering under an assun
name is a question He must he
done so with the express purpose
avoiding notoriety at the outset.
Mr.. Legreid stated last night Il
Prescott was suffering from Brigl
disease and several months ago l.
been told by his physician that
heart was affected. He left the ,
Iage in the afternoon for Maids
telling his family that he was conf
to Madison to see the doctor alb,
his malady That was the last ST
of him until Mr.. Legreid identif
the body in the morgue as that of
drew A. Prescott. The former
that Prescott had been very despo
ent of late over his i'll health,
that his mind had probably beco
affected as a result.