The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-23
MAN AND WIFE TAKE POISON.
THE GERALD JORDANS, THEIR
MONEY GONE. WANTED TO DlE.
Their Plans Miscarry Because They Didn't
Drink Enough OF the Poison the First
Time--Mife Gives II Up After the Seq
Ond Attempt and sends for Doctor.

\ Ond Attempt and Sends for Doctor.
Mr.. and Mrs Gerald Jordan, who had
lodgings in the apartments of Mrs. Hawd
at 1928 West Sixty-sixth street, went to
bed about II o'clock on Tuesday night
after each had drunk an ounce OF what they
| supposed was laudanum. They had planned
| to kill themselves because their money
was gone and they did not know where to
get any more.
Things had gone from bad TO worse with
Gerald Jordan for nearly two years he
was born in India, the son OF brltlsh
| Government official, and was at one
time In the Indian civil service. lie was
graduated with honors in mathematics
from one Of the British universities, took
the Indian civil service examination ana
secured high rating. He went back 10
India and to his station. Three OF FOUR
years ago he married the daughter OF
Government official there, and after while
the young couple decided to come to
America, where Jordan was sure he could
make more money.
They came to this country, and finally
to New York. They had taken look
about the country, and while in the south
Jordan concluded there was money in an
invention he had seen for removing the
lint from cottonseedS. Coming to New
York, he tried to incorporate company
for the manufacture of this machine.
Among others whom he Interested was
Russell IL Landale Of the law firm of Weeks,
Battle & Marshall.
The venture was not success, and Jor-
dan next took up one of the million and one
patents that have been taken out for max
ing n-refllable bottle. That also
failed and for nearly II year his intimate
friends have known that the young Eng
lishman--he was not quite AO-was hard
up. Of late his friends have seen little Of
him. few days ago Jordan and his
wife took lodgings with Mrs, Hawd.
On Tuesday they found that little more
than dollar of their money remained
and that debts were pressing, They talked
matters over and finally they concluded
that death was all that was left for them and
that they should die together. The young
wife put the room to rights and packed up
the few things that she and her husband
| had left, while he wrote some letters. one
| to acting Police Commissioner Ebstein,
| another to Mr.. Landale and third, II was
| said last night to Jordan's father, who is
| in India.
| The letters written and the room made
| tidv, Jordan went out and bought two
ounces Of what he thought war LAuda-
mum Where he got it is not known. On
his return to the apartment they carefully
| divided it. and each drank half Then
they kissed each other good-by and went
| to bed
Some time after daylight Jordan woke
| up H was very sick and very much dis.
| gilsted. He looked toward his wife, and
she was lying there with eyes wide open;
Jordan dressed and. with practically the
| last money he possessed, bought three
ounces more Of the supposed drug; This
| they drank, and AT about $50 O'Clock yes
| terday morning he and his wife went
| back to bed
In little time both los, consciousness,
| from which the wife awakened again about
10 O'Clock The second awakening was too
! much for the young woman. Then and
| there she concluded that it was not on the
| cards for either Gerald Jordan or Laura
Jordan to commit suicide. She hurriedly
called the hallboy, telling him to summon
| DR.. Headley, who has an Office on the ground
floor Of the building.
When the physician arrived, Mrs. Jordan
! told him that her husband had taken laud-
anum and that she couldn't awaken him.
AlteT some questioning, size a'hHl'ltu tHaJ
she also had taken poison.
Jordan was in deep stupor, and the
doctor saw that il was n desperate case.
After giving atropine, which revived
the husband and kept the wife from falling
TO sleep again, DR.. Headley sent for an
| ambulance from Roosevelt Hospital, and
| notified the police of the West Sixty-eighth
| street station.
Jordan was removed TO the hospital in
the ambulance, by order of the surgeon.
Mrs. Jordan, who. at DR.. Headley's sugges-
! ton, had dressed for the street, walked
! there in charge of policeman, BY the
| time she reached the hospital much of
| the drowsiness had worn of, and last night
| 1t was said that she and her husband
would recover.