The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-10
Disappointed Lover at Suffolk
Takes Laudanum and Dies.
HE WAS. IN POOR SPIRITS 4 n $:
Called Young Lady Up Over the he 4 7 ele-
phone and She Replied That Z She re- M
could Not y ear Well and Hung
VI the Receiver.

Ng tfttls (SDeCIHl to Uh0 tIlInes.D1spas>As<
SUFFOLK, VA, April e.-D1lsap y -
M love and brooding over othe troubles '1 =
Edwin H.. Dumville. a bookkeeper TWEEN On
ty-fve years old took an overdose 's'' q
lnudanum, and when they went 70 70 MS
room, at I clocds this morning the young
man was dying Or. Gibson on ana or Pr !.
Murray we're summoned. but the li'' ia
nun poison had gone too fnr Tor m M a.
skill to avail. AZ ,,
Mr.. Dumvile a nephew Of 3. 3. Dunn 'lr1'
vile. a citlzen OF some wealth. came TO
SUFFOLK about two years ago from from New t''s',
burgh, N. Y, whero his father lives. re
started d real estate and collection nus'-
ness. but since the first Of this year ne
had been serving us a boo kteeper for ~
l.. Folk g. Company, hardware, dealers dealers,
Mr.. Dumville attended to business up
10 n o'clock last evening, when ne qullt
work at the usual time Later ne went
NJ Dr. Joseph p Halls drugstore and
bought an elght-dram bottle OF lauda-l
nun. which Is about an ounce bottle IN
size. The young man then went to the
home Of Mr.. b. b. Dumville, with whom
he boarded /, but did not gos,to the resi-
dence and use his usual bed. but instead
retired In a house on the p!anta-
ton that Is occupied by q colored ems
ploye. Mr.. Dumville did not eat any sup
per- nor had he been eating but very
little for two or three meals.
The colored man was In the room with
Dumville a part Of the night. Dumvllle
told him II he did not awaken at the
usual time this morning not to arouse
him, and MOTTO tell the home people that
he had spent the night there. Dumyllle
talked with tho colored man rs late
as o'clock this morning. IL
COULD NOT BE sAROUSED.
y When an endeavor was made TO
awaken 4 the young man, q It was found
to DO an impossible Job, and the folks at
the DumvIlle home. which is on RivervN,ieIw'
Heights, were notified. Doct ors were sum
moned hastily, but too late to snatch
back the ebbing life. There were two or
three gasps and then the end came. There
apparently was no pain when death
knocked. .i8.5s 52 4
Though no one can say with assurance;
that It was a case Of voluntary self-de-i
struction, the common opinion among
those who know the circumstances lis
that the young man meant to die and laid
plans with that end In view. The doc
tors certificate says he died from an !
overdose of .laudanum. $5
The principal motive given for the al
legged attempt Ito destroy himself was
love Mr., Dumville, 1t Is
said was dearly attached to a young
lady who has another sutton, and whose
sweetheart love for the deceased was not
returned. though she admired him and
treated him very kindly. Il
Yesterday afternoon Mr.. Mumvllle call
cd up the girl, who was visiting at 4
friends house. She told him she could
not hea we'll over the telephone and the
receiver was hanged UP. She never heard
his voic any NOR. ga a3l 81 {
IN POOR SPIRITS.
Aside from the6unreturned love that he
bore for the young lady, Mr.. Dumville
had been in poor spirits for some days.
He remarked to his uncle's family that
he was getting on the darker side Of
things. Recently heahnd made application
for life insurance, but there hadScome}
no response from the company. and that
made him more Respondent, because he
imagined that Indicated physical frailty.
One lung was said to be larger than
tho other, so one Of his office associates
says, lH5
Again, when a child, Mr.. Dumvlle had
one arm cut off in q feed cutter In New
York State. and he was sensitive about
the absence Of that member.
Besides that hls happiness was not I'M
proved when no weighed lately and found
that he weighed only ninety. 81 ht pounds.
when he thought his weight. was 126.
pounds.
The moral character OF the deceased
was regarded MS exemplary He was a
member OF the Methodist Church. and
religious duties were we'll performed.
A few days ago he Joined tho order Of
knights OF Pythlas. The membership
carries with 1t about $40 for burial ex-E
penses and 81 n member for the widows
and orphans fund
The father of the deceased. Edwin =,
.Dumville was notified to-day at New
burgh and he wired to have the body
shipped, There will be funeral SER
vice at the home eto-morrow by Rev r..
Fl. Potts. and the remains Friday after-
noon will be started to Newburgh.5