The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-02-12
CUT HIS
THROAT
Dixie Wilson, the Drummer,
Commits Suicide.
Had Been Drinking-Found IN
Room at Hotel Lagormarsino--
Temporary Insanity.
LEFT A LAST NOTE.
NOTE.

A. L. Wilson, better known as
"Dixie" Wilson, a we'll known travel
ing man, cut his throat from ear to
ear in room at Hotel Lagormarsinc
about IL o'clock this morning while
te temporarily insane and died at 2:45
tbs afternoon.
Some Of the cbambermaids heard
his struggles from the hallway, and
the gurgling sound as the air leaked
through the bloody aperture in his
throat, soon convinced them that
something was wrong. They opened
the door and saw Wilson lying ACROSS
the bed. They could not see then
that he was bloody. The door was
unlocked, and leaving it ajar they
waited few moments and then went
to IL again.
This time . horrible sight greeted
their eyes. Wilson was sitting up In
bed with the blood squirting from the
Gaping wound. trying to unbutton
his trousers. He had removed his col
lar, coat and vest, and then slashed
his windpipe. The razor lay on the
floor, where he flung 1t after cutting
himself.
Wilson seemed to be semi conscious
The hotel people were ct once notified
and DIR. J. ID. Robertson was sun
moned. He found that the wounded
man had bled profusely. There was
blood on the floor, blood on the bed,
and blood all around. His clothing
was covered with blood, but he still
lived and breathed, but with obvious
difficulty. Dr. Robertson a. once
went to work to render all the sssist-
anoe possible. the patient being uncon-
scious most of the time.
The cause of wilson's unexpected
suicide WAS probably temporary in.
sanity and dependency. Shortly be-
/ fore 10 o'clock this morning he APP
peared az the desk of Proprietor l..
A. Lsgormarsino, of the hotel, and
began TO denounce persons ne claimed
had started lies on him. The stories
were Of an uncomfortable nature, and
seemed to be a Pigment of the brain, as
no one had heard anything about them.
Wilson however, said they had been
spread all over town by his enemies,
and his incoherent talk soon con
WINGED Mr.. Lsgormarsino that he was
suffering from mental arrangement.
Mr.. Lsgormarsino pleaded with
him TO sober up and get some rest. He
knew that Wilson had been on . drunk
and told him that his mind was wrong.
Wilson insisted that his mind was
not wrong and seemed to be mad at
tho suggestion. He stood around for
a short time, conversed with a person
or two in the office. He then touched
Mr.. Lagormarsino on the arm and
asked him il he didn't have a place he
could go and lie down to sleep. Mr..
Lagormarsino, glad to have him in
mood to rest, replied certainly" and
gave him the key to No. 2, on the
third floor, sending boy with him.
He was called ont OF the hotel short
time afterwards, aud was gone for
some time. When he returned he was
told that the man in No. had cut his
throat.
Wilson doubtless went about the
deed with deliberstion. He took a
piece of the hotel stationery, and
started TO write last note. He be-
gan il thus:
ITO whom it may concern. This
is my last line that write"-
This did not seem to suit him, and
turning the paper over, he wrote this
on the other side:
ITO the public.
II sm not guilty as charged by
some of the people OF Paducah. Those
who find this, please notify my wife
at Hopkinsville. KY, annie WILSON,
my brother, John +. Wilson. l am
not guilty, bat it was a concocted
scheme of few Of my enemies. So
good bye TO my friends.
Very Resp
"a. l.. Wilson.
"Please notify my house, Lynch &
Co., st. Louis"
On the margin of the paper was the
address OF his brother, John +. Will