New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-29
TWO MADE SUICIDE PACT.
Brother-in-Laap Of a Gove'wor Dies
Com Danion q Prisoner.

IN ar snte-mortem staterneo; made TO Coroner
SchoeF At Bellevue bospita. last night Benja-
min j. Riley, or Brookline. Mass. who is in the
prison ward on \ charge Of attempted snicice'
reyeafeB that he and ogestcs \. weed o. Bos-
ton. Mass. brOther-in-iaw OF eN-GoVeFhoE
Spraslse Of Rhode Island whose first wife was
The df4t,ghter of Salmon 2. Chase. came to this
city 20 commit suicide together That he failed
20 die h said. fault % his. Each had
takeI! large dose of morphine.
RiIty; ana Weed were taken 10 Bellevue yes
terdayifrom the Grand Union Hotel Weed died
Nithdaa regaining consciousness
Riley said 10 the Ccrcner:
Weld and I v-re churs since hoyhood. We
knew zach Other welt Bat when we became came
older. .,e separated. We saw each other three
or fotIr times . wear and Isel sunday We nap
peBed So meet ir Boston We cnaited fHf some
time hfd told c3cn other Of the trials which We
had {i:eounterad En- the last six months Both
Of ~ had had bad success ANA We were both
WHAT aeu may term down and out. $500
We talked about oUr financial c3ndl'loh.
Neifkei had anything that gave any promise.
In .ssr7a manner ouf /; lk dGiftea 10 suicide
and thfn one II Us p.opos- ii can't tell which
that I'VE should commit suicide together. We
agreed. and then We made Preparations 20 de.
At the Grand Union, Riley said they finally
decide5 to take morphine They left the hotel
fogethtr and went % c drug store, where they
purchased the poison.
WE, were 10 die that night" the man con-
tinued. "but one OF MS proposed 70 put II on Tor
q few hours. We had some mercy and we de-
oided TO spend that before we died Then too
we were very nervous. We went around the
city ana visited several theatres ard also drank
heavil{."
They wen; to their roors Tuesday night short
ly before midnight and then took morphine.
Told that Weed had died. Riley said:
alr now avfuly sorry that tried to die. I
want 10 live and in the future VIII do my best
10 cara my living. l am aWfuly sorry TO near
that weed IS dead. de "A fine fellow. de
was married ana had two children. He lived at
No. 1871 Beaco1-st., Boston lie Was n travel
ling salesman employed by the Nathaniel Tests
Meter: Company, at No. 5 Medford-st., Boston
A beIlboy, passing their room yesterday. heard
groans. a policeman was called and he broke
open the door.
Mrs: Weed called nt 'tr hospital in the after
noon and later visited the Morgus. where she
saw Inc body Of her husband. She was told
that she could not have the body removed until
autopsy performed.
Providence. r. Z, Dec 2S.-AI"s. William
SpragsIe. wife Of Ex-Governor SpragCe Of this
State. is sister 2f prestes A Weed, who died
in Naw-YorK to-day. Another sister IS Mrs.
tieTrift 8 Wheaton. widow Of the late colonel
Wheaton. Of Washington.
Mr. Weed was well known in Rhode Island.
especially At Canonchet. near Narragansett Pier,
where for several years he had occupied a bum
galoni near the 6pTague estate Previously much
Of his. time had been spent in washington where
he w$s born.
About three years ago Mr. Weed married Miss
De Roulhac, Of NeW-NOlk The family moved
from Canonchet TO Brookline Mass. about three
months ago.
Boston. Dec. 2S.-Orestes Weed had his home
al thE Empire Hotel, BrOokline He had a wife
and :}o young children Weed was interested
IN TIE business of manufacturing gas meters
and svas connected with company ct No. s
MeiiDTd-st.
Mrs Weed has q sister. Miss L. i. De Roulhac
- of Nd so West Tenth-st, New York 1t was
not Known here that Weed had any particular
tinamial trouble. He well known socially
nerei Weed not q gambler. but he used
more liquor. cigarettes and morphine. according
To statements from NaTraEaEsett Pier, Than Wa3
good for him There WAS objection to his living
at the Cauonchet home where his ancestors
had lived. 1t is declared. and Weed built a lodge
on tae Kingston Road, not far from Canonchet.
What money he had 10 spend came largely from
las sisters. II Is asserted
Springfield. Mass. Dec 2S-The police here
say shat Benjamin J. Riley had been in the habit
If sfending his vacation in New-York, and left
this. city for New-York last week. How he be-
uEnfs acquainted with Weed is not known here.
According 10 City Marshal Stebbns, Riley had
heea ia The habit Of taking morphine The fami-
u deny this