The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-10
NEW HAVEN BELL-BOY
 TRIES TO KILL HIMSELF
IN SERIOUS CONDITION IN NEW
 FORK HOSPITAL.

fair He Twice Takes Poison-Recov-
 CTS from First Dose and is Overcome
 by the second While in court-Let-
 ter Found from Young Woman Saying
 He Must Not Call on Her Again.
 New York, Dec. s.-Unsuccessful in his attempt to kill himself by taking laudanum last Wednesday morning, James Smith of 25S West Carlisle street, New Haven, Conn. is believed to have swallowed a second portion of poison this afternoon. either in the West One Hundred and Twent-ffth street police station or in Harlem court. He is now in hospital unconscious and the doc- tors despair of reviving him.
 Smith walked into the West One Hun dred and Twenty-ffth street station house Wednesday and told the ser geant that he had swallowed laudanum. Then he fell unconscious. The prompt application of soap suds did much to- wards saving his life.
 He was taken to hospital from which he was discharged to-day. Later he was arraigned before Magistrate Crane.
 As policeman Brophy, who arraigned him, was taking him from the patrol wagon into the court Smith tainted. He was revived. He seemed to be in a sort of trance, his eyes being wild and staring, and his voice thick and un- steady.
 Magistrate Crane seemed to feel sorry for Smith, for he dismissed the charge when Brophy told the story of the young mans arrest. smith had told the police that his reason for seeking self-destruetion was that he was down and out and had neither money nor work. The magistrate did not quite believe the story, and asked Smith, aft CT he had discharged him of the suicide complaint, why he drank the poison.
 "PIl tell you the truth, judge,' said Smith, and then he fell forward uncon- scious. He was taken into the magis- trate's room and laid on a lounge there, but he could not be revived. .Dr. Par lnenter, summoned from Harlem hos pital, tried every method to bring him to his senses, but after half an hours s vain endeavor gave 1t up, and took him to Harlem hospital. Brophy believes that Smith managed to secrete more of the poison in his clothing, and to take lit unobserved after he had been dis charged from J. Hood Wright hospital. Hiscondition is serious.
 When Brophy was trying to revive the young man he searched his cloth- ing, and found therein a liter, evidently written to Smith from Miss K. L. Rob ertson of 2s6 St. Nicholas avenue, this city. This letter added the element of romance to the case and afforded an |inkling of the probable cause for Smiths suicide. It read:
 Miss K. L. Robertson, 2S6 St. Nicholas avenue. (Written at top of sheet.)
 Dear Jim--Do not writet to me any more, or try to meet me, or call me up on the telephone. We must not meet again. I cannot meet you or any other man by appointment. Burn this letter and any other you may have received from me. Yours, K. |. R..
 Dec. 5. 1904. Brophy also found a telegram which Smith for some reason evidently failed to send. It was written in New Haven, and dated December s. It read: Miss K. IL. Robertson, 2S6 St. Nicholas
 avenue, New York city:
 II told you when was at your house what would happen and you will be sorry for this. Good bye for the last time. | am ever your friend. Jim.'
 This letter and telegram were sup posedly in Smiths clothes when he ap- peared at the station Wednesday morning, but were not discovered at that time, as only perfunctory search was made before he was taken to the hospital.
 Brophy says that a young woman, whom he believes to have been the Miss Robertson referred to in the letter and telegram, called at the J. Hood Wright hospital yesterday to inquire about Smiths condition.
 The James J. Smith mentioned in the above dispatch resided up to about three months ago with some relatives at 25S West Carlisle street. About two months ago he secured 8 position as bell bop at the Davenport hotel and during the next month that he was at work there it was stated that he was continually either writing lettere or telephoning girls.
 It was stated last night that Smith had theatrical ambitions which have never been realized. He is quite well known in this city, and has been around here off and on for the last few years.
 One night about a month ago he told friend that he had had a falling out with a young lady in New York and he spent most of the night in writing letter to her. About o'clock that morning he also left for New York and has not been seen in this city since that time.