Evening star., 1904-01-01

sixty-two years Of age. put an end to his
existence February at the Hotel Meehan
by inhaling Illuminating gas. He was In
physical pain and longed for the comforts
Of home association. George Nicholson, a
colored barber hanged himself In the
woodshed of his home. 4S's II street north
west. February Ii. Emma Moore. colored,
fatally shot herself In the head March IA,
because of alleged marital differences.
Mae Escher of Philadelphia, a barlesqus
actress. brought her life to a close March
l6. at the Lawrence Hotel; by swallowins
nate young woman was In Ill health and
tired of life's struggle. She wrote a pathetic
letter to her mother. In which she asked
forgiveness and that she be inferred in the
family lot. William f. Cairns. a COACH
man. in a fit of despondency. ended his life
March IS at his home. CIT 9th street. by
shooting himself in the right temple. James
ID. Moler and Miss Lillian Demaray ended
their lives March 81. Moler drank laudanum
and the young woman inhaled Illuminating
gas. Robert Foertsch. sixty-seven years OF
age, a watchman of the Treasury Depart
ment, committed suicide by shooting him
self in the head while on duty at the Win
der building. April Z. Bereavement over
the death of his mother and illness caused
Wilson G. Reed, a lawyer, to kill himself
April II. He shot himself in his room at
1888 11th street.
The body Of Capt. Thomas w. Lord, who
has been missing from his home since De-
cember 90 1901. was found floating in the
Potomac river at Marshall Hall, Md. April
II. His actions and conversation prior to
his disappearance lead to the belief that
he committed suicide by drowning. Three
suicides were recorded April 2S. They were
Leonard HI. Mangum, former clerk of the
census office; Guy e. Padgett, a real estate
agent, and Mrs. Sadie Plummer. All drank
carbolic acid. Mangum was found dead in
the White lot.
George McCauley. the noted criminal died
at the Washington Asylum Hospital June
l6. as result of self-infiicted stab wounds
1an1 bod r<>fA Ivr.Al,
crime Lamarette Hansen was found at her
home, 1880 3Oth street northwest. August 81.
She ended her life by inhaling illuminating
gas. after being deserted by her husband,
karl Hansen.
Following the discovery of the causes of
the death at the Brentmar Sanatorium of
Miss Madge Hale. Robert J. Hale a printer
OF the government printing office, killed his
wife and ended his own life at their home
on l street The murder and suicide was
committed November 26
The other suicides of the past year fol-
low: Joseph Jonas. by inhaling gas, April
q; Mrs Sarah Hackenyos. by drinking lini-
ment. April IL; William III. Harvest, by
drinking laudanum. April 16: Earl kauff-
man, by hanging, June 4: Robert A. Sedg-
wick. by eating dose of morphine, June 10;
Henry Jacobs, by shooting. August 4: Ste
phen e. Hail. by shooting, August 10: Will
lam Waldron. by cutting throat August -;
George Johnson. colored, by hanging, June
Y; Mollie Candy. colored by poison, June
70; Mrs. Adeline Shilling, by poison, July .:
William F. Quinn. by shooting. July IL:
Oscar d. Jackson, by laudanum, July 10:
Herman Werdig. by hanging, July 18; Will
lam H. Mason, colored, by shooting, July
II; Mrs. Mathilda Ann Heitler, by gas Au-
gust 3; Ira N. White, by shooting, August
.; William Storch, by poison. August Z;
Frederick Rose, by shooting, September L;
Walter r. Hopkins, by shooting. September
Z; Herman Stoomell by hanging September
~; Richard B. Caraway, by shooting. miss
ing one month, October 13; John Wallace,
by cutting throat. October %; Mrs. Beulah
Nesbit, by shooting, October -; Adolph
Gassman. by shooting, November IL: John
w. Schaefer, by shooting, November 28:
Joseph H. Thibadeau. by shooting, Decem-
Der IA; Mrs. Eva Linkins. by jumping from
a window, December q.
Executions at District Jail.
The only executions during 1903 at the
District Jail were those Of John Sinclair,
convicted Of the murder Of Daisy Maddox,
who was put to death from the gallows
January 30, and BENJAMIN c. Hill, convict
ed of the murder of his wife. Carrie The
oda HILL who was hanged July "a